f37695 cc17417	Surrey v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 30th, 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 1988 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Essex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	HD Bird, AA Jones
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 360/9 (Feltham 16*, MP Bicknell 5*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 118/2 (Gooch 78*, Waugh 24*)
Close of play day 3	No play

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Bicknell	c East b Pont	50
CK Bullen	c Fletcher b Topley	8
AJ Stewart	c Topley b Pont	133		268	21	1
MA Lynch	c and b Pont	14
DM Ward	lbw b Topley	50
+CJ Richards	c Gooch b Pont	31
*IA Greig	c and b Stephenson	7
KT Medlycott	c Gooch b Stephenson	6
MA Feltham	not out	18
ST Clarke	c Fletcher b Pont	28
MP Bicknell	b Topley	5
Extras	(7 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 109.5 overs)	362
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-123, 3-143, 4-249, 5-277, 6-304, 7-304, 8-311, 9-350, 10-362 (109.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pont	29	4	103	5	-	-
Topley	26.5	5	70	3	-	-
Waugh	12	0	75	0	-	-
Childs	19	6	41	0	-	-
Stephenson	22	5	66	2	-	-
Gooch	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b MP Bicknell	123
JP Stephenson	c Bullen b Clarke	2
AW Lilley	b MP Bicknell	4
ME Waugh	c Clarke b MP Bicknell	29
PJ Prichard	b Medlycott	33
+DE East	c Clarke b Bullen	40
*KWR Fletcher	not out	9
BR Hardie	not out	0
TD Topley	did not bat
IL Pont	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 67.1 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-61, 3-133, 4-201, 5-207, 6-257

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	10	0	27	1	-	-
MP Bicknell	21	4	80	3	-	-
Feltham	16	3	58	0	-	-
Medlycott	14	2	62	1	-	-
Greig	4	0	11	0	-	-
Bullen	2.1	0	10	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Surrey score at 100 overs in the first innings was 329-8
--> ME Waugh made his debut in County Championship matches
--> ST Clarke made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KWR Fletcher made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> IL Pont made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IL Pont made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 26500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> PJ Prichard (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> ME Waugh made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> ME Waugh made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> MP Bicknell reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> KT Medlycott reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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