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3 FEBRUARY 1996
| ESSEX | SURREY | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | W | John Nellist | 173 | 1 | Paul Dupre | 170 | 0 |
| 2 | B | Terry Donnelly | 173 | ½ | John Hawson | 157 | ½ |
| 3 | W | Ivor Smith | 172 | 1 | John Wilcox | 155 | 0 |
| 4 | B | Robert Parker | 169 | ½ | Stephen Macdonald-Ross | 155 | ½ |
| 5 | W | Ken Clow | 167 | ½ | Chris Clegg | 155 | ½ |
| 6 | B | John Philpott | 163 | ½ | David Spearman | 153 | ½ |
| 7 | W | Roberto Waldteufel | 163 | 1 | N Balkan | 0 | |
| 8 | B | Mark Weighell | 163 | ½ | Colin Parker | 149 | ½ |
| 9 | W | Fred Dorn | 156 | 1 | K Mehendale | 148 | 0 |
| 10 | B | Colin Ramage | 156 | 1 | Paul Archer | 146 | 0 |
| 11 | W | Andy King | 156 | 1 | Rodney Bell | 146 | 0 |
| 12 | B | Andy Hartland | 156 | ½ | Edward Clark | 139 | ½ |
| 13 | W | Neville Twitchell | 153 | 1 | James Hale | 138 | 0 |
| 14 | B | Stan Harwood | 149 | 1 | Donald Baldock | 137 | 0 |
| 15 | W | Stuart Bates | 146 | ½ | Ian McLeod | 132 | ½ |
| 16 | B | Default | 0 | Fred Manning | 131 | 1 | |
| TOTAL - Home | 11½ | TOTAL - Away | 4½ | ||||
A very convincing victory against an outgraded Surrey team saw Essex make it 3 out of 3 at home for the season. If only the away form had been comparable! The previous year, 3 match points had been sufficient to qualify, but this time around something would still be needed from the final match away to Sussex.
Even in victory there was a sign that all was not well, in that a default was conceded for a home match in mid-morning, even though David Smith was going to be on hand in the afternoon to help with refreshments and could have played if requested.
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