f37128 cc17190	Northamptonshire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 8th, 10th, 11th August 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	RA White, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 223/7 (Williams 60*, NGB Cook 3*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 249/8 (Topley 25*, Pont 18*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Stephenson b Gooch	53
W Larkins	c and b Lever	26
RJ Bailey	lbw b Topley	6
+SNV Waterton	c East b Topley	4
DJ Capel	lbw b Topley	17
RG Williams	c Lilley b Lever	66
DJ Wild	b Lever	3
AJ Lamb	c Topley b Pont	40
NGB Cook	c East b Lever	11
WW Davis	not out	20
G Smith	c Stephenson b Lever	11
Extras	(10 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-64, 3-83, 4-103, 5-119, 6-147, 7-208, 8-237, 9-239, 10-273 (89 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	26	6	71	5	-	-
Pont	27	6	86	1	-	-
Topley	25	6	62	3	-	-
Gooch	11	4	44	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	b Wild	75		226
JP Stephenson	b Capel	9
BR Hardie	c Lamb b Capel	8
AW Lilley	lbw b Smith	33
N Hussain	b NGB Cook	12
PJ Prichard	c Davis b Capel	16
G Miller	c Lamb b Davis	12
+DE East	b Davis	17
TD Topley	not out	25
IL Pont	not out	18
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-51, 3-108, 4-133, 5-168, 6-168, 7-199, 8-204

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	27	3	75	2	-	-
Capel	19	4	60	3	-	-
Smith	7	1	30	1	-	-
NGB Cook	13	7	29	1	-	-
Wild	23	10	42	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Gooch b Pont	12
W Larkins	c Hussain b Topley	27
RJ Bailey	c East b Lever	11
AJ Lamb	c Hussain b Lever	7
RG Williams	c Miller b Topley	15
DJ Wild	not out	59
+SNV Waterton	not out	50
DJ Capel	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
WW Davis	did not bat
G Smith	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 56 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-36, 3-44, 4-63, 5-84

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	6	1	29	2	-	-
Pont	13	1	48	1	-	-
Topley	18	6	45	2	-	-
Gooch	5	1	10	0	-	-
Miller	14	3	49	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	not out	7
JP Stephenson	not out	6
BR Hardie	did not bat
AW Lilley	did not bat
N Hussain	did not bat
PJ Prichard	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
IL Pont	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(no wicket, 4 overs)	18

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	2	0	9	0	-	-
Smith	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> N Hussain made his debut in County Championship matches
--> N Hussain made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> IL Pont (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> JK Lever reached 1650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> DJ Capel reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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