a3993	Essex v Gloucestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1984 (Group D)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 5th May 1984 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 5 runs
Points	Essex 2; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	HD Bird, A Jepson
Man of the Match	BR Hardie

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	c and b Athey	57
C Gladwin	b Doughty	23
BR Hardie	not out	62
KS McEwan	c Athey b Doughty	16
DR Pringle	c Russell b Athey	7
N Phillip	c Stovold b Athey	0
S Turner	c Athey b Shepherd	0
+DE East	c Sainsbury b Shepherd	33
NA Foster	lbw b Lawrence	0
JK Lever	not out	1
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 7 w)	23
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-103, 3-132, 4-147, 5-151, 6-153, 7-219, 8-219

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lawrence	11	1	52	1	-	-	66.00	4.73
Shepherd	11	3	42	2	-	-	33.00	3.82
Sainsbury	11	0	40	0	-	-	-	3.64
Doughty	11	2	32	2	-	-	33.00	2.91
Athey	11	1	33	3	-	-	22.00	3.00

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Gloucestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AW Stovold	c Lever b Phillip	44
PW Romaines	c East b Foster	7
CWJ Athey	lbw b Lever	2
Zaheer Abbas	c Gladwin b Turner	67
AJ Wright	c Gladwin b Pringle	7
RJ Doughty	c McEwan b Foster	31
*DA Graveney	c Hardie b Lever	26
JN Shepherd	c Gooch b Foster	2
+RC Russell	b Pringle	10
DV Lawrence	not out	1
GE Sainsbury	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	19
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-27, 3-112, 4-133, 5-147, 6-201, 7-202, 8-210, 9-215

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	11	1	33	2	-	-	33.00	3.00
Foster	11	1	46	3	-	-	22.00	4.18
Phillip	11	2	30	1	-	-	66.00	2.73
Pringle	11	0	51	2	-	-	33.00	4.64
Turner	11	0	38	1	-	-	66.00	3.45

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Notes
--> BR Hardie passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 4
--> DA Graveney passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 26
--> CWJ Athey made his debut for Gloucestershire in List A matches
--> JN Shepherd reached 400 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex innings

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