Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            not out                                 238
AB Hipkin                                b Parker              80
J O'Connor            c Smith            b Jaidka              91
CAG Russell                              b Mills               44
CT Ashton             st Smith           b Bessant             36
MS Nichols                               b Parker              26
LC Eastman            c Neale            b Parker              30
RN Shorter            not out                                  14
Extras                (b 8, lb 10, w 1)                        19
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 165 overs)         578

DNB: *JWHT Douglas, AH Meston, +GF Eastman.

FoW: 1-127, 2-315, 3-393, 4-458, 5-503, 6-559.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Goddard                     33      3    132      0
Parker                      56     11    169      3
Bessant                     29      6    110      1
Mills                       29      8     72      1
Jaidka                      14      0     57      1
Hammond                      4      0     19      0

Gloucestershire 1st innings
AE Dipper             not out                                 185
+H Smith              c LC Eastman       b Nichols              5
WL Neale              c Douglas          b Nichols            100
WR Hammond            not out                                 105
Extras                (b 3, lb 2, nb 5)                        10
Total                 (2 wickets, 138 overs)                  405

DNB: *WH Rowlands, RC Jaidka, EJ Stephens, CWL Parker,
     JGWT Bessant, PT Mills, TWJ Goddard.

FoW: 1-17, 2-185.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     20      3     84      2
LC Eastman                  33      3     83      0
Shorter                      8      0     29      0
Hipkin                      27      6     61      0
O'Connor                    16      3     40      0
Meston                      11      1     50      0
Russell                     23      5     48      0