f39415 cc17901	Surrey v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1991
Venue	The Foster's Oval, Kennington on 5th, 6th, 8th July 1991 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 5 wickets
Points	Surrey 21 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Essex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Julian, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 13/1 (Alikhan 5*, Sargeant 8*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 22/1 (Stephenson 8*, Topley 7*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JP Stephenson	c Sargeant b MP Bicknell	0
ACH Seymour	c Sargeant b MP Bicknell	5
PJ Prichard	b MP Bicknell	3
Saleem Malik	not out	185	295		23	-
N Hussain	b Murphy	128	243		17	-
N Shahid	lbw b Murphy	0
+MA Garnham	not out	2
*NA Foster	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-9, 4-323, 5-323

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MP Bicknell	17	3	53	3	-	-
Murphy	18	5	52	2	-	-
Feltham	18	3	69	0	-	-
Medlycott	30	5	89	0	-	-
Greig	11	1	43	0	-	-
Thorpe	5	0	18	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Bicknell	c Garnham b Foster	0
RI Alikhan	b Topley	20
+NF Sargeant	lbw b Foster	14
AJ Stewart	c Seymour b Childs	33
DM Ward	c Prichard b Childs	98
GP Thorpe	b Such	28
*IA Greig	lbw b Childs	20
KT Medlycott	c Prichard b Such	20
MA Feltham	b Childs	28
MP Bicknell	c Hussain b Childs	23
AJ Murphy	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 11 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 107.1 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-28, 3-44, 4-83, 5-174, 6-202, 7-241, 8-249, 9-298, 10-299 (107.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	18	6	52	2	-	-
Topley	12	2	34	1	-	-
Childs	43.1	12	112	5	-	-
Such	34	8	87	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+MA Garnham	b Murphy	6
JP Stephenson	c Ward b Murphy	18
TD Topley	b Murphy	17
PJ Prichard	c Thorpe b MP Bicknell	14
Saleem Malik	not out	59
N Hussain	c Sargeant b Murphy	36
*NA Foster	b Murphy	0
N Shahid	run out	12
ACH Seymour	not out	10
JH Childs	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 4 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-34, 3-50, 4-87, 5-145, 6-145, 7-160

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MP Bicknell	16	2	53	1	-	-
Murphy	19	2	63	5	-	-
Medlycott	10	3	40	0	-	-
Thorpe	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Bicknell	lbw b Such	54
RI Alikhan	c Prichard b Childs	8
AJ Stewart	not out	83
DM Ward	lbw b Such	54
GP Thorpe	b Childs	2
*IA Greig	c Saleem Malik b Childs	9
KT Medlycott	not out	0
+NF Sargeant	did not bat
MA Feltham	did not bat
MP Bicknell	did not bat
AJ Murphy	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb)	20
Total	(5 wickets, 58.5 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-89, 3-185, 4-188, 5-218

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	4	0	17	0	-	-
Topley	4	0	14	0	-	-
Childs	25.5	7	85	3	-	-
Such	24	5	91	2	-	-
Saleem Malik	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Surrey score at 100 overs in the first innings was 279-8
--> Saleem Malik (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 20
--> Saleem Malik (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 92
--> Saleem Malik (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 92
--> Saleem Malik (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> N Hussain (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> NA Foster reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings

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