| Nottinghamshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| MP Dowman | c Hussain b Childs | 29 | | | | |
| *RT Robinson | b Irani | 101 | | | | |
| C Banton | b Such | 1 | | | | |
| CL Cairns | c Hussain b Childs | 50 | | | | |
| JR Wileman | c Lewis b Such | 12 | | | | |
| GF Archer | b Such | 13 | | | | |
| KP Evans | lbw b Childs | 2 | | | | |
| +WM Noon | not out | 63 | | | | |
| JE Hindson | b Childs | 0 | | | | |
| RA Pick | b Waugh | 29 | | | | |
| JA Afford | b Cousins | 1 | | | | |
| Extras | (11 lb, 2 nb) | 13 |
| Total | (all out, 113 overs) | 314 |
Fall of wickets: 1-107, 2-108, 3-181, 4-191, 5-209, 6-218, 7-218, 8-218, 9-278, 10-314 (113 ov) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| GA Gooch | c Evans b Hindson | 45 | | | | |
| DDJ Robinson | c Dowman b Cairns | 8 | | | | |
| ME Waugh | c Hindson b Cairns | 7 | | | | |
| N Hussain | c Evans b Hindson | 32 | | | | |
| *PJ Prichard | c Banton b Hindson | 109 | | | | |
| RC Irani | lbw b Afford | 36 | | | | |
| JJB Lewis | lbw b Pick | 1 | | | | |
| +RJ Rollins | c Cairns b Pick | 16 | | | | |
| PM Such | c Pick b Hindson | 1 | | | | |
| DM Cousins | not out | 17 | | | | |
| JH Childs | c Cairns b Hindson | 18 | | | | |
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 4 nb) | 11 |
| Total | (all out, 99.1 overs) | 301 |
Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-33, 3-77, 4-116, 5-198, 6-201, 7-237, 8-238, 9-269, 10-301 (99.1 ov) |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| GA Gooch | b Hindson | 37 | | | | |
| DDJ Robinson | lbw b Hindson | 31 | | | | |
| ME Waugh | lbw b Afford | 2 | | | | |
| N Hussain | run out | 106 | | | | |
| *PJ Prichard | lbw b Afford | 39 | | | | |
| RC Irani | run out | 30 | | | | |
| JJB Lewis | st Noon b Hindson | 14 | | | | |
| +RJ Rollins | c Dowman b Hindson | 0 | | | | |
| PM Such | not out | 2 | | | | |
| JH Childs | run out | 0 | | | | |
| DM Cousins | c Robinson b Hindson | 0 | | | | |
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb) | 10 |
| Total | (all out, 65.5 overs) | 271 |
Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-67, 3-77, 4-185, 5-242, 6-268, 7-268, 8-271, 9-271, 10-271 (65.5 ov) |
| Nottinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Hindson | 27.5 | 1 | 105 | 5 | - | - |
| Pick | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - |
| Afford | 18 | 0 | 86 | 2 | - | - |
| Evans | 12 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - |
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