Gloucestershire 1st innings
AW Stovold            c Prichard         b Acfield             53
PW Romaines           c Gladwin          b Acfield             37
CWJ Athey             c Fletcher         b Foster              22
Zaheer Abbas          c Prichard         b Gooch               20
P Bainbridge          not out                                 134
AJ Wright             lbw                b Lever               25
*DA Graveney          c East             b Lever                4
+RC Russell           not out                                  20
Extras                (b 2, lb 7, w 2, nb 1)                   12
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 108 overs)         327

DNB: CR Trembath, DA Burrows, GE Sainsbury.

FoW: 1-78, 2-108, 3-128, 4-189, 5-274, 6-290.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       26      6     72      2
Foster                      23      2     76      1
Turner                      14      2     43      0
Acfield                     38     11     98      2
Gooch                        7      2     26      1

Essex 1st innings
GA Gooch              lbw                b Trembath            38
C Gladwin             c Wright           b Graveney            94
*KWR Fletcher         not out                                  69
KS McEwan             not out                                  88
Extras                (lb 4, nb 7)                             11
Total                 (2 wickets declared, 84.5 overs)        300

DNB: BR Hardie, PJ Prichard, S Turner, +DE East, NA Foster,
     JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-83, 2-170.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sainsbury                   17      3     62      0
Burrows                     11      0     46      0
Bainbridge                  21      6     53      0
Trembath                    16.5    4     65      1
Graveney                    15      3     43      1
Athey                        4      0     20      0

Gloucestershire 2nd innings
AW Stovold                               b Foster               0
PW Romaines           c Turner           b Foster              10
CWJ Athey             c Foster           b Lever                4
Zaheer Abbas                             b Lever                6
P Bainbridge          lbw                b Lever                0
AJ Wright             lbw                b Lever               29
+RC Russell                          c & b Lever               19
*DA Graveney          c Gooch            b Lever               10
CR Trembath           c Fletcher         b Lever                8
DA Burrows                               b Lever                0
GE Sainsbury          not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 4)                                    4
Total                 (all out, 50.3 overs)                    90

FoW: 1-5, 2-12, 3-20, 4-20, 5-21, 6-64, 7-81, 8-89, 9-89, 10-90.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       23.3    7     37      8
Foster                      22      7     47      2
Turner                       1      1      0      0
Acfield                      4      2      2      0

Essex 2nd innings (target: 118 runs)
GA Gooch                                 b Sainsbury           26
C Gladwin             c Athey            b Sainsbury           21
*KWR Fletcher         not out                                  36
KS McEwan             not out                                  36
Extras                (lb 1, nb 1)                              2
Total                 (2 wickets, 28.3 overs)                 121

DNB: BR Hardie, PJ Prichard, S Turner, +DE East, NA Foster,
     JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-26, 2-67.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sainsbury                   14      5     51      2
Burrows                      4      0     30      0
Bainbridge                   6      1     25      0
Trembath                     4      0      5      0
Romaines                     0.3    0      8      0