| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| G Barker | c Parks b Bates | 54 | | | | | |
| GJ Smith | lbw b Buss | 0 | | | | | |
| +B Taylor | c Dexter b Smith | 26 | | | | | |
| *DJ Insole | c Smith b Bell | 57 | | | | | |
| TE Bailey | run out | 39 | | | | | |
| MJ Bear | b Suttle | 33 | | | | | |
| BR Knight | lbw b Thomson | 0 | | | | | |
| WT Greensmith | c Oakman b Bates | 23 | | | | | |
| LHR Ralph | c Smith b Bates | 37 | | | | | |
| CB Clarke | not out | 0 | | | | | |
| A Hurd | did not bat | | | | | | |
| Extras | (9 lb) | 9 |
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 112 overs) | 278 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-8, 2-69, 3-101, 4-166, 5-203, 6-203, 7-223, 8-274, 9-278 (112 ov) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| ASM Oakman | b Knight | 1 | | | | | |
| LJ Lenham | lbw b Bailey | 12 | | | | | |
| *ER Dexter | c Greensmith b Hurd | 65 | | | | | |
| +JM Parks | b Bailey | 19 | | | | | |
| KG Suttle | c Bailey b Clarke | 17 | | | | | |
| DV Smith | not out | 100 | | | | | |
| Nawab of Pataudi | c Taylor b Clarke | 6 | | | | | |
| NI Thomson | c Smith b Clarke | 19 | | | | | |
| A Buss | b Bailey | 2 | | | | | |
| RV Bell | c Taylor b Bailey | 4 | | | | | |
| DL Bates | b Clarke | 0 | | | | | |
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb) | 6 |
| Total | (all out, 102.4 overs) | 251 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-3, 2-21, 3-41, 4-88, 5-145, 6-174, 7-206, 8-226, 9-238, 10-251 (102.4 ov) |
Notes
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G Barker (1) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
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B Taylor (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
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ASM Oakman (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
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NI Thomson (2) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
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DL Bates reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
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