f38050 cc17442	Essex v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1989
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 27th, 28th, 29th April 1989 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Essex 20 (Bowling 4); Middlesex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	JD Bond, NT Plews
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 138/5 (Topley 6*, Pringle 9*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Carr	b Pringle	6
+PR Downton	c Gooch b Pringle	2
*MW Gatting	b Topley	26
MR Ramprakash	c and b Topley	22
RO Butcher	c Waugh b Pringle	17
KR Brown	b Pringle	4
JE Emburey	run out	9
SP Hughes	c Stephenson b Pringle	21
NF Williams	lbw b Foster	0
ARC Fraser	run out	2
NG Cowans	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 65.5 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-13, 3-60, 4-71, 5-85, 6-88, 7-107, 8-110, 9-115, 10-129 (65.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	22	9	28	1	-	-
Pringle	22.5	5	42	5	-	-
Topley	18	6	40	2	-	-
Gooch	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	lbw b Hughes	65
JP Stephenson	c Gatting b Fraser	0
AW Lilley	lbw b Cowans	0
ME Waugh	c Downton b Fraser	39
TD Topley	c Downton b Cowans	6
PJ Prichard	c Ramprakash b Hughes	9
DR Pringle	c Butcher b Hughes	15
G Miller	lbw b Cowans	0
+DE East	c Downton b Cowans	2
NA Foster	lbw b Cowans	3
JH Childs	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-11, 3-113, 4-115, 5-126, 6-140, 7-144, 8-144, 9-148, 10-149 (50.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	17.3	7	34	5	-	-
Fraser	13	2	53	2	-	-
Williams	8	0	37	0	-	-
Hughes	12	3	20	3	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Carr	lbw b Pringle	7
+PR Downton	c Gooch b Foster	23
*MW Gatting	c Gooch b Foster	0
MR Ramprakash	b Pringle	3
RO Butcher	lbw b Pringle	6
KR Brown	c Gooch b Foster	15
JE Emburey	lbw b Pringle	15
SP Hughes	not out	1
NF Williams	run out	1
ARC Fraser	lbw b Foster	0
NG Cowans	c Topley b Pringle	7
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 28.3 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-28, 3-35, 4-42, 5-42, 6-72, 7-74, 8-75, 9-75, 10-85 (28.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	14	3	42	4	-	-
Pringle	13.3	1	38	5	-	-
Topley	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	c Brown b Cowans	0
JP Stephenson	not out	49
AW Lilley	not out	19
ME Waugh	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
PJ Prichard	did not bat
DR Pringle	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 13.5 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-0

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	5	1	12	1	-	-
Fraser	4	0	14	0	-	-
Williams	2	0	32	0	-	-
Hughes	2.5	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> PR Downton (2) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 18
--> DR Pringle reached 500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> ARC Fraser reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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