f42471 cc18715	Essex v Surrey
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1996
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 27th, 28th, 29th June, 1st July 1996 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Surrey 10 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	A Clarkson, DJ Constant
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 345/3 (Thorpe 137*, Hollioake 78*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 134/3 (Gooch 46*)
Close of play day 3	Essex (1) 425/8 (Ilott 9*, Such 0*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Bicknell	c Grayson b Irani	30	54	79	3	-
MA Butcher	c Law b Childs	53	96	110	8	-
GP Thorpe	b Such	143	278	338	14	1
AD Brown	c Law b Such	31	47	55	3	-
AJ Hollioake	c Hussain b Cowan	128	260	376	17	-
BP Julian	lbw b Ilott	36	113	133	5	-
+GJ Kersey	c Rollins b Irani	8	20	38	1	-
*AJ Stewart	lbw b Ilott	2	30	36	-	-
MP Bicknell	not out	10	8	13	-	-
JE Benjamin	not out	2
RM Pearson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 21 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	33
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 151.4 overs)	476
Fall of wickets:
1-75 (DJ Bicknell), 2-97 (Butcher), 3-156 (Brown), 4-357 (Thorpe), 5-444 (Hollioake), 6-446 (Julian), 7-464 (Kersey), 8-466 (Stewart)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	27.4	3	78	2	-	-
Cowan	17	3	63	1	2	2
Irani	13	1	47	2	-	-
Childs	42	13	116	1	-	-
Such	38	11	102	2	-	-
Grayson	12	1	35	0	-	-
Law	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Butcher b Pearson	149	343	430	14	2
AP Grayson	c Stewart b Pearson	62	112	144	6	-
AP Cowan	b Pearson	0	8	9	-	-
N Hussain	c Butcher b DJ Bicknell	0	6	4	-	-
SG Law	lbw b MP Bicknell	125	187	228	15	1
*PJ Prichard	lbw b Pearson	7	15	16	1	-
RC Irani	b Pearson	17	29	36	1	-
+RJ Rollins	b Julian	12	33	45	2	-
MC Ilott	not out	9	28		2	-
PM Such	c sub b Julian	0	3		-	-
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 11 lb, 24 nb)	44
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 125.2 overs)	425
Fall of wickets:
1-131 (Grayson), 2-133 (Cowan), 3-134 (Hussain), 4-366 (Law), 5-381 (Prichard), 6-394 (Gooch), 7-405 (Irani), 8-417 (Rollins), 9-425 (Such)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MP Bicknell	25	7	63	1	-	1
Benjamin	16	6	65	0	-	-
Pearson	46	11	142	5	-	-
Julian	22.2	5	84	2	-	11
DJ Bicknell	12	2	42	1	-	-
Hollioake	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Bicknell	c Hussain b Law	30	83	91	4	-
MA Butcher	not out	85	167	205	13	1
*AJ Stewart	c Law b Such	33	57	60	6	1
GP Thorpe	not out	11	23	50	1	-
AD Brown	did not bat
AJ Hollioake	did not bat
BP Julian	did not bat
+GJ Kersey	did not bat
MP Bicknell	did not bat
RM Pearson	did not bat
JE Benjamin	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 55 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (DJ Bicknell), 2-133 (Stewart)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	3	1	4	0	-	-
Cowan	2	0	8	0	-	-
Grayson	15	2	42	0	-	-
Such	24	5	66	1	-	-
Law	11	3	39	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Surrey score at 120 overs in the first innings was 373-4
--> Essex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 407-7
--> JH Childs made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MA Butcher (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> GP Thorpe (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 110
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 26000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 114
--> MA Butcher (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 52
--> MA Butcher (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 52
--> MA Butcher (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 70
--> RM Pearson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed GA Gooch in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-35)
--> RM Pearson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings

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