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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 14th, 16th, 17th September 1985 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Essex won by an innings and 4 runs |
| Points | Essex 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Yorkshire 3 (Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | J Birkenshaw, PB Wight |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 70/2 (Gooch 43*, McEwan 7*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Yorkshire (2) 128/2 (Moxon 67*, SN Hartley 10*) |
| Yorkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | c McEwan b Lever | 19 | |||||
| MD Moxon | lbw b Lever | 2 | |||||
| RJ Blakey | c East b Lever | 14 | |||||
| JD Love | b Topley | 61 | 7 | 2 | |||
| SN Hartley | b Gooch | 0 | |||||
| PE Robinson | b Lever | 0 | |||||
| *+DL Bairstow | lbw b Lever | 8 | |||||
| P Carrick | c McEwan b Topley | 6 | |||||
| PJ Hartley | c East b Lever | 5 | |||||
| C Shaw | not out | 6 | |||||
| SD Fletcher | c and b Topley | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46 overs) | 131 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-42, 3-43, 4-44, 5-49, 6-79, 7-100, 8-107, 9-127, 10-131 (46 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 22 | 6 | 47 | 6 | - | - | |
| Pont | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Topley | 13 | 3 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | c and b SN Hartley | 142 | 134 | 25 | 1 | ||
| BR Hardie | c Bairstow b Shaw | 4 | |||||
| PJ Prichard | lbw b PJ Hartley | 6 | |||||
| KS McEwan | b Fletcher | 33 | |||||
| DR Pringle | b Shaw | 23 | |||||
| AW Lilley | c sub b Carrick | 38 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | c sub b Shaw | 66 | |||||
| +DE East | c Love b PJ Hartley | 62 | |||||
| IL Pont | not out | 9 | |||||
| TD Topley | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 12 lb, 14 nb, 1 w) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 89.1 overs) | 413 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34, 2-41, 3-71, 4-215, 5-246, 6-293, 7-379, 8-413 (89.1 ov) | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fletcher | 26 | 1 | 92 | 1 | - | - | |
| PJ Hartley | 24 | 0 | 145 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 19.1 | 7 | 90 | 3 | - | - | |
| SN Hartley | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Carrick | 14 | 2 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Moxon | c Pringle b Lever | 88 | |||||
| RJ Blakey | c Gooch b Pringle | 31 | |||||
| JD Love | lbw b Topley | 16 | |||||
| SN Hartley | c Hardie b Pont | 52 | |||||
| PE Robinson | lbw b Pringle | 2 | |||||
| *+DL Bairstow | lbw b Lever | 46 | |||||
| P Carrick | run out | 6 | |||||
| PJ Hartley | c McEwan b Topley | 12 | |||||
| C Shaw | not out | 2 | |||||
| SD Fletcher | c Prichard b Lever | 13 | |||||
| G Boycott | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79 overs) | 278 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-76, 2-109, 3-164, 4-171, 5-236, 6-248, 7-262, 8-263, 9-278 (79 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 21 | 5 | 69 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pont | 11 | 0 | 69 | 1 | - | - | |
| Topley | 33 | 7 | 107 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 14 | 5 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> KS McEwan made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 59
--> RJ Blakey (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> SN Hartley (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
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