f38136 cc17495	Surrey v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1989
Venue	The Foster's Oval, Kennington on 10th, 12th, 13th June 1989 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Surrey 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 21 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	R Julian, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 324/4 (Stewart 178*, Robinson 25*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 260/6 (Miller 15*, Topley 4*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Bicknell	c Waugh b Lever	0
GS Clinton	c Waugh b Stephenson	70
AJ Stewart	not out	206		436	23	1
GP Thorpe	lbw b Stephenson	0
+DM Ward	c Garnham b Ilott	38
JD Robinson	c Waugh b Lever	29
KT Medlycott	not out	37
*IA Greig	did not bat
NH Peters	did not bat
AJ Murphy	did not bat
M Frost	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 126 overs)	395
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-186, 3-186, 4-259, 5-339

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	32	5	99	2	-	-
Ilott	26	7	74	1	-	-
Topley	25	6	74	0	-	-
Waugh	12	1	55	0	-	-
Childs	11	5	15	0	-	-
Stephenson	11	3	41	2	-	-
Miller	9	2	26	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BR Hardie	run out	21
JP Stephenson	b Medlycott	114	231
AW Lilley	c Peters b Medlycott	67
ME Waugh	lbw b Thorpe	13
PJ Prichard	c Peters b Thorpe	13
G Miller	not out	24
+MA Garnham	c Thorpe b Medlycott	1
TD Topley	b Murphy	18
JH Childs	c Bicknell b Murphy	1
JK Lever	c Bicknell b Medlycott	5
MC Ilott	not out	13
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 99.3 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-199, 3-224 (Stephenson), 4-224, 5-242, 6-243, 7-263, 8-274, 9-285

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murphy	15.3	1	51	2	-	-
Frost	13	2	45	0	-	-
Peters	13	3	36	0	-	-
Medlycott	39	14	95	4	-	-
Thorpe	13	3	31	2	-	-
Robinson	2	0	12	0	-	-
Greig	4	0	23	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Bicknell	not out	105	69	73	12	4
KT Medlycott	c Waugh b Lilley	61	51		8	1
AJ Stewart	not out	12
GS Clinton	did not bat
GP Thorpe	did not bat
+DM Ward	did not bat
JD Robinson	did not bat
*IA Greig	did not bat
NH Peters	did not bat
AJ Murphy	did not bat
M Frost	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 23 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-123 (Medlycott)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	4	0	9	0	-	-
Ilott	3	0	15	0	-	-
Topley	3	0	37	0	-	-
Prichard	7	0	66	0	-	-
Lilley	6	0	53	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BR Hardie	not out	142
JP Stephenson	c Ward b Peters	36
AW Lilley	c Murphy b Medlycott	35
ME Waugh	not out	58
PJ Prichard	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
+MA Garnham	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
MC Ilott	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 68.1 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-174

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murphy	11	0	56	0	-	-
Frost	13	2	53	0	-	-
Peters	16.1	3	59	1	-	-
Medlycott	27	0	92	1	-	-
Thorpe	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Surrey (2) ?/? (Bicknell 105*, [unknown] ?*)
--> Surrey score at 100 overs in the first innings was 292-4
--> AJ Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 166 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 166 in County Championship matches
--> AJ Stewart (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94
--> JD Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> JP Stephenson (1) passed his previous highest score of 109 in County Championship matches
--> G Miller (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> DJ Bicknell (2) 100 in 69 balls, 73 minutes with 12 fours and 4 sixes
--> JP Stephenson (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> JK Lever reached 1700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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Bicknell's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.