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| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| GA Gooch | b Edmonds | 60 | | | | | |
| BR Hardie | lbw b Selvey | 43 | | | | | |
| DR Pringle | c Downton b Cowans | 5 | | | | | |
| KS McEwan | b Edmonds | 20 | | | | | |
| *KWR Fletcher | c Edmonds b Emburey | 43 | | | | | |
| KR Pont | c Brearley b Hughes | 2 | | | | | |
| N Phillip | b Cowans | 26 | | | | | |
| S Turner | c Downton b Hughes | 21 | | | | | |
| +DE East | b Hughes | 6 | | | | | |
| RE East | st Downton b Emburey | 7 | | | | | |
| JK Lever | not out | 5 | | | | | |
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 8 nb, 2 w) | 12 |
| Total | (all out, 82 overs) | 250 |
| Fall of wickets: | | | 1-71, 2-79, 3-124, 4-139, 5-142, 6-192, 7-231, 8-233, 9-244, 10-250 (82 ov) |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| WN Slack | b Pringle | 50 | | | | | |
| *JM Brearley | c DE East b Pringle | 28 | | | | | |
| KP Tomlins | lbw b Lever | 14 | | | | | |
| MW Gatting | c RE East b Lever | 5 | | | | | |
| RO Butcher | run out | 4 | | | | | |
| +PR Downton | run out | 46 | | | | | |
| JE Emburey | st DE East b RE East | 27 | | | | | |
| PH Edmonds | c DE East b Lever | 2 | | | | | |
| MWW Selvey | not out | 36 | | | | | |
| NG Cowans | c DE East b RE East | 10 | | | | | |
| SP Hughes | c Fletcher b Phillip | 0 | | | | | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 7 |
| Total | (all out, 91 overs) | 229 |
| Fall of wickets: | | | 1-37, 2-72, 3-78, 4-86, 5-128, 6-172, 7-177, 8-200, 9-224, 10-229 (91 ov) |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| GA Gooch | c Brearley b Edmonds | 87 | | | | | |
| BR Hardie | c Butcher b Cowans | 43 | | | | | |
| +DE East | lbw b Selvey | 23 | | | | | |
| DR Pringle | not out | 51 | | | | | |
| KS McEwan | c Butcher b Edmonds | 7 | | | | | |
| *KWR Fletcher | run out | 13 | | | | | |
| KR Pont | c sub b Edmonds | 0 | | | | | |
| N Phillip | b Cowans | 14 | | | | | |
| S Turner | not out | 1 | | | | | |
| RE East | did not bat | | | | | | | | JK Lever | did not bat | | | | | | | | Extras | (10 b, 10 lb, 4 nb) | 24 |
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 73.2 overs) | 263 |
| Fall of wickets: | | | 1-67, 2-156, 3-189, 4-199, 5-223, 6-223, 7-256 |
Notes
--> MWW Selvey (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> NG Cowans (1) equalled his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> NG Cowans (1) equalled his previous highest score of 10 in first-class matches
--> DR Pringle (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> JE Emburey reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
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