f37187 cc17245	Essex v Lancashire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 12th, 14th, 15th September 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 89 runs
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Lancashire 20 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	B Dudleston, R Palmer
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 155/5 (Abrahams 43*, Hegg 7*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 53/1 (Fowler 24*, Folley 3*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	c Gooch b Pringle	22
G Fowler	lbw b Pont	2
MA Atherton	lbw b Pont	28
J Abrahams	c Pringle b Pont	64		240
M Watkinson	b Pringle	26
*DP Hughes	c Hardie b Foster	15
+WK Hegg	lbw b Childs	31
PJW Allott	b Childs	1
J Simmons	not out	8
I Folley	b Pont	0
BP Patterson	b Pont	0
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-43, 3-65, 4-106, 5-140, 6-193, 7-197, 8-213, 9-213, 10-220 (81 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	23	4	59	1	-	-
Pont	18	1	73	5	-	-
Pringle	28	9	60	2	-	-
Childs	12	6	17	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Watkinson b Allott	1
JP Stephenson	c Hegg b Folley	23
AW Lilley	c Folley b Abrahams	88
N Hussain	c Watkinson b Fowler	18
IL Pont	c Allott b Fowler	39	24
*GA Gooch	not out	6
DR Pringle	not out	6
PJ Prichard	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 68.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-116, 3-141, 4-188, 5-191

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Patterson	8	1	22	0	-	-
Allott	6	3	8	1	-	-
Folley	14	5	19	1	-	-
Watkinson	7	1	24	0	-	-
Simmons	8	0	18	0	-	-
Atherton	4	0	16	0	-	-
Abrahams	11	2	37	1	-	-
Fowler	10.3	0	43	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	c Lilley b Pont	23
G Fowler	c Hardie b Pringle	76			9	-
I Folley	c East b Gooch	19
MA Atherton	c and b Gooch	60			8	-
J Abrahams	b Gooch	22
M Watkinson	not out	7
+WK Hegg	not out	7
*DP Hughes	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
BP Patterson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 60.1 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-120, 3-122, 4-188, 5-213

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pont	14	2	50	1	-	-
Pringle	8	1	31	1	-	-
Childs	17	0	45	0	-	-
Gooch	10	4	32	3	-	-
Stephenson	11.1	0	59	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	b Watkinson	24
JP Stephenson	c Hegg b Allott	0
AW Lilley	c and b Folley	29
*GA Gooch	c Allott b Simmons	16
N Hussain	c Mendis b Simmons	2
DR Pringle	c Hegg b Folley	9
PJ Prichard	c Allott b Abrahams	22
+DE East	b Watkinson	27
IL Pont	c and b Folley	4
NA Foster	b Watkinson	13
JH Childs	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-44, 3-67, 4-72, 5-83, 6-83, 7-116, 8-121, 9-144, 10-150 (54.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Patterson	3	0	14	0	-	-
Allott	5	2	16	1	-	-
Folley	21	4	43	3	-	-
Watkinson	8.5	0	33	3	-	-
Simmons	10	2	25	2	-	-
Abrahams	7	3	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Simmons (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> AW Lilley (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> N Hussain (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> N Hussain (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> IL Pont (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> J Abrahams (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> IL Pont achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 5-103)
--> IL Pont achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 5-103)
--> J Abrahams reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> GA Gooch reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> J Simmons reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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