f37504 cc17261	Middlesex v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 28th, 29th, 30th April, 2nd May 1988 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 176 runs
Points	Middlesex 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DGL Evans, JH Hampshire
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 62/1 (Gooch 34*, Prichard 16*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 127/5 (Lilley 7*, Fletcher 8*)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 275/8 (Emburey 76*, Fraser 7*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	lbw b Lever	5
JD Carr	c East b Gooch	66			12	-
*MW Gatting	b Lever	0
KR Brown	c Gooch b Pringle	13
RO Butcher	lbw b Gooch	22
+PR Downton	c Pringle b Topley	39
JE Emburey	c Gooch b Pringle	18
NF Williams	c Border b Lever	44
SP Hughes	c Border b Pringle	19
ARC Fraser	not out	14
NG Cowans	lbw b Pringle	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 83.4 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-22, 3-46, 4-117, 5-126, 6-172, 7-189, 8-245, 9-253, 10-263 (83.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	8	47	3	-	-
Topley	17	2	74	1	-	-
Pringle	22.4	3	90	4	-	-
Gooch	17	4	38	2	-	-
Childs	4	2	4	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Williams	43
BR Hardie	lbw b Cowans	6
PJ Prichard	c Emburey b Fraser	16
AR Border	lbw b Williams	30
AW Lilley	b Williams	52
DR Pringle	c Cowans b Williams	6
*KWR Fletcher	c Downton b Hughes	14
+DE East	c Downton b Williams	1
TD Topley	c Brown b Hughes	1
JK Lever	c Emburey b Williams	0
JH Childs	not out	0
Extras	(13 lb, 5 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-62, 3-92, 4-105, 5-113, 6-146, 7-155, 8-168, 9-178, 10-187 (82.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	21	7	54	1	-	-
Fraser	13	7	14	1	-	-
Hughes	25	6	63	2	-	-
Williams	22.2	5	42	6	-	-
Gatting	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	lbw b Lever	65			8	-
JD Carr	c Gooch b Pringle	5
*MW Gatting	lbw b Pringle	16
KR Brown	lbw b Topley	20
RO Butcher	c East b Topley	19
+PR Downton	c Border b Topley	35
JE Emburey	not out	76
NF Williams	lbw b Topley	2
SP Hughes	b Topley	16
ARC Fraser	not out	7
NG Cowans	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-32, 3-89, 4-132, 5-132, 6-211, 7-213, 8-251

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	19	3	47	1	-	-
Topley	23	1	94	5	-	-
Pringle	20	2	67	2	-	-
Gooch	20	1	63	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Downton b Williams	12
BR Hardie	c sub b Cowans	5
PJ Prichard	b Cowans	25
AR Border	c sub b Hughes	19
DR Pringle	c Cowans b Hughes	20
AW Lilley	c Downton b Cowans	18
*KWR Fletcher	c Downton b Hughes	9
+DE East	b Williams	20
TD Topley	lbw b Fraser	7
JK Lever	b Cowans	20
JH Childs	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-29, 3-70, 4-80, 5-101, 6-113, 7-128, 8-148, 9-169, 10-175 (76.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	19.4	5	45	4	-	-
Fraser	24	6	44	1	-	-
Hughes	17	4	45	3	-	-
Williams	16	3	28	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JD Carr (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> NF Williams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-15)

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