f35854 cc16747	Essex v Gloucestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1985
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 13th, 15th, 16th July 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	KJ Lyons, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 49/2 (Hardie 29*, Prichard 0*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 41/1 (Lloyds 14*, Russell 5*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Wright	c Hardie b Lever	29
AW Stovold	c Pringle b Lever	0
CWJ Athey	c Hardie b Topley	76
P Bainbridge	c East b Lever	37
BF Davison	c Prichard b Pringle	48
KM Curran	c Hardie b Topley	0
JW Lloyds	c East b Pringle	6
+RC Russell	not out	28
*DA Graveney	c Pringle b Lever	1
DV Lawrence	c East b Lever	24
CA Walsh	c Phillip b Acfield	9
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-55, 3-133, 4-167, 5-167, 6-178, 7-223, 8-224, 9-259, 10-270 (95.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	28	9	82	5	-	-
Phillip	6	1	19	0	-	-
Pringle	24	4	58	2	-	-
Acfield	23.4	6	62	1	-	-
Topley	14	4	43	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Graveney b Walsh	37
C Gladwin	c Athey b Walsh	12
TD Topley	lbw b Graveney	0
PJ Prichard	c Russell b Lawrence	17
KS McEwan	b Graveney	14
DR Pringle	c Russell b Graveney	19
*KWR Fletcher	not out	78
N Phillip	lbw b Graveney	4
+DE East	lbw b Curran	131		160	20	2
JK Lever	b Curran	8
DL Acfield	b Curran	4
Extras	(6 lb, 19 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 112 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-47, 3-61, 4-83, 5-102, 6-129, 7-135, 8-321, 9-346, 10-350 (112 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	17	2	79	1	-	-
Walsh	18	7	46	2	-	-
Graveney	43	14	131	4	-	-
Bainbridge	19	5	32	0	-	-
Curran	10	0	40	3	-	-
Lloyds	4	0	10	0	-	-
Athey	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Wright	c East b Phillip	22
JW Lloyds	c East b Topley	101			16	-
+RC Russell	c McEwan b Pringle	6
CWJ Athey	c Hardie b Pringle	41
P Bainbridge	not out	57
BF Davison	lbw b Topley	12
KM Curran	b Topley	6
DV Lawrence	not out	1
AW Stovold	did not bat
*DA Graveney	did not bat
CA Walsh	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-47, 3-153, 4-196, 5-220, 6-248

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	25	8	63	0	-	-
Phillip	13	2	50	1	-	-
Pringle	16	7	38	2	-	-
Acfield	20	3	63	0	-	-
Topley	15	5	34	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 305-7
--> TD Topley made his debut in County Championship matches
--> N Phillip made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> N Phillip made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CWJ Athey (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 41
--> DE East (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in First-Class matches
--> DE East (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DE East (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> DE East (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> P Bainbridge (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 53
--> P Bainbridge (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> JW Lloyds (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> TD Topley made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> TD Topley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 2-42)

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