| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| TC Dodds | b Bates | 13 | | | | | |
| G Barker | c Cogger b Bates | 107 | | | | | |
| +B Taylor | c Suttle b Bates | 0 | | | | | |
| *TE Bailey | c Mantell b Foreman | 61 | | | | | |
| LA Savill | b James | 17 | | | | | |
| MJ Bear | st Mantell b Thomson | 25 | | | | | |
| WT Greensmith | c Lenham b Thomson | 2 | | | | | |
| LHR Ralph | run out | 8 | | | | | |
| KC Preston | c Cogger b Bates | 0 | | | | | |
| IM King | not out | 0 | | | | | |
| JA Bailey | lbw b Thomson | 0 | | | | | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb) | 4 |
| Total | (all out, 108.3 overs) | 237 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-19, 2-19, 3-156, 4-195, 5-210, 6-221, 7-233, 8-237, 9-237, 10-237 (108.3 ov) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| *AE James | lbw b King | 19 | | | | | |
| LJ Lenham | c TE Bailey b JA Bailey | 41 | | | | | |
| KG Suttle | c Dodds b Ralph | 18 | | | | | |
| JM Parks | lbw b Ralph | 27 | | | | | |
| DJ Foreman | st Taylor b Greensmith | 31 | | | | | |
| G Potter | c Taylor b Greensmith | 2 | | | | | |
| RJ Langridge | c Preston b Greensmith | 0 | | | | | |
| GL Cogger | c Taylor b Ralph | 0 | | | | | |
| NI Thomson | lbw b Ralph | 0 | | | | | |
| +DN Mantell | b Ralph | 0 | | | | | |
| DL Bates | not out | 0 | | | | | |
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 8 |
| Total | (all out, 60.2 overs) | 146 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-40, 2-82, 3-90, 4-128, 5-135, 6-135, 7-144, 8-144, 9-146, 10-146 (60.2 ov) |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| *AE James | c Ralph b TE Bailey | 10 | | | | | |
| LJ Lenham | b Preston | 0 | | | | | |
| KG Suttle | c TE Bailey b JA Bailey | 15 | | | | | |
| JM Parks | b TE Bailey | 21 | | | | | |
| DJ Foreman | b JA Bailey | 0 | | | | | |
| G Potter | lbw b TE Bailey | 1 | | | | | |
| RJ Langridge | not out | 2 | | | | | |
| GL Cogger | b TE Bailey | 0 | | | | | |
| NI Thomson | lbw b Greensmith | 1 | | | | | |
| +DN Mantell | b TE Bailey | 1 | | | | | |
| DL Bates | st Taylor b Greensmith | 1 | | | | | |
| Extras | (4 b) | 4 |
| Total | (all out, 35.3 overs) | 56 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-8, 2-10, 3-50, 4-50, 5-51, 6-51, 7-51, 8-52, 9-53, 10-56 (35.3 ov) |
Notes
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G Barker (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 47
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DJ Foreman (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
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RJ Langridge made his debut in County Championship matches
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DL Bates reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
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TE Bailey reached 1150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings
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