f35918 cc16803	Worcestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1985
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 17th, 19th, 20th August 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, R Palmer
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 68/2 (Newport 2*, Smith 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 72/3 (Prichard 35*, Pont 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	b Newport	4
AW Lilley	lbw b Radford	7
PJ Prichard	b Patel	95
KS McEwan	b Radford	11
DR Pringle	b Inchmore	1
*KWR Fletcher	b Radford	34
+DE East	c Rhodes b Radford	7
NA Foster	lbw b Patel	15
IL Pont	b Radford	11
JK Lever	b Patel	11
DL Acfield	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 6 w)	18
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-12, 3-38, 4-39, 5-134, 6-142, 7-184, 8-197, 9-211, 10-217 (85.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Radford	26	1	79	5	-	-
Newport	15	4	48	1	-	-
Inchmore	15	5	18	1	-	-
Illingworth	9	2	23	0	-	-
Patel	18.1	5	38	3	-	-
Hick	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TS Curtis	lbw b Pringle	15
DB D'Oliveira	lbw b Lever	50
PJ Newport	c Hardie b Pringle	17
DM Smith	c East b Lever	8
DN Patel	c East b Lever	11
*PA Neale	c Hardie b Acfield	62
GA Hick	b Foster	56	100	153	9	-
+SJ Rhodes	lbw b Foster	1
NV Radford	b Foster	0
JD Inchmore	not out	5
RK Illingworth	absent hurt
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-67, 3-77, 4-99, 5-109, 6-210, 7-222, 8-222, 9-231 (80.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	30	9	67	3	-	-
Foster	16.5	2	59	3	-	-
Pringle	18	4	42	2	-	-
Pont	9	1	29	0	-	-
Acfield	7	0	28	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	b Radford	6
AW Lilley	c Curtis b Radford	11
PJ Prichard	not out	35
KS McEwan	lbw b Radford	11
IL Pont	not out	5
DR Pringle	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 27 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-31, 3-50

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Radford	14	4	37	3	-	-
Newport	5	1	18	0	-	-
Inchmore	5	1	11	0	-	-
Patel	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GA Hick (1) 50 in 89 balls, 136 minutes
--> GA Hick (1) 50 in 89 balls, 136 minutes
--> PJ Prichard (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> DR Pringle reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> NV Radford reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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