Hampshire skipper Will Smith has told his side to ensure they avoid another result like they suffered at Middlesex after they were bowled out for 220 to win by an innings and 116 runs on the final day at Merchant Taylor's School.

James Fuller took five wickets on his Championship debut for Middlesex, who ended a run of six consecutive draws.

Only inclement weather prevented Middlesex's win arriving sooner as just 17 overs were possible on the third day of the game.

It was a disappointing defeat for Hampshire and captain Smith said: "We’ve had two contrasting games in these last two weeks. Here we think we were a shade unlucky with the ball and probably acquitted ourselves well enough with the ball. It’s been a bit more cloudy and bowler friendly since we batted.

"On the flipside, we let them get away in the first session on day two and haven’t batted well enough against a highly skilled and relentless attack. We have a break, three weeks, till our next four day game. We need to make sure this kind of result doesn’t happen again."

When the final day got under way, Toby Roland-Jones wasted no time picking up the first of the six wickets they required, with debutant Joe Weatherley prodding half forward and having his off-bail removed.

Jimmy Adams led Hampshire's resistance, scoring a stoic 78, his second half-century of the season.

Adams, who was dropped on 48 by John Simpson off Roland-Jones, pulled powerfully and drove well through cover, and shared 53 with Adam Wheater.

As Roland-Jones beat the bat and the ball flew through the cordon regularly, Wheater looked in decent touch, straight driving and pulling off the front foot.

Yet, when the pair fell in consecutive overs, Adams trapped in front by James Franklin and Wheater caught behind with leaden feet off the pacey Fuller, a sharp shower soon brought about an early lunch.

Tino Best capped a miserable match - during which he was warned for bowling a beamer - by falling for a pair fourth ball after lunch off Fuller, just turning the ball to mid-on, a near-identical dismissal to the first innings.

Mason Crane joined Ryan McLaren for the last rites of Hampshire's resistance, with Middlesex's bulging cordon - at times eight strong - left frustrated with edges simply not going to hand.

McLaren twice straight drove beautifully, before Crane slapped to point to become Fuller's fifth victim. Fuller, bowling with excellent pace and decent bounce, would finish with figures of five for 70.

After McLaren frustrated Middlesex with some lusty hitting, taking Hampshire past 200 in the process, Ollie Rayner dismissed James Tomlinson, caught at slip to complete the win. McLaren finished unbeaten on 33.

Middlesex's win earned them a full allocation of 24 points.

Hampshire, who played so impressively to seal their first win of the season against Nottinghamshire last week, picked up just a single bonus point but, due to their over-rate of -2, lost two points to leave the game with one fewer point than they arrived with.