| sec4598 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Southampton on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1997 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Hampshire Second XI won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Hampshire Second XI won by 10 wickets |
| Points | Hampshire Second XI 19 (Bowling 3); Essex Second XI 2 (Batting 2) |
| Umpires | P Adams, FD Fowler |
| Close of play day 1 | |
| Close of play day 2 |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJE Hibbert | lbw b Coppin | 4 | |||||
| DG Wilson | c Kenway b Maru | 28 | |||||
| PR Shaw | st Kenway b Maru | 54 | |||||
| SM Ali | b Dibden | 0 | |||||
| NF Williams | lbw b Maru | 21 | |||||
| +BJ Hyam | lbw b Maru | 37 | |||||
| IH Shah | b Maru | 2 | |||||
| GJA Goodwin | not out | 32 | |||||
| DM Cousins | lbw b Swarbrick | 26 | |||||
| *AR Butcher | not out | 1 | |||||
| SJW Andrew | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 13 lb, 2 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 73 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-91, 3-92, 4-112, 5-147, 6-155, 7-162, 8-218 | |||||||
| Hampshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Francis | 10 | 2 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coppin | 12 | 4 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hansen | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Maru | 26 | 14 | 33 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dibden | 13 | 3 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kendall | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swarbrick | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hampshire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PR Whitaker | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Treagus | did not bat | ||||||
| *KD James | did not bat | ||||||
| WS Kendall | did not bat | ||||||
| +DA Kenway | did not bat | ||||||
| WR Coppin | did not bat | ||||||
| M Swarbrick | did not bat | ||||||
| TM Hansen | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Maru | did not bat | ||||||
| SRG Francis | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dibden | did not bat | ||||||
| Innings Forfeited | |||||||
| Essex Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJE Hibbert | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Shaw | did not bat | ||||||
| SM Ali | did not bat | ||||||
| NF Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| +BJ Hyam | did not bat | ||||||
| IH Shah | did not bat | ||||||
| GJA Goodwin | did not bat | ||||||
| DM Cousins | did not bat | ||||||
| *AR Butcher | did not bat | ||||||
| SJW Andrew | did not bat | ||||||
| Innings Forfeited | |||||||
| Hampshire Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PR Whitaker | not out | 111 | |||||
| GR Treagus | not out | 94 | |||||
| *KD James | did not bat | ||||||
| WS Kendall | did not bat | ||||||
| +DA Kenway | did not bat | ||||||
| WR Coppin | did not bat | ||||||
| M Swarbrick | did not bat | ||||||
| TM Hansen | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Maru | did not bat | ||||||
| SRG Francis | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dibden | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 6 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 53.2 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Andrew | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cousins | 12 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goodwin | 19 | 3 | 75 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shah | 15 | 0 | 65 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 3.2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |