Essex County Cricket Club

1996 Season

Playing Staff: SJW Andrew, DW Ayres, JH Childs, DM Cousins, AP Cowan, NA Derbyshire, GA Gooch, GJ Goodwin, AP Grayson, JO Grove, AJE Hibbert, TP Hodgson, N Hussain, +BJ Hyam, MC Ilott, RC Irani, SG Law (overseas player), JJB Lewis, SD Peters, JC Powell, *PJ Prichard, DDJ Robinson, +RJ Rollins, PM Such, NF Williams.

Benefit: PJ Prichard.

Benson & Hedges Trophy

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
26 Apr	Glamorgan	Cardiff	Lost
28 Apr	Middlesex	Chelmsford	Won
30 Apr	British Univ.	Chelmsford	Won
7 May	Kent	Chelmsford	Lost
14 May	Somerset	Taunton	Won

Did not qualify for the Knock out.

County Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Points
2-6 May	Worcestershire	Worcester	Won	24
9-13 May	Hampshire	Southampton	Won	23
16-20 May	Kent	Ilford	Lost	5
23-27 May	Derbyshire	Derby	Drawn	11
6-10 Jun	Lancashire	Chelmsford	Drawn	9
13-17 Jun	Northamptonshire	Chelmsford	Drawn	10
27 Jun-1 Jul	Surrey	Southend	Drawn	8
4-8 Jul	Leicestershire	Leicester	Lost	3
18-22 Jul	Nottinghamshire	Chelmsford	Won	24
25-27 Jul	Durham	Hartlepool	Won	23
1-3 Aug	Middlesex	Lord's	Won	24
8-10 Aug	Somerset	Taunton	Won	24
22-26 Aug	Gloucestershire	Colchester	Won	24
29 Aug-2 Sep	Yorkshire	Headingley	Lost	8
3-6 Sep	Warwickshire	Edgbaston	Won	21
12-16 Sep	Sussex	Chelmsford	Lost	8
19-22 Sep	Glamorgan	Chelmsford	Lost	6

Sunday League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Points
5 May	Worcestershire	Worcester	Lost	0
12 May	Hampshire	Southampton	Won	4
19 May	Kent	Ilford	Lost	0
26 May	Derbyshire	Derby	Abandoned	2
9 Jun	Lancashire	Chelmsford	Won	4
16 Jun	Northamptonshire	Chelmsford	Lost	0
30 Jun	Surrey	Southend	Won	4
7 Jul	Leicestershire	Leicester	Lost	0
14 Jul	Glamorgan	Chelmsford	Lost	0
21 Jul	Nottinghamshire	Chelmsford	Lost	0
28 Jul	Durham	Hartlepool	Lost	0
4 Aug	Middlesex	Lord's	Lost	0
11 Aug	Somerset	Taunton	Lost	0
25 Aug	Gloucestershire	Colchester	Lost	0
1 Sep	Yorkshire	Headingley	Lost	0
10 Sep	Warwickshire	Edgbaston	Lost	0
15 Sep	Sussex	Chelmsford	Won	4

NatWest Trophy

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
25 Jun	Devon	Chelmsford	Won
10 Jul	Durham	Chelmsford	Won
Quarter-Final
30 Jul	Hampshire	Southampton	Won
Semi-Final
13 Aug	Surrey	The Oval	Won
Final
7 Sep	Lancashire	Lord's	Lost

University Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
21-23 Jun	Cambridge Univ.	Fenner's	Won

Matches against the Tourists

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
28-30 May	India	Chelmsford	Drawn
6 Aug	South Africa `A'	Chelmsford	Lost
17-19 Aug	Pakistan	Chelmsford	Lost

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