Middlesex 1st innings
SM Brown              c Ralph            b Preston             26
HPH Sharp             c Ralph            b Bailey              13
*WJ Edrich            c Ralph            b Bailey             211
DCS Compton           lbw                b Greensmith          12
AW Thompson                              b Preston              6
D Bennett                                b Bailey              37
FJ Titmus             c Gibb             b Insole              30
+LH Compton                              b Bailey               2
JJ Warr               not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2, lb 4)                               6
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 105.5 overs)       343

DNB: JA Young, AE Moss.

FoW: 1-35, 2-64, 3-115, 4-128, 5-234, 6-341, 7-343, 8-343.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      21.5    3     75      4
Preston                     23      1     83      2
Smith                       17      2     59      0
Ralph                        3      0      5      0
Cousens                      9      0     32      0
Greensmith                  22      5     54      1
Vigar                        2      0      9      0
Insole                       8      2     20      1

Essex 1st innings
+PA Gibb              c LH Compton       b DCS Compton         47
FH Vigar                                 b Bennett             20
TE Bailey                                b Moss                84
R Horsfall            c DCS Compton      b Young               52
*DJ Insole            c Sharp            b Titmus               0
WT Greensmith         not out                                  26
LA Savill                                b Moss                 2
R Smith               c Moss             b Warr                 0
LHR Ralph                                b Warr                 8
KC Preston            c Warr             b Moss                 0
P Cousens                                b Moss                 1
Extras                (b 5, lb 8, w 2)                         15
Total                 (all out, 89.2 overs)                   255

FoW: 1-52, 2-87, 3-173, 4-173, 5-207,
     6-208, 7-218, 8-247, 9-247, 10-255.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                        22.2    6     56      4
Warr                        20      1     72      2
Bennett                      8      2     22      1
Titmus                      16      3     34      1
DCS Compton                  9      1     37      1
Young                       14      5     19      1

Middlesex 2nd innings
SM Brown              c Horsfall         b Preston              1
HPH Sharp                                b Smith               85
*WJ Edrich            c Gibb             b Preston              2
DCS Compton                              b Preston             54
AW Thompson                              b Smith               13
D Bennett             c Smith            b Preston             18
+LH Compton           not out                                  12
FJ Titmus             not out                                  16
Extras                (b 4, lb 2)                               6
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 50 overs)          207

DNB: JJ Warr, JA Young, AE Moss.

FoW: 1-4, 2-14, 3-100, 4-127, 5-176, 6-180.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     16      2     67      4
Smith                       19      3     89      2
Cousens                      5      1     23      0
Greensmith                  10      1     22      0

Essex 2nd innings (target: 296 runs)
+PA Gibb              c LH Compton       b Bennett             41
FH Vigar              lbw                b DCS Compton         12
R Horsfall            c LH Compton       b DCS Compton          1
*DJ Insole            c LH Compton       b Bennett              0
WT Greensmith         st LH Compton      b DCS Compton          9
LA Savill             c DCS Compton      b Titmus              48
R Smith               c LH Compton       b DCS Compton          6
LHR Ralph             st LH Compton      b DCS Compton         22
KC Preston            lbw                b Titmus               1
P Cousens             not out                                   2
TE Bailey             absent hurt                               -
Extras                (b 4, lb 8)                              12
Total                 (all out, 50.4 overs)                   154

FoW: 1-58, 2-58, 3-58, 4-60, 5-72, 6-90, 7-132, 8-141, 9-154.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                         9      0     32      0
Warr                         8      3     20      0
Bennett                     12      4     21      2
Titmus                       4.4    1     11      2
DCS Compton                 17      2     58      5