f37565 cc17307	Essex v Gloucestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Gloucestershire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JC Balderstone, KJ Lyons
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 361/8 (Russell 64*, Lawrence 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 41/1 (Hardie 24*, Prichard 2*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	b Lever	15
AJ Wright	c Miller b Topley	42
PW Romaines	c Stephenson b Foster	3
CWJ Athey	c Foster b Miller	76			10	-
P Bainbridge	c Lever b Foster	37
KM Curran	c East b Foster	21
JW Lloyds	c Prichard b Topley	32
+RC Russell	c Lilley b Miller	64
*DA Graveney	b Lever	47
DV Lawrence	c Border b Miller	10
TM Alderman	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(all out, 113.1 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-21, 3-74, 4-152, 5-183, 6-206, 7-243, 8-359, 9-361, 10-370 (113.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	5	84	2	-	-
Foster	26	4	99	3	-	-
Topley	19	2	59	2	-	-
Childs	18	6	54	0	-	-
Miller	24.1	7	44	3	-	-
Stephenson	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Stovold b Alderman	16
JP Stephenson	c Athey b Alderman	1
PJ Prichard	c Curran b Alderman	6
*AR Border	lbw b Alderman	14
AW Lilley	not out	80
G Miller	c Athey b Lawrence	6
NA Foster	c Stovold b Curran	3
+DE East	c Lawrence b Curran	0
TD Topley	c Stovold b Curran	44
JK Lever	c Russell b Alderman	0
JH Childs	lbw b Alderman	0
Extras	(11 lb, 7 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-24, 3-40, 4-51, 5-74, 6-83, 7-83, 8-188, 9-188, 10-188 (68 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	19	6	58	1	-	-
Alderman	19	6	41	6	-	-
Curran	16	4	28	3	-	-
Lloyds	10	0	43	0	-	-
Graveney	4	0	7	0	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Lloyds b Lawrence	36
JP Stephenson	lbw b Alderman	15
PJ Prichard	c Alderman b Lawrence	2
*AR Border	c Alderman b Lawrence	0
AW Lilley	c Russell b Lawrence	0
G Miller	c Bainbridge b Alderman	24
+DE East	c Romaines b Lawrence	134	113		19	5
NA Foster	c Stovold b Lawrence	10
TD Topley	c Russell b Lawrence	20
JK Lever	b Alderman	0
JH Childs	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 49.5 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-54, 3-54, 4-54, 5-57, 6-104, 7-138, 8-211, 9-212, 10-249 (49.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	17.5	4	85	7	-	-
Alderman	20	2	84	3	-	-
Curran	10	0	68	0	-	-
Bainbridge	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c Foster b Miller	28
AJ Wright	c East b Childs	19
PW Romaines	not out	12
CWJ Athey	not out	9
P Bainbridge	did not bat
KM Curran	did not bat
JW Lloyds	did not bat
+RC Russell	did not bat
*DA Graveney	did not bat
DV Lawrence	did not bat
TM Alderman	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 20.3 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-50

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	2	0	12	0	-	-
Foster	6	1	9	0	-	-
Childs	8	1	24	1	-	-
Miller	4.3	0	23	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Gloucestershire score at 100 overs in the first innings was 336-7
--> DE East (2) passed his previous highest score of 131 in First-Class matches
--> DE East (2) passed his previous highest score of 131 in County Championship matches
--> DV Lawrence reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex second innings

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