a2492	Essex v Surrey
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1979 (Final)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st July 1979 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 35 runs
Umpires	HD Bird, BJ Meyer
Man of the Match	GA Gooch

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MH Denness	c Smith b Wilson	24	36	43	4	-	66.67
GA Gooch	b Wilson	120	141	203	11	3	85.11
KS McEwan	c Richards b Wilson	72	99	96	10	-	72.73
*KWR Fletcher	b Knight	34	30	37	3	-	113.33
BR Hardie	c Intikhab Alam b Wilson	4	6	14	-	-	66.67
KR Pont	not out	19	13	19	3	-	146.15
N Phillip	c Howarth b Jackman	2	6	5	-	-	33.33
S Turner	not out	1	2	5	-	-	50.00
+N Smith	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Denness), 2-172 (McEwan), 3-239 (Fletcher), 4-261 (Hardie), 5-273 (Gooch), 6-276 (Phillip)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jackman	11	0	69	1	-	-	66.00	6.27
Wilson	11	1	56	4	1	2	16.50	5.09
Knight	11	1	40	1	-	-	66.00	3.64
Intikhab Alam	11	0	38	0	-	-	-	3.45
Pocock	11	0	73	0	-	-	-	6.64

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Surrey innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AR Butcher	c Smith b Lever	13	22	20	2	-	59.09
MA Lynch	c McEwan b East	17	32	53	2	-	53.12
GP Howarth	c Fletcher b Pont	74	99	131	6	-	74.75
*RDV Knight	c Smith b Pont	52	64	66	8	-	81.25
DM Smith	b Phillip	24	34	45	2	-	70.59
GRJ Roope	not out	39	32	64	2	1	121.88
Intikhab Alam	c Pont b Phillip	1	5	9	-	-	20.00
RD Jackman	b East	1	5	3	-	-	20.00
+CJ Richards	b Turner	1	5	5	-	-	20.00
PI Pocock	b Phillip	7	17	21	1	-	41.18
PHL Wilson	b Lever	0	1	3	-	-	0.00
Extras	(4 b, 16 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Butcher), 2-45 (Lynch), 3-136 (Knight), 4-187 (Howarth), 5-205 (Smith), 6-219 (Intikhab Alam), 7-220 (Jackman), 8-226 (Richards), 9-250 (Pocock), 10-255 (Wilson, 51.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	9.4	2	33	2	-	-	29.00	3.41
Phillip	10	2	42	3	-	-	20.00	4.20
East	11	1	40	2	-	-	33.00	3.64
Turner	11	1	47	1	-	-	66.00	4.27
Pont	10	0	67	2	-	-	30.00	6.70

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Notes
--> GRJ Roope passed 5000 runs in List A matches when he reached 39

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