Izzy Brown was thrown into the shallow end within hours of signing for Albion.

It will get much deeper for the Chelsea youngster and his new team-mates in the Premier League than a friendly against Southend.

The fixture against the League One side was, nevertheless an ideal introduction for the athletic 20-year-old after completing his season-long loan move earlier in the day.

Another young England international upstaged him. Solly March added to his early opener at Crawley at the weekend with two more goals in seven minutes late in the first half.

Glenn Murray headed a third before the interval as Chris Hughton's squad continued their pre-season goal spree.

Brown played for just over an hour before Hughton rang the changes in the second half, a customary feature of such occasions.

Albion (4-4-1-1): Maenpaa; Rosenior, Huenemeier, Dunk, Suttner; March, Sidwell, Stephens, Brown; Gross; Murray.

Subs: Ince, Cox, White and LuaLua for Brown, Rosenior, Suttner and Sidwell; Connelly for Murray (71); Molumby, Tilley, Dallison and Towell for March, Dunk, Stephens and Gross. Unused: Sanchez, Hutchinson, Collar.