f35921 cc16805	Essex v Surrey
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1985
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 24th, 26th, 27th August 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Surrey 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	JH Hampshire, AA Jones
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 207/7 (Jesty 15*, Doughty 8*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 71/1 (Butcher 18*, Lynch 40*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c Gooch b Foster	38
GS Clinton	c Foster b Gooch	81
+AJ Stewart	c East b Foster	5
MA Lynch	c East b Gooch	1
*TE Jesty	c Pringle b Foster	17
A Needham	c Foster b Gooch	19
DB Pauline	c East b Foster	21
MA Feltham	lbw b Foster	8
RJ Doughty	not out	61
PI Pocock	not out	35
AH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 90.2 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-103, 3-104, 4-164, 5-171, 6-197, 7-198, 8-210

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	16.2	1	67	0	-	-
Foster	24	4	69	5	-	-
Pringle	19	4	42	0	-	-
Gooch	27	6	88	3	-	-
Acfield	4	1	21	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	not out	132
BR Hardie	c Stewart b Doughty	11
PJ Prichard	c Gray b Doughty	9
KS McEwan	c sub b Pocock	64
DR Pringle	c Stewart b Pocock	5
*KWR Fletcher	not out	56
AW Lilley	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-46, 3-154, 4-180

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	16	0	65	0	-	-
Doughty	11	0	73	2	-	-
Pauline	12	2	52	0	-	-
Feltham	9	1	56	0	-	-
Pocock	13	1	37	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c East b Foster	39
DB Pauline	lbw b Foster	11
MA Lynch	c Acfield b Foster	68
+AJ Stewart	st East b Fletcher	42
A Needham	not out	92			16	-
MA Feltham	b Pringle	27
RJ Doughty	c and b Acfield	2
GS Clinton	did not bat
*TE Jesty	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
AH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 4 w)	22
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 59.3 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-122, 3-127, 4-239, 5-290, 6-303 (59.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	11	3	37	0	-	-
Foster	16	1	59	3	-	-
Pringle	3	0	16	1	-	-
Gooch	2	0	19	0	-	-
Acfield	9.3	1	31	1	-	-
Lilley	11	0	63	0	-	-
Hardie	3	0	25	0	-	-
Fletcher	4	0	35	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Pocock	94
BR Hardie	c sub b Gray	13
PJ Prichard	lbw b Doughty	1
KS McEwan	b Doughty	0
DR Pringle	c Lynch b Butcher	44
AW Lilley	b Gray	6
*KWR Fletcher	not out	4
+DE East	not out	9
NA Foster	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 12 nb, 2 w)	29
Total	(6 wickets, 55 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-31, 3-31, 4-176, 5-176, 6-188

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	17	6	72	2	-	-
Doughty	8	1	30	2	-	-
Pauline	3	0	18	0	-	-
Feltham	2	0	18	0	-	-
Pocock	16	6	24	1	-	-
Butcher	6	1	15	1	-	-
Needham	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GS Clinton (1) 50 in 60 balls with 8 fours
--> GS Clinton (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> GA Gooch (1) 100 in 127 balls with 18 fours and 1 six
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 20500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 35500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> AR Butcher (2) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> GA Gooch (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 32
--> RJ Doughty reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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