Essex 1st innings
G Barker              not out                                 181
GJ Smith                             c & b Brown                3
DJ Insole                                b Halfyard            51
J Milner              not out                                  35
Extras                (b 1, lb 7, nb 4)                        12
Total                 (2 wickets declared, 81 overs)          282

DNB: BR Knight, +B Taylor, LHR Ralph, WT Greensmith, *TE Bailey,
     PJ Phelan, RNS Hobbs.

FoW: 1-27, 2-191.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Halfyard                    26      3    105      1
Brown                       15      3     40      1
Jones                       17      5     38      0
Baker                        3      0     20      0
Dixon                       20      6     67      0

Kent 1st innings
PE Richardson         c Milner           b Knight              10
RM Prideaux           c Taylor           b Knight               9
AH Phebey             c Taylor           b Ralph               23
SE Leary              c Bailey           b Hobbs               37
PH Jones              c Taylor           b Ralph               20
AL Dixon                             c & b Ralph               13
+DG Ufton                                b Hobbs               22
DJ Halfyard           c Ralph            b Hobbs                0
A Brown               c Taylor           b Bailey               1
DW Baker              not out                                   0
*MC Cowdrey           absent hurt                               -
Extras                (lb 4)                                    4
Total                 (all out, 70 overs)                     139

FoW: 1-11, 2-26, 3-52, 4-78, 5-102, 6-126, 7-126, 8-135, 9-139.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      19      4     33      1
Knight                      13      3     18      2
Ralph                       15      2     38      3
Phelan                      15      5     40      0
Hobbs                        7      4      6      3
Greensmith                   1      1      0      0

Essex 2nd innings
G Barker              c Ufton            b Baker               51
GJ Smith              c Leary            b Brown                2
DJ Insole             not out                                  73
J Milner              c Ufton            b Brown                0
BR Knight                                b Baker                8
+B Taylor             lbw                b Baker               13
LHR Ralph             c Halfyard         b Baker                0
WT Greensmith         c Jones            b Baker                0
*TE Bailey            not out                                   4
Extras                (lb 3, nb 2)                              5
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 58.1 overs)        156

DNB: PJ Phelan, RNS Hobbs.

FoW: 1-6, 2-85, 3-86, 4-114, 5-138, 6-138, 7-140.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Halfyard                    17      4     42      0
Brown                       17      4     32      2
Jones                        7      2     24      0
Baker                       15.1    3     47      5
Dixon                        2      0      6      0

Kent 2nd innings (target: 300 runs)
PE Richardson         c Taylor           b Knight               3
RM Prideaux           c Taylor           b Phelan              42
AH Phebey             lbw                b Bailey               2
SE Leary              c Bailey           b Hobbs               51
PH Jones              c Taylor           b Knight               7
AL Dixon              c Phelan           b Ralph                0
+DG Ufton             lbw                b Phelan              17
DJ Halfyard                              b Phelan               0
A Brown               not out                                   4
DW Baker              run out                                   0
*MC Cowdrey           absent hurt                               -
Extras                (b 6, lb 1)                               7
Total                 (all out, 48.3 overs)                   133

FoW: 1-3, 2-7, 3-13, 4-14, 5-97, 6-121, 7-123, 8-130, 9-133.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      10      1     27      1
Knight                       5      1     10      2
Ralph                        7      3     28      1
Phelan                       5      3     12      3
Hobbs                       14.3    2     33      1
Greensmith                   7      3     16      0