f37609 cc17345	Essex v Lancashire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 16th, 18th, 19th July 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 4 wickets
Points	Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Lancashire 20 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	DJ Constant, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 346/7 (Hussain 80*, East 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 74/1 (Stephenson 28*, Prichard 44*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	b Simmons	96
JP Stephenson	b Simmons	55
PJ Prichard	c Fowler b Hayhurst	4
AR Border	run out	0
AW Lilley	lbw b Simmons	16
N Hussain	not out	80
G Miller	b Folley	77
NA Foster	c Hegg b Simmons	11
+DE East	not out	0
DR Pringle	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 111 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-123, 3-123, 4-160, 5-182, 6-331, 7-344

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allott	16	2	46	0	-	-
Watkinson	20	7	55	0	-	-
Folley	25	5	96	1	-	-
Hayhurst	16	4	61	1	-	-
Simmons	34	7	83	4	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	c Lilley b Foster	0
G Fowler	c Stephenson b Foster	104
TE Jesty	c and b Childs	73
NH Fairbrother	c East b Foster	23
M Watkinson	b Childs	1
*DP Hughes	b Childs	0
AN Hayhurst	c Lilley b Miller	1
+WK Hegg	c Hussain b Miller	4
PJW Allott	lbw b Miller	4
J Simmons	c Miller b Childs	3
I Folley	not out	0
Extras	(12 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 87.4 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-119, 3-160, 4-171, 5-171, 6-174, 7-198, 8-206, 9-227, 10-227 (87.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	19	3	47	3	-	-
Pringle	11	2	48	0	-	-
Gooch	8	3	15	0	-	-
Childs	29.4	8	63	4	-	-
Miller	20	5	42	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	lbw b Allott	2
JP Stephenson	not out	84
PJ Prichard	lbw b Allott	44
AR Border	c Hegg b Simmons	10
AW Lilley	st Hegg b Simmons	2
N Hussain	c and b Allott	14
+DE East	b Allott	0
NA Foster	c Hegg b Simmons	3
G Miller	b Allott	1
DR Pringle	b Allott	7
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-74, 3-113, 4-115, 5-150, 6-150, 7-153, 8-159, 9-169 (47 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allott	20	4	59	6	-	-
Watkinson	6	1	28	0	-	-
Folley	5	1	11	0	-	-
Simmons	16	2	69	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Fowler	c Border b Miller	17
GD Mendis	run out	13
TE Jesty	b Childs	0
NH Fairbrother	c Stephenson b Childs	111	190		13	1
M Watkinson	b Childs	70
*DP Hughes	c Border b Pringle	45
AN Hayhurst	not out	14
PJW Allott	not out	8
+WK Hegg	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
I Folley	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 81.1 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-32, 3-32, 4-176, 5-261, 6-281

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	12	1	54	0	-	-
Pringle	10	0	38	1	-	-
Childs	28.1	8	79	3	-	-
Miller	23	3	91	1	-	-
Border	8	3	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 273-5
--> N Hussain (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> N Hussain (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> NH Fairbrother (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> GD Mendis (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> J Simmons reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> J Simmons reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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