f4409	Essex v Australians
	Australia in England 1896
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 14th, 15th, 16th May 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 7 wickets
Umpires	J Phillips, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 78/4 (Trott 4*, Gregory 21*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 109/5 (Lucas 8*, Bull 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HGP Owen	c Trott b Giffen	6
HA Carpenter	b Giffen	4
PA Perrin	c Kelly b Trumble	35
CP McGahey	st Kelly b Trumble	20
CJ Kortright	c McKibbin b Trumble	16
AP Lucas	b Giffen	46
+TM Russell	c Trumble b Jones	16
JF Bawtree	b Jones	4
FG Bull	b Jones	3
W Mead	c Iredale b Trumble	0
H Pickett	not out	12
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-11, 3-52, 4-74, 5-88, 6-119, 7-123, 8-135, 9-136, 10-166 (77.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	26	13	47	3	-	-
Giffen	21.1	5	54	3	-	-
Trumble	20	5	46	4	-	-
Trott	10	4	15	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Donnan	c Russell b Kortright	9
J Darling	c Lucas b Mead	21
G Giffen	b Mead	11
FA Iredale	b Kortright	9
*GHS Trott	b Mead	7
SE Gregory	b Kortright	34
C Hill	b Mead	73
H Trumble	lbw b Mead	8
+JJ Kelly	b Pickett	29
E Jones	b Pickett	11
TR McKibbin	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-37, 3-44, 4-56, 5-95, 6-97, 7-110, 8-195, 9-215, 10-223 (81.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	23	1	95	3	-	-
Mead	36.3	15	68	5	-	-
Pickett	12	4	30	2	-	-
Bull	6	3	10	0	-	-
Bawtree	3	1	6	0	-	-
Owen	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HGP Owen	c Donnan b Trumble	13
HA Carpenter	c Giffen b Trumble	51
PA Perrin	b Trumble	20
CP McGahey	b Jones	10
AP Lucas	c Jones b Trumble	16
CJ Kortright	b Jones	2
FG Bull	c Donnan b Trumble	20
+TM Russell	b Giffen	7
JF Bawtree	not out	0
W Mead	b Giffen	1
H Pickett	b Trumble	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 98.2 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-75, 3-94, 4-98, 5-109, 6-127, 7-147, 8-147, 9-148, 10-149 (98.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	22	9	30	2	-	-
Giffen	25	13	30	2	-	-
Trumble	39.2	12	62	6	-	-
McKibbin	12	5	19	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Donnan	run out	5
J Darling	b Kortright	6
G Giffen	b Kortright	19
FA Iredale	not out	43
*GHS Trott	not out	20
SE Gregory	did not bat
C Hill	did not bat
H Trumble	did not bat
+JJ Kelly	did not bat
E Jones	did not bat
TR McKibbin	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 35 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-14, 3-36

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	15	5	39	2	-	-
Mead	14	4	40	0	-	-
Pickett	3	0	7	0	-	-
Bull	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JF Bawtree made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> G Giffen (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> H Trumble reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex second innings

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