Australians in England, 1938
Northamptonshire v Australians
Northampton
18,19,20 May 1938 (3-day match)

Result: Australians won by an innings and 77 runs

Toss: Australians
Umpires: F Chester and A Dolphin

Close of play
Day 1: Australians 126/0 (Brown 44*, Badcock 72*)
Day 2: Australians 406/6d, Northamptonshire 139/3 (Timms 5*, Brookes 0*)

Australians 1st innings
WA Brown              not out                                 194
CL Badcock            c James            b Partridge           72
*DG Bradman           c James            b Partridge            2
SJ McCabe             c Merritt          b Partridge           13
AG Chipperfield       lbw                b Timms               18
MG Waite              lbw                b Timms               43
+BA Barnett           lbw                b Timms                1
CW Walker             not out                                  29
Extras                (b 22, lb 12)                            34
Total                 (6 wickets dec, 119 overs)              406

DNB: ECS White, FA Ward, LO'B Fleetwood-Smith.

FoW: 1-131, 2-143, 3-165, 4-206, 5-304, 6-306.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Partridge                   36      7     82      3
Herbert                     30      6     75      0
Timms                       20      4     68      3
Nelson                      14      1     56      0
Merritt                     16      0     81      0
O'Brien                      3      0     10      0

Northamptonshire 1st innings
*RP Nelson                               b Waite               74
HW Greenwood          run out                                  24
AW Snowden            c Chipperfield     b Ward                28
JE Timms              lbw                b Ward                 5
D Brookes                                b Ward                37
GB Cuthbertson                           b Ward                 4
FP O'Brien            c &                b Chipperfield         5
+KC James             c Brown            b Ward                 2
WE Merritt            not out                                   5
RJ Partridge          st Barnett         b Ward                 0
EJ Herbert                               b Fleetwood-Smith      1
Extras                (b 5, lb 4)                               9
Total                 (all out, 80.1 overs)                   194

FoW: 1-78, 2-132, 3-134, 4-139, 5-153, 6-174, 7-183, 8-189, 9-189, 10-194.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Waite                       15      4     41      1
McCabe                      13      4     22      0
Fleetwood-Smith             11.1    1     33      1
Ward                        28      7     75      6
Chipperfield                13      6     14      1

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (following on)
*RP Nelson                               b Fleetwood-Smith     10
HW Greenwood                             b McCabe              43
AW Snowden                               b Waite               13
JE Timms                                 b Waite                5
D Brookes             lbw                b McCabe              15
GB Cuthbertson                           b McCabe               0
FP O'Brien            c sub              b Ward                 3
+KC James                                b Fleetwood-Smith     21
WE Merritt            lbw                b McCabe               1
RJ Partridge          not out                                  16
EJ Herbert            lbw                b Waite                1
Extras                (b 4, lb 3)                               7
Total                 (all out, 70 overs)                     135

FoW: 1-22, 2-35, 3-55, 4-84, 5-88, 6-89, 7-91, 8-92, 9-130, 10-135.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Waite                       22     10     28      3
McCabe                      18      8     28      4
Fleetwood-Smith             22      5     55      2
Ward                         8      3     17      1

Day 1

• Play restricted to ninety minutes before lunch.
• Brown 194* in nearly six hours, one 6 and seventeen 4's
• Australians declared at tea on the second day. N
• McCabe had a spell of four wickets for one run in 25 balls in the 2nd innings.
• Both the Northamptonshire score book and the county's year book give Brown's score as 193 and the Australian first innings total as 405/6, with the Australians winning by an innings and 76 runs.

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