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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 3rd, 5th, 6th August 1985 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Essex 20 (Bowling 4); Middlesex 2 (Batting 2) |
| Umpires | R Julian, NT Plews |
| Close of play day 1 | Middlesex (1) 221/7 (Metson 7*, Hughes 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 33/0 (Hardie 13*, Gladwin 19*) |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GD Barlow | c and b Pringle | 20 | |||||
| WN Slack | c Prichard b Lever | 72 | |||||
| AJT Miller | c McEwan b Foster | 15 | |||||
| RO Butcher | c Hardie b Foster | 61 | 90 | 12 | - | ||
| *CT Radley | b Pont | 17 | |||||
| JD Carr | c sub b Pont | 1 | |||||
| JF Sykes | c East b Lever | 4 | |||||
| +CP Metson | b Lever | 12 | |||||
| SP Hughes | lbw b Lever | 16 | |||||
| NG Cowans | c Foster b Lever | 1 | |||||
| WW Daniel | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 4 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 90.5 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43, 2-84, 3-127, 4-189, 5-196, 6-197, 7-200, 8-230, 9-233, 10-234 (90.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 32.5 | 13 | 53 | 5 | - | - | |
| Foster | 25 | 3 | 87 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 17 | 7 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pont | 15 | 3 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BR Hardie | not out | 13 | |||||
| C Gladwin | not out | 19 | |||||
| PJ Prichard | did not bat | ||||||
| KS McEwan | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| *KWR Fletcher | did not bat | ||||||
| +DE East | did not bat | ||||||
| NA Foster | did not bat | ||||||
| IL Pont | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, declared, 11 overs) | 33 | |||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniel | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowans | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Middlesex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJT Miller | not out | 13 | |||||
| WN Slack | run out | 22 | |||||
| RO Butcher | c East b Pont | 31 | |||||
| *CT Radley | not out | 1 | |||||
| GD Barlow | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Carr | did not bat | ||||||
| JF Sykes | did not bat | ||||||
| +CP Metson | did not bat | ||||||
| SP Hughes | did not bat | ||||||
| NG Cowans | did not bat | ||||||
| WW Daniel | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 19 overs) | 70 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-65 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Foster | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pont | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BR Hardie | retired hurt | 12 | |||||
| C Gladwin | c Metson b Daniel | 10 | |||||
| PJ Prichard | c Hughes b Cowans | 33 | |||||
| KS McEwan | b Daniel | 121 | |||||
| DR Pringle | not out | 69 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | not out | 8 | |||||
| +DE East | did not bat | ||||||
| NA Foster | did not bat | ||||||
| IL Pont | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 19 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 65.4 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-103, 3-234 | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniel | 20 | 0 | 87 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cowans | 17 | 2 | 86 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 14.4 | 1 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sykes | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carr | 9 | 3 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> WN Slack (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> C Gladwin (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 116
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> DR Pringle (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> BR Hardie retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 12 (team had lost 0 wickets)
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