f35956 cc16834	Middlesex v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1985
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 11th, 12th, 13th September 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	C Cook, JH Hampshire
Scorers	CF Driver (Essex), HPH Sharp (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 236/3 (Gatting 105*, Radley 15*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 282/5 (Fletcher 2*, East 6*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Prichard	c Downton b Williams	0
BR Hardie	c Butcher b Williams	5
AW Lilley	c Emburey b Williams	4
KS McEwan	b Williams	0
*KWR Fletcher	c Downton b Williams	13
GA Gooch	c Downton b Cowans	19
+DE East	b Gatting	18
IL Pont	c Emburey b Gatting	11
JK Lever	not out	10
TD Topley	b Daniel	0
DL Acfield	run out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 9 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 30.4 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-5, 3-5, 4-14, 5-28, 6-61, 7-69, 8-81, 9-86, 10-92 (30.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	9.4	0	51	1	-	-
Williams	9	4	15	5	-	-
Gatting	6	0	20	2	-	-
Cowans	6	2	5	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	c Gooch b Lever	0
KR Brown	c Gooch b Topley	25
*MW Gatting	c McEwan b Topley	114
RO Butcher	c Lever b Acfield	77
CT Radley	lbw b Pont	21
+PR Downton	c Gooch b Topley	1
JE Emburey	c Prichard b Pont	10
NF Williams	run out	2
PH Edmonds	c McEwan b Topley	7
NG Cowans	c Lilley b Pont	4
WW Daniel	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-47, 3-205, 4-242, 5-243, 6-264, 7-267, 8-275, 9-279, 10-279 (97.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	3	22	1	-	-
Pont	23	4	81	3	-	-
Topley	27.1	8	57	4	-	-
Acfield	21	4	74	1	-	-
Gooch	14	3	31	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Gatting	145
BR Hardie	c Downton b Edmonds	48
PJ Prichard	b Edmonds	6
KS McEwan	b Edmonds	4
AW Lilley	c Brown b Cowans	60
*KWR Fletcher	b Edmonds	39
+DE East	b Daniel	100
IL Pont	c and b Daniel	12
JK Lever	b Cowans	7
TD Topley	not out	9
DL Acfield	b Williams	1
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb, 14 nb)	30
Total	(all out, 139.3 overs)	461
Fall of wickets:
1-111, 2-130, 3-146, 4-274, 5-274, 6-378, 7-433, 8-443, 9-460, 10-461 (139.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	20	2	91	2	-	-
Williams	20.3	2	73	1	-	-
Gatting	14	2	40	1	-	-
Cowans	18	3	62	2	-	-
Edmonds	40	7	101	4	-	-
Emburey	27	2	78	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	c Gooch b Pont	20
KR Brown	c Gooch b Pont	20
*MW Gatting	not out	83
PH Edmonds	b Pont	10
RO Butcher	c Lever b Gooch	20
CT Radley	lbw b Gooch	0
+PR Downton	b Topley	12
JE Emburey	c and b Gooch	16
NF Williams	not out	4
NG Cowans	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 50.4 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-48, 3-66, 4-117, 5-118, 6-133, 7-169

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	10	1	30	0	-	-
Pont	17	5	74	3	1	-
Topley	8	1	37	1	-	1
Gooch	15.4	1	46	3	-	-

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Notes
--> KR Brown (1) equalled his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> RO Butcher (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 71
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 79
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 116
--> NF Williams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-71)
--> NF Williams reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> NF Williams reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TD Topley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-34)
--> TD Topley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-34)

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