Kent 1st innings
*PE Richardson        c Preston          b Phelan              71
JM Prodger            not out                                 170
RC Wilson                                b Greensmith           7
RM Prideaux           lbw                b Preston             28
SE Leary              st B Taylor        b Hobbs                1
PH Jones              c Milner           b Ralph               61
AL Dixon              not out                                  22
Extras                (b 11, lb 6)                             17
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 108 overs)         377

DNB: +DG Ufton, DJ Halfyard, A Brown, DW Baker.

FoW: 1-122, 2-131, 3-207, 4-208, 5-342.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      15      2     57      0
Preston                     17      1     63      1
Ralph                       12      2     39      1
Hobbs                       15      2     56      1
Greensmith                  25      5     76      1
Phelan                      24      4     69      1

Essex 1st innings
G Barker              c Leary            b Halfyard             0
MJ Bear               c Ufton            b Jones               95
LHR Ralph             lbw                b Brown               10
+B Taylor                                b Brown                8
J Milner              c Ufton            b Brown                6
*TE Bailey            lbw                b Jones               10
WT Greensmith         run out                                  39
JF Taylor                                b Jones               25
PJ Phelan             not out                                   7
RNS Hobbs                                b Jones                0
KC Preston            c Brown            b Dixon               12
Extras                (b 12, lb 4, nb 1)                       17
Total                 (all out, 79.5 overs)                   229

FoW: 1-0, 2-29, 3-39, 4-51, 5-75,
     6-165, 7-193, 8-208, 9-210, 10-229.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Halfyard                    16      4     61      1
Brown                       17      2     47      3
Baker                       15      3     47      0
Jones                       14      7     22      4
Dixon                       14.5    6     26      1
Leary                        3      0      9      0

Kent 2nd innings
*PE Richardson                       c & b Preston             34
JM Prodger                               b Bailey              10
RC Wilson                                b Preston             18
RM Prideaux           not out                                  71
SE Leary                                 b Greensmith          36
PH Jones              c sub              b Phelan              28
AL Dixon              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 4)                               5
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 56 overs)          202

DNB: +DG Ufton, DJ Halfyard, A Brown, DW Baker.

FoW: 1-29, 2-64, 3-65, 4-145, 5-202.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                       9      2     24      1
Preston                     16      2     51      2
Ralph                        9      2     20      0
Hobbs                        6      2     19      0
Greensmith                   7      0     32      1
Phelan                       9      0     51      1

Essex 2nd innings (target: 351 runs)
G Barker              c Baker            b Jones               39
MJ Bear               c Halfyard         b Baker               43
LHR Ralph             st Ufton           b Leary                5
+B Taylor             lbw                b Baker               18
J Milner              c Wilson           b Baker                1
*TE Bailey            not out                                  84
WT Greensmith         c Richardson       b Halfyard             6
JF Taylor             c Leary            b Brown               37
PJ Phelan             not out                                  59
Extras                (b 11, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)                  16
Total                 (7 wickets, 117 overs)                  308

DNB: RNS Hobbs, KC Preston.

FoW: 1-58, 2-103, 3-106, 4-111, 5-125, 6-179, 7-187.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Halfyard                    20      7     61      1
Brown                       20      8     36      1
Baker                       21      5     62      3
Jones                       22     11     39      1
Dixon                       15      6     44      0
Leary                       19      5     50      1