Essex 1st innings
*HGP Owen             c Rice             b Brown               34
HA Carpenter                             b Fargus               6
PA Perrin             not out                                 134
WT Garrett                           c & b CL Townsend          2
FL Fane               c FN Townsend      b Jessop              16
+TM Russell                              b Paish                5
CP Buckenham                             b Paish                5
W Reeves                             c & b CL Townsend         33
W Mead                c FN Townsend      b Brown                5
HI Young                                 b Brown                0
AE Russell            absent hurt                               -
Extras                (b 3, lb 1, w 2, nb 2)                    8
Total                 (all out, 96.5 overs)                   248

FoW: 1-19, 2-69, 3-78, 4-128, 5-145, 6-163, 7-237, 8-248, 9-248.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jessop                      17      8     42      1
Paish                       30      7     46      2
Fargus                      17      2     79      1 (2nb,1w)
CL Townsend                 18      2     53      2 (1w)
Brown                       14.5    7     20      3

Gloucestershire 1st innings
RW Rice               c TM Russell       b Reeves              65
H Wrathall            c TM Russell       b Mead                 7
CL Townsend           c TM Russell       b Mead               123
AG Richardson         c Carpenter        b Mead                 4
+JH Board                                b Mead                11
WSA Brown             c Perrin           b Young               37
*GL Jessop            st TM Russell      b Young                8
HS Goodwin            c TM Russell       b Mead                 1
FN Townsend                              b Mead                 0
AHC Fargus                               b Mead                 8
AJ Paish              not out                                   3
Extras                (b 8, lb 3, w 2, nb 5)                   18
Total                 (all out, 98.5 overs)                   285

FoW: 1-14, 2-168, 3-173, 4-199, 5-230,
     6-256, 7-258, 8-258, 9-274, 10-285.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mead                        40.5   16     70      7
Young                       18      1     75      2 (1w,5nb)
Buckenham                   13      1     49      0 (1w)
Reeves                      16      5     40      1
Carpenter                    7      0     24      0
Garrett                      4      2      9      0

Essex 2nd innings
*HGP Owen             c Richardson       b Jessop               1
HA Carpenter          c FN Townsend      b Jessop              46
PA Perrin                            c & b Jessop               0
WT Garrett                               b CL Townsend          2
FL Fane                                  b Jessop               4
AE Russell                               b Jessop               4
CP Buckenham          c CL Townsend      b Jessop              30
W Reeves                                 b Brown               18
+TM Russell           c CL Townsend      b Jessop               2
W Mead                c Paish            b Jessop               0
HI Young              not out                                   3
Extras                (b 3, lb 5)                               8
Total                 (all out, 60.5 overs)                   118

FoW: 1-19, 2-21, 3-24, 4-35, 5-47,
     6-82, 7-104, 8-106, 9-106, 10-118.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jessop                      26     10     29      8
Paish                        6      4      7      0
Fargus                       2      1      3      0
CL Townsend                 12      0     42      1
Brown                       14.5    7     29      1

Gloucestershire 2nd innings (target: 82 runs)
H Wrathall            run out                                  13
*GL Jessop            c Garrett          b Mead                 6
+JH Board             c TM Russell       b Reeves               4
WSA Brown             c Reeves           b Mead                10
CL Townsend           not out                                  23
AG Richardson         c Fane             b Reeves              15
HS Goodwin            c Reeves           b Mead                 0
RW Rice                                  b Reeves               0
AHC Fargus            c Owen             b Mead                 6
FN Townsend           not out                                   3
Extras                (b 2)                                     2
Total                 (8 wickets, 32 overs)                    82

DNB: AJ Paish.

FoW: 1-19, 2-19, 3-28, 4-40, 5-63, 6-64, 7-65, 8-76.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mead                        16      6     37      4
Young                        2      0     17      0
Reeves                      14      4     26      3

• Perrin's 134 took 210 minutes and included 15 fours. C.L.Townsend batted for 195 minutes to score his 123 which included 1 five and 16 fours. McGahey was taken ill and had to return to London and his replacement, A.E.Russell, did not arrive in time to bat in the first innings