f42441 cc18691	Essex v Lancashire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1996
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th June 1996 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Lancashire 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	RA White, P Willey
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 448/6 (Lewis 33, Ilott 9)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 387/3 (Titchard 112, Lloyd 227)
Close of play day 3	Lancashire (1) 618/9 (Austin 45, Keedy 5)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Austin b Keedy	101	137	145	18	-
DDJ Robinson	lbw b Chapple	0	2	2	-	-
AP Grayson	b Keedy	129	237	284	17	-
SG Law	c Elworthy b Austin	144	164	168	18	3
*PJ Prichard	c Titchard b Austin	2	7	9	-	-
JJB Lewis	c Speak b Austin	69	141	182	10	-
+RJ Rollins	c Elworthy b Watkinson	9	28	31	1	-
MC Ilott	c Crawley b Austin	22	73	86	3	-
AP Cowan	c Keedy b Austin	0	4	6	-	-
PM Such	b Chapple	4	44	42	-	-
SJW Andrew	not out	8	5	2	2	-
Extras	(7 lb, 14 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 139.1 overs)	509
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Robinson), 2-178 (Gooch), 3-383 (Grayson), 4-390 (Prichard), 5-401 (Law), 6-425 (Rollins), 7-480 (Ilott), 8-480 (Cowan), 9-501 (Lewis), 10-509 (Such, 139.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chapple	20.1	1	110	2	-	-
Elworthy	21	3	78	0	-	5
Austin	31	5	116	5	-	2
Watkinson	28	6	105	1	-	-
Keedy	34	11	75	2	-	-
Speak	5	0	18	0	-	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NJ Speak	b Such	29	52	78	4	-
NT Wood	c Rollins b Cowan	1	11	12	-	-
JP Crawley	c Law b Ilott	1	5	5	-	-
SP Titchard	c Lewis b Such	163	367		18	-
GD Lloyd	c Rollins b Cowan	241	187	235	25	12
*M Watkinson	st Rollins b Grayson	34	52	63	3	1
+WK Hegg	c Grayson b Cowan	37	77		4	-
ID Austin	not out	89	99		7	4
S Elworthy	c Prichard b Such	19	25	28	3	1
G Chapple	c Grayson b Such	10	10	12	1	1
G Keedy	c Cowan b Andrew	26	62		3	-
Extras	(3 b, 19 lb, 14 nb)	36
Total	(all out, 156.4 overs)	686
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Wood), 2-13 (Crawley), 3-55 (Speak), 4-413 (Lloyd), 5-472 (Watkinson), 6-530 (Titchard), 7-536 (Hegg), 8-577 (Elworthy), 9-595 (Chapple), 10-686 (Keedy, 156.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	32	5	124	1	-	2
Cowan	32	3	135	3	-	5
Such	42	12	178	4	-	-
Andrew	22.4	2	91	1	-	-
Grayson	22	2	106	1	-	-
Law	6	0	30	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Watkinson	21	33	35	4	-
DDJ Robinson	c Speak b Watkinson	50	107	116	4	-
AP Grayson	b Keedy	27	53	62	2	-
SG Law	b Keedy	3	14	19	-	-
*PJ Prichard	c Speak b Keedy	31	54	63	4	-
JJB Lewis	not out	54	148	155	3	-
+RJ Rollins	c Hegg b Chapple	22	41	45	3	-
MC Ilott	retired hurt	0	3	5	-	-
AP Cowan	not out	12	35	35	1	-
PM Such	did not bat
SJW Andrew	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 81 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Gooch), 2-104 (Grayson), 3-108 (Robinson), 4-108 (Law), 5-169 (Prichard), 6-204 (Rollins)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chapple	9	1	32	1	-	-
Elworthy	9	0	38	0	-	2
Austin	5	3	9	0	-	-
Watkinson	28	4	91	2	-	-
Keedy	29	13	45	3	-	-
Speak	1	0	9	0	-	-

Notes
--> Essex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 464-6
--> Lancashire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 528-5
--> NT Wood made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NT Wood made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AP Grayson (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in First-Class matches
--> AP Grayson (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in County Championship matches
--> AP Grayson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 120
--> SG Law (1) passed his previous highest score of 143 in County Championship matches
--> SG Law (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> SP Titchard (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in First-Class matches
--> SP Titchard (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in County Championship matches
--> GD Lloyd (1) 100 in 70 balls, 98 minutes
--> GD Lloyd (1) passed his previous highest score of 132 in County Championship matches
--> GD Lloyd (1) passed his previous highest score of 132 in First-Class matches
--> GD Lloyd (1) 200 in 141 balls, 181 minutes
--> G Keedy (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> G Keedy (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> AP Cowan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WK Hegg in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 2-64)
--> AP Cowan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed WK Hegg in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 2-64)
--> MC Ilott retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 0 (team score 208/6)

Lloyd's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.