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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 11th, 13th, 14th July 1931 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sussex won by an innings and 63 runs |
| Points | Sussex 15; Essex 0 |
| Umpires | EF Field, J Stone |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 477 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 121/3 (O'Connor 52*, Nichols 11*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EH Bowley | c Sheffield b O'Connor | 137 | |||||
| JG Langridge | b Farnes | 19 | |||||
| *KS Duleepsinhji | c and b Nichols | 133 | |||||
| TER Cook | st Sheffield b Eastman | 32 | |||||
| J Langridge | b Farnes | 12 | |||||
| HW Parks | b Farnes | 18 | |||||
| GAK Collins | b Daer | 31 | |||||
| AF Wensley | lbw b Smith | 73 | |||||
| MW Tate | c Eastman b Daer | 4 | |||||
| HE Hammond | c Sheffield b Smith | 0 | |||||
| +WL Cornford | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb, 6 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 118.1 overs) | 477 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41, 2-278, 3-322, 4-336, 5-352, 6-368, 7-456, 8-474, 9-474, 10-477 (118.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Nichols | 24 | 2 | 89 | 1 | - | - | |
| Farnes | 30 | 1 | 124 | 3 | - | - | |
| Daer | 27 | 3 | 96 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Connor | 13 | 0 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 19.1 | 3 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Eastman | 5 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Cutmore | b Cook | 20 | |||||
| LC Eastman | c Hammond b Bowley | 56 | |||||
| DF Pope | b Bowley | 28 | |||||
| J O'Connor | c JG Langridge b Tate | 14 | |||||
| C Bray | c Hammond b Tate | 17 | |||||
| MS Nichols | c Duleepsinhji b Tate | 14 | |||||
| *HM Morris | lbw b Tate | 3 | |||||
| +JR Sheffield | b Tate | 1 | |||||
| AG Daer | b Tate | 17 | |||||
| TPB Smith | st Cornford b Bowley | 5 | |||||
| K Farnes | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 87 overs) | 187 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37, 2-109, 3-113, 4-132, 5-154, 6-160, 7-161, 8-162, 9-183, 10-187 (87 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tate | 32 | 10 | 50 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wensley | 14 | 6 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 19 | 5 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hammond | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| J Langridge | 8 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bowley | 8 | 0 | 19 | 3 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Cutmore | lbw b Hammond | 22 | |||||
| LC Eastman | c Tate b Wensley | 4 | |||||
| DF Pope | c Duleepsinhji b Tate | 17 | |||||
| J O'Connor | b Wensley | 52 | |||||
| MS Nichols | b J Langridge | 60 | |||||
| C Bray | st Cornford b J Langridge | 39 | |||||
| *HM Morris | b Bowley | 4 | |||||
| +JR Sheffield | c JG Langridge b Bowley | 12 | |||||
| AG Daer | c J Langridge b Bowley | 5 | |||||
| TPB Smith | c Cornford b Bowley | 0 | |||||
| K Farnes | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 8 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93.3 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-38, 3-61, 4-125, 5-195, 6-200, 7-214, 8-225, 9-225, 10-227 (93.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tate | 15 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wensley | 26 | 8 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cook | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hammond | 17 | 2 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| J Langridge | 18.3 | 4 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bowley | 15 | 2 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> EH Bowley (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 120
--> EH Bowley (1) passed 24500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> J Langridge (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> TPB Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> MW Tate reached 1400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AF Wensley reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
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