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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 21st, 23rd, 24th April 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | WL Budd, CT Spencer |
| Scorers | CF Driver (Essex), HF Shipp (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 62/0 (Gooch 31*, Lilley 30*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 233/5 (Hardie 44*, Turner 23*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Mubarak | b Turner | 25 | |||||
| JPC Mills | c Gooch b Pont | 11 | |||||
| DC Holliday | c Gooch b Pont | 3 | |||||
| AR Dewes | lbw b Turner | 3 | |||||
| TDW Edwards | c Gooch b Pont | 18 | |||||
| DR Pringle | lbw b Gooch | 2 | |||||
| *IA Greig | c Hardie b Acfield | 46 | |||||
| NC Crawford | c Gooch b Turner | 4 | |||||
| NFM Popplewell | b Acfield | 35 | |||||
| +PR Cottrell | lbw b Lever | 26 | |||||
| D Surridge | not out | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 12 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.4 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-38, 3-40, 4-46, 5-49, 6-72, 7-79, 8-154, 9-159, 10-197 (82.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 18.4 | 2 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pont | 16 | 3 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Turner | 17 | 6 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| East | 10 | 3 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 17 | 5 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | c Cottrell b Surridge | 33 | |||||
| AW Lilley | run out | 30 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Cottrell b Popplewell | 49 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | b Crawford | 56 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Holliday b Pringle | 59 | |||||
| KR Pont | b Pringle | 10 | |||||
| S Turner | c Edwards b Surridge | 36 | |||||
| RE East | c Pringle b Surridge | 11 | |||||
| +N Smith | not out | 9 | |||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 9 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 98.1 overs) | 308 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63, 2-70, 3-156, 4-184, 5-211, 6-286, 7-291, 8-308 (98.1 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Surridge | 26.1 | 4 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| Greig | 15 | 3 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 29 | 8 | 79 | 2 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 18 | 3 | 69 | 1 | - | - | |
| Holliday | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Crawford | 7 | 2 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Mubarak | lbw b Lever | 2 | |||||
| JPC Mills | lbw b Pont | 27 | |||||
| DC Holliday | c Hardie b Turner | 1 | |||||
| AR Dewes | c and b Gooch | 38 | |||||
| TDW Edwards | not out | 7 | |||||
| DR Pringle | not out | 11 | |||||
| *IA Greig | did not bat | ||||||
| NC Crawford | did not bat | ||||||
| NFM Popplewell | did not bat | ||||||
| +PR Cottrell | did not bat | ||||||
| D Surridge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 47 overs) | 90 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-3, 3-64, 4-76 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pont | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Turner | 8 | 4 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 7 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| East | 10 | 3 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Acfield | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JPC Mills made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DC Holliday made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TDW Edwards made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PR Cottrell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D Surridge made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AR Dewes (2) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> DR Pringle made his debut for Cambridge University in First-Class matches
--> KR Pont reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Cambridge University first innings
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