Middlesex 1st innings
*PF Warner                               b Mead                69
J Douglas             c Garrett          b Reeves              72
GW Beldam                            c & b Buckenham           19
CM Wells                             c & b Mead                13
RN Douglas            c TM Russell       b Buckenham            0
BJT Bosanquet         c sub              b Reeves              20
+WP Robertson         lbw                b Reeves              25
AE Trott              c sub              b Reeves              15
JT Rawlin             not out                                  14
JT Hearne             c Kortright        b Reeves               2
W Williams                           c & b Reeves              20
Extras                (b 13, lb 2)                             15
Total                 (all out, 98.3 overs)                   284

FoW: 1-121, 2-158, 3-182, 4-182, 5-194,
     6-208, 7-245, 8-248, 9-252, 10-284.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mead                        26     10     58      2
Reeves                      31.3    8    105      6
Carpenter                    4      1      7      0
Kortright                    9      1     32      0
Buckenham                   28      9     67      2

Essex 1st innings
*HGP Owen             st Robertson       b Wells               33
HA Carpenter                             b Hearne              51
FL Fane               c Beldam           b Hearne               0
AP Lucas                                 b Trott               10
WT Garrett                               b Wells                1
CJ Kortright          c J Douglas        b Rawlin             131
AE Russell            c Wells            b Rawlin              16
CP Buckenham          not out                                   6
W Reeves                                 b Rawlin               0
+TM Russell           c Wells            b Rawlin               5
W Mead                absent hurt                               -
Extras                (b 28, lb 5)                             33
Total                 (all out, 93.3 overs)                   286

FoW: 1-91, 2-95, 3-101, 4-103, 5-152, 6-269, 7-276, 8-278, 9-286.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hearne                      26      7     57      2
Trott                       17      4     52      1
Wells                       16      3     33      2
Bosanquet                   15      1     51      0
Rawlin                      13.3    5     39      4
Williams                     6      2     21      0

• Rain caused play to be abandoned before mid-day on the first day. On the final day, so much rain fell before lunch that ordinarily the match would have been abandoned. Since Essex have been saved from all risk of defeat, it was agreed to have two hours play on a different pitch. Mead strained a thigh on the second afternoon and took no further part in the match. Kortright's 131, made out of 166, took 120 minutes and included 20 fours