f35367 cc16619	Surrey v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1984
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1984 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 82 runs
Points	Surrey 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Essex 23 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	KE Palmer, DR Shepherd
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 23/0 (Clinton 8*, Butcher 14*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 38/1 (Gooch 22*, Prichard 6*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c and b Needham	81
C Gladwin	b Thomas	24
PJ Prichard	c and b Feltham	8
KS McEwan	c Stewart b Clarke	104
*KWR Fletcher	c Richards b Clarke	22
BR Hardie	c Clarke b Feltham	10
DR Pringle	b Needham	43
+DE East	c Lynch b Clarke	8
NA Foster	not out	3
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 101.5 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-48, 3-204, 4-243, 5-249, 6-288, 7-305, 8-314 (101.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	12	1	46	1	-	-
Clarke	19.5	5	43	3	-	-
Feltham	18	4	59	2	-	-
Knight	24	7	66	0	-	-
Needham	28	7	89	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c Pringle b Gooch	47
GS Clinton	c Hardie b Lever	9
RDV Knight	b Gooch	109
AJ Stewart	lbw b Pringle	54
MA Lynch	c Gooch b Acfield	58
A Needham	c Fletcher b Acfield	37
+CJ Richards	c Gladwin b Foster	0
DJ Thomas	c East b Foster	2
MA Feltham	not out	3
ST Clarke	did not bat
*GP Howarth	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 104.2 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-102, 3-208, 4-248, 5-301, 6-305, 7-318, 8-327 (104.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	15	3	59	1	-	-
Foster	22	4	62	2	-	-
Pringle	12	1	57	1	-	-
Acfield	35.2	9	79	2	-	-
Gooch	20	3	62	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	not out	160
C Gladwin	b Clarke	2
PJ Prichard	c sub b Feltham	13
KS McEwan	c Stewart b Lynch	84
*KWR Fletcher	b Lynch	0
DR Pringle	c Knight b Lynch	0
BR Hardie	not out	2
+DE East	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 55.5 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-52, 3-260, 4-268, 5-268

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	7	2	26	0	-	-
Clarke	9	0	37	1	-	-
Feltham	13	1	67	1	-	-
Knight	8	2	39	0	-	-
Needham	15.5	1	82	0	-	-
Lynch	3	0	10	3	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Clinton	c East b Lever	8
+CJ Richards	c Gooch b Foster	9
RDV Knight	c East b Foster	16
AJ Stewart	lbw b Lever	4
MA Lynch	lbw b Foster	17
A Needham	b Acfield	57
DJ Thomas	st East b Acfield	43
MA Feltham	c Acfield b Foster	13
ST Clarke	b Foster	8
*GP Howarth	not out	0
AR Butcher	absent hurt
Extras	(2 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-35, 3-39, 4-39, 5-64, 6-141, 7-168, 8-177, 9-179 (45.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	14	3	44	2	-	-
Foster	16	3	78	5	-	-
Pringle	4	1	15	0	-	-
Acfield	8.2	2	29	2	-	-
Gooch	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 310-7
--> Surrey score at 100 overs in the first innings was 318-7
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 21500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> RDV Knight (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 107
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 90
--> A Needham (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> JK Lever reached 1450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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