f35881 cc16765	Somerset v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1985
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 29th, 30th July 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 4); Essex 20 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	KJ Lyons, R Palmer
Scorers	CF Driver (Essex), DAH Oldam (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 0/0 (Hardie 0*, Gooch 0*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NFM Popplewell	c East b IL Pont	27	51	51	4	-
PM Roebuck	c East b IL Pont	17	61	72	1	-
NA Felton	c East b KR Pont	49	94	129	4	-
IVA Richards	c East b IL Pont	5	4	8	1	-
JG Wyatt	c East b Pringle	50	116	110	5	-
*IT Botham	c East b IL Pont	152	121	154	16	4
VJ Marks	c East b Pringle	17	41	53	1	-
+T Gard	not out	27	96	104	1	-
MR Davis	c East b Pringle	7	7	10	1	-
CH Dredge	b IL Pont	1	3	3	-	-
J Garner	not out	4	9	13	-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 361 minutes, 100 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Popplewell), 2-45 (Roebuck), 3-56 (Richards), 4-148 (Felton), 5-162 (Wyatt), 6-246 (Marks), 7-343 (Botham), 8-352 (Davis), 9-353 (Dredge)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pringle	30	2	90	3	-	-
IL Pont	24	2	103	5	-	-
Topley	24	3	86	0	-	-
KR Pont	11	0	45	1	-	-
Acfield	11	1	35	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Gard b Wyatt	19
BR Hardie	not out	25
PJ Prichard	not out	18
KS McEwan	did not bat
DR Pringle	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
IL Pont	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 13 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Gooch)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	1	1	0	0	-	-
Wyatt	6	0	40	1	-	-
Roebuck	6	0	24	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NFM Popplewell	did not bat
PM Roebuck	did not bat
NA Felton	did not bat
IVA Richards	did not bat
JG Wyatt	did not bat
*IT Botham	did not bat
VJ Marks	did not bat
+T Gard	did not bat
MR Davis	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
Innings Forfeited

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	not out	173	190		21	2
BR Hardie	b Dredge	20
PJ Prichard	b Dredge	44
KS McEwan	lbw b Dredge	0
DR Pringle	not out	45
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
IL Pont	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(3 wickets, 69 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-165, 3-165

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wyatt	3	0	18	0	-	-
Botham	8	0	61	0	-	-
Davis	16	2	65	0	-	-
Dredge	22	0	82	3	-	-
Marks	18	2	48	0	-	-
Popplewell	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Somerset first innings: 100 in 228 balls, 131 minutes
--> Somerset first innings: 200 in 367 balls, 214 minutes
--> Somerset first innings: 300 in 479 balls, 286 minutes
--> JG Wyatt (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> IT Botham (1) 100 in 68 balls, 92 minutes with 12 fours and 4 sixes
--> IT Botham (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 151
--> GA Gooch (2) 50 in 30 balls
--> GA Gooch (2) 100 in 115 balls
--> IL Pont made his debut for Essex in County Championship matches
--> IL Pont made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> IL Pont achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed IVA Richards in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 2-107)
--> IL Pont achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings
--> IL Pont achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed IVA Richards in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 2-107)
--> IL Pont achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings

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