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f42518 cc18745	Middlesex v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1996
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1996 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 51 runs
Points	Middlesex 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Essex 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	B Leadbeater, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 32/0 (Gooch 11, Grayson 15)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 385/5 (Prichard 67, Rollins 1)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Weekes	c Rollins b Ilott	0	2	1	-	-
JC Pooley	c Gooch b Irani	50	113	136	7	-
MR Ramprakash	lbw b Ilott	0	10	9	-	-
*JD Carr	c Gooch b Cowan	66	139	161	11	-
PE Wellings	c Grayson b Williams	19	62	143	4	-
+KR Brown	not out	64	139	196	9	-
JP Hewitt	c Law b Cowan	27	47	52	4	-
RL Johnson	c Rollins b Cowan	5	21	24	1	-
RA Fay	c Such b Cowan	2	7	17	-	-
ARC Fraser	c Prichard b Ilott	3
PCR Tufnell	c Such b Ilott	6
Extras	(6 lb, 16 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-106, 4-136, 5-184, 6-212, 7-234, 8-242, 9-258, 10-264 (94.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	22.4	11	47	4	-	-
Williams	20	4	78	1	-	7
Irani	15	5	34	1	-	1
Cowan	21	2	76	4	-	-
Law	14	9	14	0	-	-
Such	2	0	9	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Brown b Weekes	92	156	179	13	2
AP Grayson	c Brown b Fraser	140	273	360	18	2
N Hussain	c Hewitt b Tufnell	35	43	59	5	1
SG Law	c sub b Fraser	9	20	18	1	-
*PJ Prichard	c Brown b Johnson	67	127	170	9	1
RC Irani	lbw b Fraser	9	30	38	1	-
+RJ Rollins	c Weekes b Johnson	10	45	51	2	-
MC Ilott	c Brown b Fraser	1	10	12	-	-
NF Williams	c Ramprakash b Tufnell	13	41	51	1	-
AP Cowan	c and b Tufnell	24	26	37	3	-
PM Such	not out	1	2	6	-	-
Extras	(20 lb, 14 nb, 1 w)	35
Total	(all out, 127.4 overs)	436
Fall of wickets:
1-171 (Gooch), 2-222 (Hussain), 3-243 (Law), 4-358 (Grayson), 5-380 (Irani), 6-385 (Prichard), 7-396 (Ilott), 8-396 (Rollins), 9-433 (Cowan), 10-436 (Williams)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	40	6	122	4	1	-
Johnson	23	3	96	2	-	1
Hewitt	17	3	101	0	-	6
Tufnell	39.4	21	53	3	-	-
Weekes	8	0	44	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Weekes	c Gooch b Ilott	0	1	1	-	-
JC Pooley	b Williams	15	13	21	2	-
MR Ramprakash	lbw b Ilott	0	4	1	-	-
*JD Carr	c Rollins b Cowan	17	48	57	-	-
PE Wellings	c Williams b Cowan	23	41	59	3	-
+KR Brown	lbw b Irani	6	28	42	-	-
JP Hewitt	b Cowan	27	52	64	5	-
RL Johnson	c Such b Irani	5	9	16	1	-
ARC Fraser	c Prichard b Irani	4	11	7	-	-
PCR Tufnell	not out	16	22	28	3	-
RA Fay	c Rollins b Cowan	0	5	7	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 38.3 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Weekes), 2-0 (Ramprakash), 3-20 (Pooley), 4-48 (Carr), 5-63 (Wellings), 6-74 (Brown), 7-88 (Johnson), 8-92 (Fraser), 9-105 (Hewitt), 10-121 (Fay)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	7	2	16	2	-	-
Williams	6	1	39	1	-	3
Irani	13	4	29	3	-	-
Cowan	12.3	2	35	4	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Essex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 419-8
--> AP Grayson (1) passed his previous highest score of 129 in First-Class matches
--> AP Grayson (1) passed his previous highest score of 129 in County Championship matches
--> AP Cowan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-66)
--> RC Irani reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> MC Ilott reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> AP Cowan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-66)
--> PCR Tufnell reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed NF Williams, his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AP Cowan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 4-76)
--> AP Cowan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 4-76)
--> PE Wellings retired hurt in the Middlesex first innings having scored 4 (team score 123/3) - he returned when the score was 184/5