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ESSEX COUNTY CRICKET
ONE DAY LEAGUE
MATCH REPORTS FOR 1983



8th MAY
HAMPSHIRE v ESSEX
At SOUTHAMPTON

A brilliant 100 from Trevor Jesty, 30 from David Turner and an unbeaten 25 from Malcolm Marshall set Essex a tough target. Aided then by 51 from Brian Hardie, 37 from Keith Fletcher, they got close quite near as Stuart Turner hit a late 25.

Hampshire 214-6 (40 overs) beat Essex 199-8 (40 overs) by 15 runs

15th MAY
ESSEX v LANCASHIRE
At CHELMSFORD

The match was abandoned.

22nd MAY
ESSEX v DERBYSHIRE
At CHELMSFORD

For the second week running the game was abandoned

5th JUNE
SOMERSET v ESSEX
At TAUNTON

Overnight and persistent morning rain caused yet another abandonment.

12th JUNE
ESSEX v KENT
At CHELMSFORD

Success for the team at last as the weather improved and several useful scores saw the home side manage to build up a large total, as Graham Gooch hit 58, and Brian Hardie 66 in an opening stand of 116. Norbert Phillip with 35 and Keith Fletcher with an unbeaten 41 then pushed the total up to 250. Useful bowling from John Lever with 3 for 15 and Norbert Phillip 4 for 24 held the visitors in check although Chris Cowdrey scored 52, Eldine Baptiste 47 and Graham Johnson 33.

Essex 250-6 (40 overs) beat Essex 197 (38.2 overs) by 53 runs

19th JUNE
WORCESTERSHIRE v ESSEX
At WORCESTER

The game was to see a close finish, which was set up after Ken McEwan 65 and Keith Fletcher 30 secured a useful total, despite Alan Warner`s 3 for 26 and Paul Pridgeon with 3 for 45. However after Martin Weston`s 48, a fine 83 not out from captain Phil Neale gave them victory. It was he who scored the priceless winning single of the last ball of the game which only just cleared the close fielder Stuart Turner who had earlier taken 3 for 48.

Essex 207-7 (40 overs) lost to Worcestershire 208-7 (40 overs) by 3 wickets

26th JUNE
ESSEX v SUSSEX
At ILFORD

A useful score was set up by Keith Fletcher with 55 and Brian Hardie 35 as the best bowling came from Garth Le Roux with 3 for 30 and Tony Pigott who took 3 for 48. In the reply the visitors got bogged down towards the end of the innings and it needed a lot of big hitting in the final overs by Garth Le Roux and Paul Phillipson on 46 and 23 respectively to see them home as the pair added an unbroken 68 off 36 balls in 25 minutes

Essex 188-9 (40 overs) lost to Sussex 190-6 (38.4 overs) by 4 wickets

3rd JULY
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v ESSEX
At TRENT BRIDGE

In one of the greatest batting ever batting displays, Essex just failed to beat the league best total record at that time. In a dazzling exhibition of stroke play Graham Gooch (3x6`s and 9x4`s) scored 116 and with him Ken McEwan (7x6`s and 15x4`s) an unbeaten 162 then added a record breaking 273 for the second wicket. In one period the pair added 185 runs in 15.4 overs in only 58 minutes, which included many boundaries (10x6`s and 16x4`s). Two of the sufferers, apart from the home crowd, were the bowlers Peter Such and Nigel Illingworth who both conceded over 60 runs in 7 overs. To their credit, albeit latterly faced by some friendly bowling, Derek Randall hit 107 in a bold reply after some early struggles. Alan Lilley took a wicket and the single over by Keith Fletcher cost him 26 runs. Towards the end, the game then became meaningless as Derek Randall added 91 runs for the sixth wicket with Eddie Hemmings who made 34. In fact all the Essex players had a bowl except keeper David East and Ken McEwan.

Essex 306-2 (40 overs) beat Nottinghamshire 217-9 (40 overs) by 89 runs

10th JULY
WARWICKSHIRE v ESSEX
At EDGBASTON

In the closest possible finish, Essex scraped home by a single run after useful knocks by Norbert Phillip 51, Keith Fletcher 54 not out, Graham Gooch 38 and a whirlwind 47 from Derek Pringle in 15 minutes off 17 balls (3x6`s and 5x4`s). The home team went very close as Geoff Humpage made 65 and Paul Smith 41 as a victory was almost stolen.

Essex 230-7 (40 overs) beat Warwickshire 229-9 (40 overs) by 1 run

17th JULY
ESSEX v GLAMORGAN
At SOUTHEND

In an exceptionally high scoring game played at the seaside, records tumbled during the afternoon. Graham Gooch with 176 hit a new individual record for the league (1x6 and 28x4`s) as he with Ken McEwan 32, Norbert Phillip 31 and Derek Pringle with an unbeaten 52 beat the team scoring record by three runs. Most of the visiting bowlers conceded more than 50 runs with Greg Thomas conceding 78 in his eight overs. Faced with this daunting target, the away side, with nothing to lose, played all their shots and got within 60 runs, with Javed Mianded making 68 and Rodney Ontong an unbeaten 73.

Essex 310-5 (40 overs) beat Glamorgan 254-4 (40 overs) by 56 runs

24th JULY
LEICESTERSHIRE v ESSEX
At LEICESTER

After a delayed start, Nigel Briers made 50. The game was then interrupted by rain and the game was reduced to 10 overs for Essex. The target was lowered and was easily met as Graham Gooch hit 41 not out.

Leicestershire 110-5 (17.2 overs) lost to Essex 66-2 (8.3 overs) by 8 wickets

7th AUGUST
ESSEX v MIDDLESEX
At CHELMFORD

Norman Cowans took 3 for 36 as Keith Fletcher made 55 not out and Derek Pringle 34. Then the visitors gained victory in a close finish after 56 came from Graham Barlow and 31 from Mike Gatting, with Paul Downton`s 35 not out seeing them home.

Essex 184-8 (40 overs) lost to Middlesex 187-6 (39 overs) by 4 wickets

14th AUGUST
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX
At WELLINGBOROUGH

After Peter Willey hit 62 and Graham Gooch had taken 3 for 49, a good start to the innings was made by Graham Gooch 38 and Chris Gladwin 36 who opened with a stand of 70 runs. However there then followed a mini collapse when the score went from 117 for 3 to 141 for 8 after Kapil Dev took 3 for 23. However victory was still managed with one ball to spare.

Northamptonshire 158-5 (40 overs) lost to Essex 159-8 (39.5 overs) by 2 wickets

21st AUGUST
ESSEX v GLOUCESTERSHIRE
At COLCHESTER

A sparkling knock of 95 by Norbert Phillip and 33 from Stuart Turner raised a large score as all the bowlers were plundered. The best bowling came from John Shepherd who took 3 for 49. Andy Stovold who made 67 and Phil Bainbridge with 55 led a bold recovery but John Lever with 3 for 42 made sure of victory

Essex 233-9 (40 overs) beat Gloucestershire 220-7 (40 overs) by 13 runs

28th AUGUST
SURREY v ESSEX
At THE OVAL


After struggling against the bowling of Ian Payne who took 3 for 33 and Pat Pocock 3 for 18, Essex only reached their modest total thanks to Norbert Phillip who made 21 and Keith Fletcher 26. However only Alan Butcher with a stubborn denied 63 not out Essex`s chances of a narrow victory.

Essex 127 (39.4 overs) lost to Surrey 128-7 (39 overs) by 3 wickets

11th SEPTEMBER
ESSEX v YORKSHIRE
At CHELMSFORD

In a game which was to secure the title for the visitors, there was no play at all was possible due to rain falling all afternoon.
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