f37617 cc17352	Hampshire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	United Services Ground, Portsmouth on 20th, 21st, 22nd July 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hampshire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	J Birkenshaw, JD Bond
Scorers	CF Driver (Essex), VH Isaacs (Hampshire)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 118/5 (Border 43*, Fletcher 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 203/7 (Fletcher 45*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Scott	c East b Lever	0
CL Smith	lbw b Lever	27
*MCJ Nicholas	c East b Lever	66
VP Terry	lbw b Topley	6
DR Turner	c Prichard b Topley	6
+RJ Parks	c Lilley b Lever	18
TM Tremlett	c Lilley b Miller	28
ST Jefferies	c East b Topley	6
RJ Maru	lbw b Topley	5
CA Connor	b Stephenson	24
PJ Bakker	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-67, 3-87, 4-102, 5-120, 6-135, 7-143, 8-158, 9-201, 10-201 (70.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	24	4	61	4	-	-
Topley	28	2	88	4	-	-
Pont	10	4	26	0	-	-
Stephenson	5.2	3	10	1	-	-
Miller	3	0	7	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Prichard	c Maru b Bakker	5
JP Stephenson	c Terry b Bakker	4
AW Lilley	c Scott b Connor	35
AR Border	b Bakker	55
N Hussain	c Parks b Bakker	19
TD Topley	c Terry b Bakker	3
*KWR Fletcher	not out	45
G Miller	c Maru b Tremlett	19
+DE East	did not bat
IL Pont	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 78.3 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-15, 3-66, 4-103, 5-115, 6-138, 7-203 (78.3 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jefferies	24.4	4	59	0	-	-
Bakker	20	5	54	5	-	-
Connor	7.2	1	20	1	-	-
Tremlett	12.3	3	44	1	-	-
Maru	11	7	5	0	-	-
Scott	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Scott	c East b Lever	0
CL Smith	not out	103
*MCJ Nicholas	not out	102
VP Terry	did not bat
DR Turner	did not bat
+RJ Parks	did not bat
TM Tremlett	did not bat
ST Jefferies	did not bat
RJ Maru	did not bat
CA Connor	did not bat
PJ Bakker	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 37 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Scott)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	8	3	14	1	-	-
Topley	7	1	16	0	-	-
Stephenson	1	0	5	0	-	-
Lilley	11	0	119	0	-	-
Hussain	9	0	47	0	-	-
Prichard	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JP Stephenson	not out	34
+DE East	b Jefferies	10
PJ Prichard	hit wkt b Bakker	0
AR Border	c Nicholas b Jefferies	9
AW Lilley	not out	53
N Hussain	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
IL Pont	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(3 wickets, 33 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-20, 3-33

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jefferies	10	3	37	2	-	-
Bakker	13	1	42	1	-	-
Tremlett	6	1	17	0	-	-
Maru	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Scott made his debut in County Championship matches
--> G Miller (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> CL Smith (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 60
--> CL Smith (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 60
--> AW Lilley (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> JK Lever reached 1350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire second innings

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