South Africa 1st innings
*EAB Rowan                               b Preston              3
DJ McGlew             lbw                b Bailey               8
JHB Waite             c Bailey           b R Smith            128
GM Fullerton                             b Preston              2
+WR Endean            c Insole           b Preston              7
PNF Mansell           lbw                b TPB Smith            6
AMB Rowan                                b TPB Smith           40
HJ Tayfield                              b TPB Smith           68
NBF Mann              c Dodds            b Preston             40
GWA Chubb             not out                                   3
MG Melle              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 2, nb 1)                         7
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 114 overs)         312

FoW: 1-9, 2-15, 3-19, 4-39, 5-46, 6-140, 7-236, 8-300, 9-308.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      26      7     55      1
Preston                     26      7     77      4
R Smith                     16      4     61      1
TPB Smith                   31     11     77      3
Greensmith                  15      4     35      0

Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds                                 b Mann               138
AV Avery              c McGlew           b Mann                18
+PA Gibb              lbw                b Chubb               30
R Horsfall            c Fullerton        b Melle               35
*DJ Insole            lbw                b Tayfield            60
TE Bailey             not out                                  18
C Griffiths           c Endean           b Mann                 1
R Smith                              c & b Tayfield             0
WT Greensmith         not out                                  12
Extras                (b 7)                                     7
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 123 overs)         319

DNB: TPB Smith, KC Preston.

FoW: 1-50, 2-118, 3-183, 4-271, 5-291, 6-298, 7-299.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Melle                       10      1     51      1
Chubb                       27      6     82      1
Mann                        39     16     70      3
AMB Rowan                   22      6     43      0
Mansell                      7      1     22      0
Tayfield                    18      4     44      2

South Africa 2nd innings
DJ McGlew             run out                                  56
+WR Endean            c Avery            b Preston             13
GM Fullerton                             b Insole             167
PNF Mansell           c Preston          b TPB Smith           20
HJ Tayfield                          c & b Insole              11
NBF Mann              not out                                  10
Extras                (b 3, lb 6)                               9
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 90.5 overs)        286

DNB: *EAB Rowan, JHB Waite, AMB Rowan, GWA Chubb, MG Melle.

FoW: 1-16, 2-174, 3-226, 4-247, 5-286.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      14      8     12      0
Preston                     14      4     37      1
R Smith                     18      2     61      0
TPB Smith                   19      2     79      1
Greensmith                  19      6     50      0
Insole                       6.5    0     38      2

Essex 2nd innings (target: 280 runs)
TC Dodds                             c & b Melle               10
AV Avery              c Fullerton        b Melle               10
R Horsfall            lbw                b Melle               47
R Smith               c Melle            b Chubb              147
TPB Smith                                b Chubb               25
*DJ Insole            not out                                  12
Extras                (lb 4)                                    4
Total                 (5 wickets, 41 overs)                   255

DNB: +PA Gibb, TE Bailey, C Griffiths, WT Greensmith, KC Preston.

FoW: 1-21, 2-203, 3-203, 4-225, 5-255.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Melle                       13      0     77      3
Chubb                       15      0     91      2
Mann                         6      0     43      0
AMB Rowan                    7      0     40      0