Middlesex 1st innings
MJ Smith              st Smith           b East                33
*JM Brearley          c Gooch            b Lever               73
CT Radley             lbw                b East                 5
GD Barlow             lbw                b Lever               45
MW Gatting            c Hardie           b Phillip             17
+IJ Gould             run out                                   0
PH Edmonds            not out                                  40
JE Emburey            not out                                  33
Extras                (b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 2)                   19
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 99.1 overs)        265

DNB: MWW Selvey, WW Daniel, AA Jones.

FoW: 1-76, 2-84, 3-141, 4-176, 5-176, 6-220.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       22      4     51      2
Phillip                     17      5     42      1
Turner                      17      6     25      0
East                        29      7     99      2
Acfield                     14.1    4     29      0

Essex 1st innings
MH Denness            lbw                b Selvey              19
GA Gooch              lbw                b Daniel               8
KS McEwan                                b Selvey              66
RE East               c Edmonds          b Jones               30
*KWR Fletcher         c Brearley         b Emburey             32
BR Hardie             not out                                  40
S Turner              c Gatting          b Daniel               2
N Phillip                                b Emburey             13
+N Smith              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 6, lb 4, w 1, nb 3)                   14
Total                 (7 wickets, 80 overs)                   224

DNB: JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-26, 2-38, 3-88, 4-159, 5-186, 6-195, 7-212.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Selvey                      23      8     61      2
Daniel                      18      0     61      2
Emburey                     18      4     32      2
Jones                       14      1     37      1
Edmonds                      7      0     19      0