f37011 cc17089	Middlesex v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 3rd, 4th, 5th June 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Essex 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	KJ Lyons, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 268/6 (Fletcher 102*, Topley 2*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 168/1 (Carr 90*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	lbw b Daniel	53
I Redpath	b Daniel	1
BR Hardie	c Downton b Hughes	18
KWR Fletcher	c Downton b Fraser	121
DR Pringle	not out	69
MG Field-Buss	lbw b Daniel	6
HA Page	c Needham b Williams	9
+DE East	lbw b Hughes	7
TD Topley	b Daniel	7
JK Lever	b Hughes	10
JH Childs	run out	8
Extras	(6 lb, 21 nb, 5 w)	32
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	341
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-53, 3-104, 4-226, 5-250, 6-264, 7-274, 8-304, 9-323, 10-341 (105.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	27	2	109	4	-	-
Williams	25	5	76	1	-	-
Hughes	28.3	6	74	3	-	-
Fraser	22	3	64	1	-	-
Needham	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	b Childs	77
JD Carr	c East b Gooch	156		269	23	-
CT Radley	not out	45
MA Roseberry	lbw b Gooch	2
RO Butcher	not out	18
*+PR Downton	did not bat
A Needham	did not bat
NF Williams	did not bat
SP Hughes	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 84.3 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-168, 2-264, 3-266

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	2	66	0	-	-
Page	14	1	62	0	-	-
Pringle	21	4	61	0	-	-
Childs	12	3	45	1	-	-
Topley	13	5	42	0	-	-
Gooch	7.3	2	23	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	c Butcher b Slack	36
I Redpath	retired hurt	4
BR Hardie	lbw b Fraser	15
DR Pringle	c Downton b Carr	18
MG Field-Buss	not out	34
HA Page	not out	1
KWR Fletcher	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 43 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-57, 3-115

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	6	0	26	0	-	-
Williams	3	0	14	0	-	-
Hughes	3	0	12	0	-	-
Fraser	6	2	11	1	-	-
Needham	9	2	23	0	-	-
Slack	9	7	5	1	-	-
Carr	7	3	21	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 317-8
--> MG Field-Buss made his debut in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) 100 in 246 minutes with 9 fours
--> JD Carr (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in County Championship matches
--> JD Carr (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JD Carr (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in First-Class matches
--> JD Carr (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 51
--> JD Carr (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> MG Field-Buss (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> JD Carr reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> DR Pringle retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 41 (team had lost 3 wickets) - he returned when the score was 274/7
--> I Redpath retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 4 (team had lost 1 wickets)

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