f35835	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1985
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th July 1985 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JH Hampshire, MJ Kitchen
Scorers	CF Driver (Essex), MP Ringham (Australians)
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 277/9 (Gilbert 5*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 325/7 (Hardie 81*, East 10*)
Close of play day 3	Australians (2) 289/5 (Boon 132*, Matthews 5*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Lilley b Gooch	33
*AMJ Hilditch	c Pringle b Foster	80
KC Wessels	b Gooch	23
DM Wellham	c Acfield b Phillip	10
DC Boon	c Gooch b Foster	21
SP O'Donnell	c and b Gooch	39
GRJ Matthews	b Acfield	5
+RB Phillips	c and b Phillip	28
MJ Bennett	lbw b Phillip	23
DR Gilbert	not out	6
JR Thomson	b Phillip	1
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 110.3 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-125, 3-142, 4-155, 5-182, 6-217, 7-217, 8-261, 9-277, 10-279 (110.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	27	6	96	2	-	-
Phillip	18.3	4	55	4	-	-
Acfield	18	5	36	1	-	-
Pringle	26	7	43	0	-	-
Gooch	21	7	41	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	c Hilditch b Matthews	68
C Gladwin	c O'Donnell b Gilbert	5
PJ Prichard	c Phillips b Gilbert	7
AW Lilley	lbw b Gilbert	15
DR Pringle	c Phillips b Thomson	29
BR Hardie	not out	113
KS McEwan	c and b Bennett	18
N Phillip	c Matthews b Thomson	50	65
+DE East	c Wessels b Thomson	23
NA Foster	c Phillips b Matthews	14
DL Acfield	c and b Matthews	14
Extras	(12 b, 8 lb, 28 nb, 5 w)	53
Total	(all out, 103.4 overs)	409
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-53, 3-91, 4-131, 5-146, 6-192, 7-299, 8-345, 9-389, 10-409 (103.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	24	2	93	3	-	-
Gilbert	23	2	90	3	-	-
O'Donnell	15	1	58	0	-	-
Bennett	26	4	72	1	-	-
Matthews	15.4	1	76	3	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AMJ Hilditch	c Pringle b Foster	35
GM Wood	c East b Pringle	8
KC Wessels	c Foster b Pringle	0
DM Wellham	b Foster	63
DC Boon	b Gooch	138
SP O'Donnell	b Pringle	31
GRJ Matthews	c East b Gooch	6
+RB Phillips	b Gooch	9
MJ Bennett	c East b Gooch	0
DR Gilbert	b Pringle	7
JR Thomson	not out	21
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 96.3 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-45, 3-49, 4-211, 5-273, 6-291, 7-296, 8-296, 9-303, 10-333 (96.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	20	3	92	2	-	-
Phillip	7	0	39	0	-	-
Acfield	22	6	58	0	-	-
Pringle	27	5	69	4	-	-
Gooch	19.3	3	61	4	-	-
Lilley	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	c Boon b Gilbert	27
C Gladwin	lbw b Matthews	27
PJ Prichard	c Phillips b Gilbert	4
KS McEwan	lbw b Gilbert	0
DR Pringle	c Phillips b Gilbert	4
BR Hardie	b Thomson	17
AW Lilley	c Wessels b Matthews	11
N Phillip	c Wood b Thomson	22
+DE East	not out	30
NA Foster	not out	15
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 64 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-56, 3-56, 4-62, 5-66, 6-84, 7-123, 8-124

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	16	2	46	2	-	-
Gilbert	21	9	41	4	-	-
O'Donnell	4	0	22	0	-	-
Bennett	4	2	8	0	-	-
Matthews	19	7	42	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AMJ Hilditch (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> RB Phillips (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8

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