a4537	Somerset v Essex
	John Player Special League 1985
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 28th July 1985 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 4
Umpires	KJ Lyons, R Palmer

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PM Roebuck	b Pont	0
NFM Popplewell	c McEwan b Turner	33
NA Felton	lbw b Pont	3
IVA Richards	b Topley	5
JG Wyatt	c East b Topley	4
*IT Botham	c Prichard b Gooch	58	57				101.75
VJ Marks	c Gooch b Acfield	19
J Garner	c Gooch b Pringle	26
MR Davis	run out	1
+T Gard	not out	11
CH Dredge	not out	3
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14, 3-29, 4-48, 5-50, 6-116, 7-144, 8-146, 9-161

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pringle	7	0	36	1	-	-	42.00	5.14
Pont	5	0	18	2	-	-	15.00	3.60
Topley	8	1	26	2	-	-	24.00	3.25
Turner	8	0	37	1	-	-	48.00	4.62
Gooch	8	0	33	1	-	-	48.00	4.12
Acfield	4	0	18	1	-	-	24.00	4.50

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	c Garner b Botham	37
PJ Prichard	st Gard b Marks	15
KS McEwan	not out	54	63				85.71
DR Pringle	c Gard b Davis	14
BR Hardie	c Botham b Richards	9
AW Lilley	b Botham	12
+DE East	not out	14
IL Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(13 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(5 wickets, 38.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-57, 3-105, 4-126, 5-157

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Garner	8	1	26	0	-	-	-	3.25
Botham	7	0	35	2	-	-	21.00	5.00
Marks	7	0	34	1	-	-	42.00	4.86
Dredge	5	0	17	0	-	-	-	3.40
Davis	5	0	19	1	-	-	30.00	3.80
Richards	6.5	2	30	1	-	-	41.00	4.39

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Notes
--> NFM Popplewell passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 32
--> TD Topley made his debut for Essex in List A matches
--> IL Pont made his debut for Essex in List A matches

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