Essex 1st innings
FL Fane                                  b Mold                55
HA Carpenter          c Tyldesley        b Ward                22
PA Perrin                                b Mold                 0
CP McGahey            c Tyldesley        b Mold                 6
GW Ayres                             c & b Ward                 1
AP Lucas              not out                                  55
*HGP Owen                                b Mold                 0
+TM Russell           c Hartley          b Mold                15
HI Young              c Sharp            b Cuttell             28
FG Bull                                  b Mold                 4
W Mead                                   b Mold                 6
Extras                (b 15, lb 5)                             20
Total                 (all out, 87.1 overs)                   212

FoW: 1-56, 2-56, 3-64, 4-71, 5-107, 6-107, 7-139, 8-188, 9-200, 10-212.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sharp                       10      2     30      0
Cuttell                     10      4     20      1
Mold                        36.1   10     93      7
Ward                        26      8     45      2
Webb                         5      4      4      0

Lancashire 1st innings
*AC MacLaren          c Ayres            b Mead                11
A Ward                                   b Young                0
JT Tyldesley          c Mead             b Bull                84
AH Hornby                                b Mead                 6
A Eccles                                 b Young               76
CR Hartley                               b Young                2
WR Cuttell                               b Bull                 5
J Sharp               lbw                b Young               10
+C Smith              c Ayres            b Young               33
S Webb                               c & b Mead                10
AW Mold               not out                                   1
Extras                (b 6, lb 3, w 1)                         10
Total                 (all out, 84.3 overs)                   248

FoW: 1-2, 2-26, 3-46, 4-172, 5-184, 6-187, 7-195, 8-209, 9-244, 10-248.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mead                        22.3    8     46      3
Young                       35      8    116      5
Bull                        23      5     66      2
Ayres                        3      2      7      0
Carpenter                    1      0      3      0

Essex 2nd innings
FL Fane               c Smith            b Mold                 3
HA Carpenter                             b Ward                41
PA Perrin                            c & b Mold                31
CP McGahey                               b Sharp                9
AP Lucas                                 b Sharp               19
GW Ayres              c Eccles           b Ward                16
*HGP Owen                                b Sharp                0
+TM Russell           not out                                  18
HI Young              c Hartley          b Ward                 4
FG Bull               c Hartley          b Ward                 1
W Mead                c Hartley          b Ward                 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 2)                               4
Total                 (all out, 53.1 overs)                   146

FoW: 1-4, 2-48, 3-68, 4-90, 5-112, 6-113, 7-131, 8-140, 9-141, 10-146.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sharp                       17      3     43      3
Cuttell                      7      3     11      0
Mold                        10      0     33      2
Ward                        19.1    1     55      5

Lancashire 2nd innings (target: 111 runs)
*AC MacLaren          c Ayres            b Bull                38
AH Hornby             not out                                  36
JT Tyldesley          c Carpenter        b Ayres               32
A Eccles              not out                                   5
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (2 wickets, 32.4 overs)                 111

DNB: A Ward, CR Hartley, WR Cuttell, J Sharp, +C Smith, S Webb,
     AW Mold.

FoW: 1-46, 2-89.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mead                        11      2     37      0
Young                        8      0     35      0
Bull                         7      1     19      1
Ayres                        3.4    0     13      1
Carpenter                    3      1      7      0

• Play continued until nearly 6.45pm on the second day, in order that a result could be achieved.