| a5334 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 12th July 1987 (40-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gloucestershire won by 33 runs |
| Points | Essex 0; Gloucestershire 4 |
| Umpires | JA Jameson, PB Wight |
| Gloucestershire innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AJ Wright | b Foster | 10 | 19 | 20 | 1 | - | 52.63 |
| +RC Russell | c Gooch b Foster | 7 | 15 | 15 | 1 | - | 46.67 |
| *CWJ Athey | c and b Lever | 47 | 76 | 89 | 5 | - | 61.84 |
| JW Lloyds | c Fletcher b Foster | 57 | 77 | 81 | 8 | - | 74.03 |
| KM Curran | not out | 36 | 28 | 40 | 4 | - | 128.57 |
| AW Stovold | b Gooch | 13 | 11 | 15 | 1 | - | 118.18 |
| PW Romaines | c Lever b Foster | 33 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 220.00 |
| MW Alleyne | not out | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 200.00 |
| GE Sainsbury | did not bat | ||||||
| CA Walsh | did not bat | ||||||
| DV Lawrence | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 lb, 7 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Russell), 2-20 (Wright), 3-136 (Lloyds), 4-136 (Athey), 5-167 (Stovold), 6-219 (Romaines) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Foster | 8 | 0 | 39 | 4 | - | - | 12.00 | 4.88 |
| Lever | 8 | 0 | 56 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 7.00 |
| Topley | 7 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.29 |
| Miller | 8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.75 |
| Pringle | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| Gooch | 8 | 0 | 53 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 6.62 |
| Essex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *GA Gooch | c Russell b Lawrence | 67 | 96 | 126 | 6 | - | 69.79 |
| G Miller | b Sainsbury | 18 | 34 | 33 | 1 | - | 52.94 |
| BR Hardie | c Lloyds b Curran | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| JP Stephenson | b Curran | 2 | 10 | 14 | - | - | 20.00 |
| KWR Fletcher | run out | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 20.00 |
| AW Lilley | b Alleyne | 24 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 88.89 |
| DR Pringle | c Athey b Walsh | 23 | 20 | 21 | 3 | - | 115.00 |
| +DE East | b Walsh | 6 | 10 | 10 | - | - | 60.00 |
| NA Foster | not out | 22 | 14 | 18 | 2 | - | 157.14 |
| TD Topley | b Walsh | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - | 87.50 |
| JK Lever | b Walsh | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 7 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 39 overs) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (Miller), 2-48 (Hardie), 3-69 (Stephenson), 4-73 (Fletcher), 5-112 (Lilley), 6-148 (Pringle), 7-164 (East), 8-166 (Gooch), 9-195 (Topley), 10-195 (Lever, 39 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Walsh | 8 | 0 | 28 | 4 | - | - | 12.00 | 3.50 |
| Sainsbury | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 3.25 |
| Curran | 8 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 24.00 | 4.50 |
| Lawrence | 7 | 0 | 44 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 6.29 |
| Lloyds | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | - | 12.00 |
| Alleyne | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 5.00 |