Middlesex 1st innings
WE Russell            c Taylor           b Turner              28
MJ Smith                                 b Acfield             23
*PH Parfitt           not out                                 103
JM Brearley                              b Turner               0
CT Radley             c Dinsdale         b Turner              13
NG Featherstone                          b Acfield             42
+JT Murray            c Dinsdale         b Turner              20
KV Jones              c Turner           b Acfield              4
FJ Titmus             not out                                   1
Extras                (b 5, lb 5, nb 7)                        17
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 84.4 overs)        251

DNB: AN Connolly, JSE Price.

FoW: 1-40, 2-71, 3-71, 4-99, 5-197, 6-237, 7-246.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       19      2     60      0
Turner                      30.4    8     78      4
Acfield                     31      3     85      3
East                         4      0     11      0

Essex 1st innings
B Ward                c Russell          b Jones               35
BEA Edmeades          st Murray          b Parfitt            115
GJ Saville            lbw                b Parfitt             15
KWR Fletcher                             b Parfitt             24
G Barker              not out                                  53
KD Boyce              c Connolly         b Price                0
*+B Taylor            not out                                  21
Extras                (b 4, lb 8)                              12
Total                 (5 wickets, 85 overs)                   275

DNB: SC Dinsdale, S Turner, RE East, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-78, 2-114, 3-156, 4-225, 5-228.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Price                       13      1     43      1
Connolly                    10      1     25      0
Titmus                      30      5     95      0
Jones                        6      1     19      1
Parfitt                     26      4     81      3