f35844 cc16738	Essex v Somerset
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1985
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 10th, 11th, 12th July 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 149 runs
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 3, Bowling 1); Somerset 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	KJ Lyons, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 320/5 (Hardie 155*, Phillip 3*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 315/4 (Hayward 13*, Marks 24*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Gard b Dredge	162
C Gladwin	c Popplewell b Marks	31
PJ Prichard	b Marks	41
KS McEwan	c Marks b Booth	11
DR Pringle	c Hayward b Booth	2
*KWR Fletcher	c Hayward b Dredge	71
N Phillip	b Dredge	21
KR Pont	c Roebuck b Dredge	0
+DE East	c Hayward b Dredge	25
JK Lever	c and b Booth	7
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb, 4 w)	10
Total	(all out, 121.3 overs)	381
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-127, 3-150, 4-152, 5-310, 6-332, 7-344, 8-359, 9-376, 10-381 (121.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	23	2	95	5	-	-
Davis	15	1	77	0	-	-
Marks	41	9	117	2	-	-
Booth	42.3	17	86	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NFM Popplewell	lbw b Pringle	172	231	240	27	-
PM Roebuck	c Pringle b Acfield	69
NA Felton	b Lever	14
JG Wyatt	c Hardie b Acfield	5
RE Hayward	not out	13
*VJ Marks	not out	24
RL Ollis	did not bat
+T Gard	did not bat
MR Davis	did not bat
SC Booth	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-243, 2-257, 3-271, 4-279

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	29	5	94	1	-	-
Phillip	10	4	17	0	-	-
Pringle	18	5	53	1	-	-
Acfield	35	4	109	2	-	-
Pont	8	1	27	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	b Marks	66
C Gladwin	c and b Booth	41
PJ Prichard	c Marks b Booth	7
KS McEwan	st Gard b Marks	20
DR Pringle	c Gard b Marks	14
*KWR Fletcher	not out	11
N Phillip	c Popplewell b Booth	7
KR Pont	not out	7
+DE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-97, 3-130, 4-143, 5-158, 6-167

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dredge	3	0	21	0	-	-
Davis	3	0	14	0	-	-
Marks	18	0	69	3	-	-
Booth	18	1	70	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NFM Popplewell	lbw b Lever	6
PM Roebuck	c Pont b Lever	12
NA Felton	c East b Pringle	3
JG Wyatt	c Hardie b Lever	7
*VJ Marks	b Lever	34
RE Hayward	c East b Lever	0
RL Ollis	c Fletcher b Lever	0
+T Gard	c Prichard b Acfield	1
MR Davis	c Phillip b Acfield	28
SC Booth	not out	4
CH Dredge	lbw b Acfield	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 39.4 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-24, 4-64, 5-64, 6-64, 7-65, 8-75, 9-98, 10-98 (39.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	7	49	6	-	-
Pringle	4	0	12	1	-	-
Acfield	15.4	9	34	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 269-4
--> BR Hardie (1) equalled his previous highest score of 162 in County Championship matches
--> BR Hardie (1) equalled his previous highest score of 162 in First-Class matches
--> N Phillip (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 143 in First-Class matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 143 in County Championship matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> PM Roebuck (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> VJ Marks reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JK Lever reached 1200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> DR Pringle reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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