Kent 1st innings
MH Denness            lbw                b Boyce                6
BW Luckhurst          c Bear             b Boyce               55
+APE Knott                               b Boyce               54
Asif Iqbal                               b Boyce                5
AL Dixon              c Fletcher         b Hobbs                8
*MC Cowdrey           c Taylor           b Boyce              129
JN Shepherd           c Boyce            b Hobbs                4
SE Leary              lbw                b Boyce               56
AJM Hooper            not out                                   1
Extras                (b 5, lb 10, w 1, nb 4)                  20
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 140.3 overs)       338

DNB: JN Graham, JCJ Dye.

FoW: 1-9, 2-122, 3-123, 4-128, 5-142, 6-148, 7-327, 8-338.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       29.3    5     69      6
Lever                       20      3     37      0
Edmeades                    27      6     63      0
Hobbs                       39     11     81      2
East                        25      5     68      0

Essex 1st innings
G Barker              c Knott            b Shepherd           126
MJ Bear               lbw                b Dixon               27
B Ward                lbw                b Dye                 68
KWR Fletcher          not out                                  29
BL Irvine             c Hooper           b Dixon                8
BEA Edmeades          not out                                  11
Extras                (b 8, lb 5, nb 1)                        14
Total                 (4 wickets declared, 113 overs)         283

DNB: KD Boyce, *+B Taylor, RNS Hobbs, RE East, JK Lever.

FoW: 1-59, 2-233, 3-238, 4-254.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Graham                      22      5     61      0
Dye                         22      4     65      1
Shepherd                    15      4     29      1
Dixon                       35     13     58      2
Hooper                      16      3     40      0
Asif Iqbal                   3      1     16      0

Kent 2nd innings
MH Denness            c Irvine           b Boyce               13
BW Luckhurst          c Bear             b Lever                4
JN Shepherd           lbw                b Edmeades             3
+APE Knott            not out                                  30
Asif Iqbal            c Lever            b East                47
AL Dixon              not out                                   4
Extras                (b 2, lb 4, nb 2)                         8
Total                 (4 wickets declared, 32 overs)          109

DNB: *MC Cowdrey, SE Leary, AJM Hooper, JN Graham, JCJ Dye.

FoW: 1-11, 2-27, 3-41, 4-101.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        7      2     22      1
Lever                        4      0     11      1
Edmeades                    12      1     32      1
East                         9      0     36      1

Essex 2nd innings (target: 165 runs)
G Barker              lbw                b Dye                  2
MJ Bear                              c & b Dixon               29
B Ward                               c & b Shepherd             4
KWR Fletcher          c Denness          b Shepherd            27
BL Irvine             c Denness          b Dixon               41
BEA Edmeades          not out                                   1
KD Boyce                                 b Dixon               18
*+B Taylor            c Luckhurst        b Shepherd             5
RNS Hobbs             lbw                b Dixon                2
RE East               not out                                   9
Extras                (b 1, lb 4)                               5
Total                 (8 wickets, 42 overs)                   143

DNB: JK Lever.

FoW: 1-8, 2-50, 3-78, 4-104, 5-115, 6-121, 7-130, 8-134.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Graham                      12      2     32      0
Dye                          8      2     24      1
Shepherd                    14      2     53      3
Dixon                        8      2     29      4