f36999 cc17079	Sussex v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 23rd, 25th, 26th May 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 3 wickets
Points	Sussex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Middlesex 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	B Dudleston, AA Jones
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 7/0 (Slack 5*, Miller 2*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 41/0 (Standing 17*, Green 19*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DK Standing	b Hughes	53		222	5	-
AM Green	c Downton b Daniel	4
*PWG Parker	retired hurt	0
AP Wells	b Edmonds	119		206	14	2
CM Wells	c Daniel b Hughes	5
NJ Lenham	retired hurt	3		62	-	-
DA Reeve	c Daniel b Edmonds	30
GS le Roux	c Downton b Fraser	26
+P Moores	b Edmonds	0
PAW Heseltine	c and b Edmonds	13
AM Babington	not out	12
Extras	(5 lb, 13 nb, 3 w)	21
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-191, 3-197, 4-199, 5-256, 6-260, 7-260, 8-286 (102 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	21	4	83	1	-	-
Hughes	22	2	49	2	-	-
Fraser	25	7	62	1	-	-
Edmonds	34	9	87	4	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	lbw b Babington	5
AJT Miller	c Green b le Roux	6
JD Carr	c Reeve b CM Wells	33
MA Roseberry	lbw b le Roux	19
RO Butcher	c CM Wells b Reeve	36
*+PR Downton	c Green b CM Wells	93		194	11	-
A Needham	lbw b le Roux	8
PH Edmonds	lbw b Reeve	32
SP Hughes	c sub b Reeve	2
ARC Fraser	c Reeve b le Roux	3
WW Daniel	not out	4
Extras	(1 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 95.3 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-23, 3-59, 4-68, 5-159, 6-175, 7-219, 8-226, 9-245, 10-251 (95.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	21	2	51	4	-	-
Reeve	27	9	48	3	-	-
Babington	16	4	57	1	-	-
CM Wells	19.3	1	52	2	-	-
Heseltine	9	3	17	0	-	-
AP Wells	3	0	25	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DK Standing	run out	27
AM Green	c Carr b Daniel	22
AP Wells	not out	78
CM Wells	c Carr b Edmonds	18
DA Reeve	not out	54
*PWG Parker	did not bat
NJ Lenham	did not bat
GS le Roux	did not bat
+P Moores	did not bat
PAW Heseltine	did not bat
AM Babington	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 17 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-61, 3-92

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	15	1	57	1	-	-
Hughes	15	5	35	0	-	-
Fraser	9	1	21	0	-	-
Edmonds	22	8	42	1	-	-
Needham	7	0	41	0	-	-
Roseberry	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	lbw b CM Wells	40
AJT Miller	c CM Wells b le Roux	0
JD Carr	lbw b Reeve	17
MA Roseberry	lbw b CM Wells	8
RO Butcher	c AP Wells b le Roux	118	89	95	10	4
*+PR Downton	run out	50
A Needham	lbw b le Roux	0
PH Edmonds	not out	12
SP Hughes	not out	0
ARC Fraser	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 48.4 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-36, 3-64, 4-90, 5-233, 6-234, 7-251

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	10.4	0	56	3	-	-
Reeve	16	0	79	1	-	-
Babington	8	0	53	0	-	-
CM Wells	10	1	31	2	-	-
Heseltine	4	0	34	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Sussex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 278-7
--> PH Edmonds (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> AM Green (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> RO Butcher (2) 100 in 73 balls, 86 minutes
--> PR Downton (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> A Needham made his debut for Middlesex in County Championship matches
--> WW Daniel reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> PWG Parker retired hurt in the Sussex first innings having scored 0 (team score 11/1)
--> NJ Lenham retired hurt in the Sussex first innings having scored 3 (team had lost 4 wickets)

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Butchers's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

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