f37644 cc17374	Northamptonshire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 4 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 22 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	B Leadbeater, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 48/4 (Border 12*, Prichard 0*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 60/5 (Fordham 27*, NGB Cook 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c East b Topley	16
W Larkins	lbw b Lever	10
A Fordham	c Fletcher b Topley	1
RG Williams	c Lilley b Miller	119
DJ Wild	b Lever	14
MR Gouldstone	b Miller	71
+D Ripley	b Miller	8
NGB Cook	lbw b Topley	0
WW Davis	c East b Lever	18
A Walker	b Miller	8
MA Robinson	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-22, 3-37, 4-117, 5-227, 6-256, 7-257, 8-261, 9-283, 10-283 (94.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	21.4	3	60	3	-	-
Topley	32	6	100	3	-	-
Ilott	15	1	48	0	-	-
Miller	19	7	36	4	-	-
Stephenson	7	1	25	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DE East	c Fordham b Walker	17
JP Stephenson	lbw b Davis	5
AW Lilley	lbw b Walker	4
AR Border	not out	110
TD Topley	lbw b Walker	2
PJ Prichard	c Ripley b Davis	21
N Hussain	c Fordham b Davis	45
*KWR Fletcher	c Larkins b Robinson	1
G Miller	lbw b Robinson	0
JK Lever	run out	3
MC Ilott	b Robinson	6
Extras	(5 lb, 18 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-22, 3-37, 4-48, 5-94, 6-164, 7-167, 8-171, 9-192, 10-238 (87.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	28	6	102	3	-	-
Walker	24	6	68	3	-	-
NGB Cook	17	6	29	0	-	-
Robinson	18.3	3	34	3	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c East b Lever	0
W Larkins	c East b Topley	2
A Fordham	lbw b Topley	31
DJ Wild	c Hussain b Miller	20
MR Gouldstone	c Hussain b Miller	10
+D Ripley	c East b Miller	0
NGB Cook	lbw b Topley	5
RG Williams	lbw b Topley	0
WW Davis	lbw b Topley	18
A Walker	not out	2
MA Robinson	run out	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 51.1 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-6, 3-38, 4-58, 5-58, 6-66, 7-66, 8-85, 9-88, 10-89 (51.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	11	2	14	1	-	-
Topley	21	8	37	5	-	-
Miller	19.1	9	37	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DE East	c Larkins b NGB Cook	34
JP Stephenson	c G Cook b NGB Cook	14
AW Lilley	b NGB Cook	0
AR Border	c Ripley b Davis	0
PJ Prichard	not out	44
N Hussain	b Walker	1
*KWR Fletcher	c Fordham b Davis	20
G Miller	not out	4
TD Topley	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
MC Ilott	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(6 wickets, 64.1 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-42, 3-50, 4-64, 5-73, 6-111

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	23	6	41	2	-	-
Walker	13	1	32	1	-	-
NGB Cook	21	9	30	3	-	-
Robinson	7.1	1	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MR Gouldstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> MR Gouldstone (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in first-class matches
--> MC Ilott made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TD Topley reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> TD Topley reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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