a4471	Essex v Middlesex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1985 (Semi-Final)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 19th, 20th June 1985 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 62 runs
Umpires	MJ Kitchen, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Essex 114/4 (Gooch 50*, Fletcher 4*; 33 overs)
Man of the Match	JE Emburey

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	b Emburey	58
BR Hardie	b Williams	14
PJ Prichard	c Emburey b Cowans	31
KS McEwan	c Downton b Cowans	3
DR Pringle	b Edmonds	2
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Emburey	24
AW Lilley	lbw b Emburey	11
S Turner	c Butcher b Emburey	7
+DE East	not out	12
NA Foster	not out	23
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-87, 3-97, 4-108, 5-141, 6-151, 7-166, 8-167

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Daniel	11	0	56	0	-	-	-	5.09
Williams	11	1	39	1	-	-	66.00	3.55
Cowans	11	0	35	2	-	-	33.00	3.18
Edmonds	11	0	31	1	-	-	66.00	2.82
Emburey	11	2	36	4	-	-	16.50	3.27

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GD Barlow	run out	7
WN Slack	b Turner	60
*MW Gatting	c Lilley b Turner	28
CT Radley	b Pringle	7
RO Butcher	lbw b Pringle	11
+PR Downton	c Hardie b Turner	0
JE Emburey	not out	8
PH Edmonds	run out	0
NF Williams	run out	4
NG Cowans	lbw b Foster	0
WW Daniel	b Foster	0
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb, 10 w)	15
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-63, 3-87, 4-113, 5-123, 6-132, 7-134, 8-140, 9-140, 10-140 (46 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	1	21	0	-	-	-	2.62
Foster	9	1	31	2	-	-	27.00	3.44
Pringle	7	1	25	2	-	-	21.00	3.57
Turner	11	3	27	3	-	-	22.00	2.45
Gooch	11	2	34	0	-	-	-	3.09

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> JE Emburey reached 250 wickets in ListA matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex innings

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