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f35371 cc16623	Essex v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1984
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1984 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Middlesex 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JA Jameson, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 10/3 (Barlow 0, Williams 4)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 176/1 (Prichard 62, McEwan 11)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Edmonds	62
C Gladwin	c Downton b Hughes	0
PJ Prichard	lbw b Emburey	93
KS McEwan	b Edmonds	29
*KWR Fletcher	c Radley b Emburey	5
BR Hardie	c Gatting b Emburey	20
DR Pringle	not out	50
+DE East	b Cowans	50
NA Foster	run out	3
JK Lever	c Williams b Emburey	1
DL Acfield	b Emburey	1
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 4 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 109.5 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-110, 3-169, 4-176, 5-215, 6-224, 7-311, 8-323, 9-325, 10-329 (109.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	17	1	49	1	-	-
Hughes	14	5	40	1	-	-
Williams	6	2	16	0	-	-
Edmonds	33	6	98	2	-	-
Gatting	4	0	17	0	-	-
Emburey	35.5	11	94	5	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Barlow	c and b Acfield	58
JE Emburey	lbw b Foster	0
SP Hughes	b Lever	1
*MW Gatting	b Foster	5
NF Williams	b Gooch	26
WN Slack	c East b Pringle	19
RO Butcher	b Pringle	30
CT Radley	not out	22
+PR Downton	lbw b Foster	20
PH Edmonds	c Foster b Acfield	26
NG Cowans	b Pringle	0
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-6, 4-52, 5-104, 6-142, 7-146, 8-172, 9-223, 10-223 (82.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	4	47	1	-	-
Foster	19	3	57	3	-	-
Pringle	16.1	1	45	3	-	-
Gooch	9	3	22	1	-	-
Acfield	20	11	36	2	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Cowans	71
C Gladwin	run out	15
PJ Prichard	lbw b Cowans	64
KS McEwan	c Emburey b Cowans	16
DR Pringle	not out	28
*KWR Fletcher	not out	14
BR Hardie	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 14 lb, 7 nb)	25
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 45 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-156, 2-181, 3-189, 4-189

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	14	1	58	3	-	-
Hughes	12	0	68	0	-	-
Williams	14	1	47	0	-	-
Emburey	3	0	24	0	-	-
Slack	2	0	11	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Barlow	c Prichard b Lever	39
WN Slack	not out	122
+PR Downton	b Acfield	5
*MW Gatting	not out	35
JE Emburey	did not bat
SP Hughes	did not bat
NF Williams	did not bat
RO Butcher	did not bat
CT Radley	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
NG Cowans	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(2 wickets, 84 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-95, 2-147

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	5	43	1	-	-
Foster	12	6	24	0	-	-
Pringle	8	2	41	0	-	-
Acfield	27	10	44	1	-	-
Fletcher	5	0	20	0	-	-
Gladwin	5	0	13	0	-	-
Prichard	1	0	5	0	-	-
East	3	0	11	0	-	-

Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 307-6
--> PJ Prichard (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Prichard (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> WN Slack (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66
--> DR Pringle reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JK Lever reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> C Gladwin retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 14 (team had lost 0 wickets) - he returned when the score was 181/2