| a4527 | |
| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 20th July 1985 (55-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Leicestershire won by 5 wickets |
| Umpires | HD Bird, KE Palmer |
| Scorers | GR Blackburn (Leicestershire), CF Driver (Essex) |
| Player of the Match | P Willey |
| Essex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *GA Gooch | b Willey | 57 | 105 | 122 | 3 | - | 54.29 |
| BR Hardie | c and b Clift | 25 | 76 | 98 | 1 | - | 32.89 |
| PJ Prichard | b Taylor | 32 | 46 | 55 | 4 | - | 69.57 |
| KS McEwan | c Garnham b Taylor | 29 | 38 | 50 | 2 | - | 76.32 |
| DR Pringle | c Agnew b Taylor | 10 | 15 | 13 | 1 | - | 66.67 |
| C Gladwin | b Clift | 14 | 17 | 23 | 2 | - | 82.35 |
| AW Lilley | b Agnew | 12 | 17 | 27 | 1 | - | 70.59 |
| +DE East | not out | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | - | 70.00 |
| S Turner | run out (Balderstone) | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 75.00 |
| NA Foster | not out | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | 150.00 |
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 15 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 213 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-71, 2-101, 3-147, 4-163, 5-164, 6-191, 7-195, 8-198 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Willey | 11 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 3.73 |
| Clift | 11 | 1 | 40 | 2 | - | - | 33.00 | 3.64 |
| Agnew | 11 | 1 | 51 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 4.64 |
| Taylor | 11 | 3 | 26 | 3 | - | - | 22.00 | 2.36 |
| Parsons | 11 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.55 |
| Leicestershire innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JC Balderstone | c Prichard b Pringle | 12 | 49 | 63 | 2 | - | 24.49 |
| IP Butcher | c Prichard b Turner | 19 | 38 | 49 | - | - | 50.00 |
| *DI Gower | c Lilley b Foster | 43 | 61 | 77 | 5 | - | 70.49 |
| P Willey | not out | 86 | 96 | 144 | 12 | - | 89.58 |
| JJ Whitaker | b Gooch | 1 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 11.11 |
| NE Briers | lbw b Gooch | 6 | 16 | 16 | 1 | - | 37.50 |
| +MA Garnham | not out | 34 | 45 | 54 | 4 | - | 75.56 |
| PB Clift | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Parsons | did not bat | ||||||
| JP Agnew | did not bat | ||||||
| LB Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 52 overs) | 215 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-37, 3-120, 4-123, 5-135 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Lever | 11 | 0 | 50 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.55 |
| Foster | 11 | 2 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 2.91 |
| Pringle | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.20 |
| Turner | 10 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.00 |
| Gooch | 10 | 1 | 40 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.00 |