Australians 1st innings
JHW Fingleton                            b Farnes               7
WA Brown              hit wicket         b Smith               55
*SJ McCabe            c Wilcox           b Stephenson           4
CL Badcock                               b Nichols             11
AL Hassett                               b Farnes              26
AG Chipperfield                          b Farnes               3
MG Waite              c Pearce           b Stephenson           5
ECS White                                b Farnes              11
+CW Walker                           c & b Smith                5
FA Ward               not out                                   5
LO'B Fleetwood-Smith                 c & b Smith                8
Extras                (b 1, lb 4)                               5
Total                 (all out, 61.5 overs)                   145

FoW: 1-14, 2-25, 3-52, 4-92, 5-100, 6-105, 7-126, 8-128, 9-133,
     10-145.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      21      7     43      4
Nichols                     16      5     34      1
Stephenson                  10      3     20      2
Eastman                      5      1     18      0
Smith                        9.5    2     25      3

Essex 1st innings
DR Wilcox                                b Ward                38
LC Eastman            lbw                b Ward                21
MS Nichols                               b Ward                 5
J O'Connor            c Chipperfield     b Fleetwood-Smith      6
*TN Pearce                               b Fleetwood-Smith      0
CT Ashton                            c & b Ward                 8
JN Dennis                            c & b Ward                18
TPB Smith             lbw                b Ward                10
+TH Wade              run out                                   3
JWA Stephenson        not out                                   0
K Farnes              c Waite            b Ward                 0
Extras                (lb 5)                                    5
Total                 (all out, 57.3 overs)                   114

FoW: 1-27, 2-33, 3-44, 4-44, 5-53, 6-98, 7-101, 8-114, 9-114, 10-114.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Waite                        6      1     17      0
McCabe                       5      0      9      0
Ward                        23.3    6     51      7
Fleetwood-Smith             13      8     17      2
White                       10      3     15      0

Australians 2nd innings
+CW Walker                               b Nichols             18
FA Ward                                  b Smith               23
WA Brown              lbw                b Smith               15
JHW Fingleton         c Wade             b Nichols              1
CL Badcock            lbw                b Nichols             23
AL Hassett            c Dennis           b Farnes               4
*SJ McCabe            c Wilcox           b Nichols             50
AG Chipperfield                          b Nichols              3
ECS White             not out                                   7
MG Waite              c Wade             b Nichols              0
LO'B Fleetwood-Smith  st Wade            b Stephenson           0
Extras                (b 4, lb 5)                               9
Total                 (all out, 59.4 overs)                   153


FoW:  1-42, 2-42, 3-46, 4-68, 5-75, 6-88, 7-114, 8-130, 9-151,
      10-153.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      13      5     24      1
Nichols                     18      8     25      6
Stephenson                   9.4    1     36      1
Smith                       19      3     59      2

Essex 2nd innings (target: 185 runs)
DR Wilcox             st Walker          b Ward                20
LC Eastman            c Brown            b Waite                0
*TN Pearce            lbw                b Fleetwood-Smith     23
J O'Connor            c White            b Ward                14
MS Nichols                               b Ward                 1
CT Ashton             c McCabe           b Fleetwood-Smith     17
JN Dennis             c Chipperfield     b Fleetwood-Smith      6
TPB Smith             not out                                   1
+TH Wade                                 b Ward                 0
JWA Stephenson        lbw                b Fleetwood-Smith      1
K Farnes              c sub              b Fleetwood-Smith      0
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, w 1)                          4
Total                 (all out, 34.4 overs)                    87

FoW:  1-0, 2-32, 3-52, 4-56, 5-67, 6-80, 7-83, 8-85, 9-86, 10-87.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Waite                        6      1     21      1
McCabe                       3      1      8      0
Ward                        14      6     26      4
Fleetwood-Smith             11.4    5     28      5

• Essex lost their last three 1st innings wickets in successive balls from Ward, the middle dismissal being a run out.
• Record gate of 12,500 on Day 2 paid record receipts of 1,085.
• The Essex 2nd innings lasted 95 minutes.
• Fingleton took over behind the stumps in the second innings, Walker having fractured a finger in stumping Wilcox.