| Sussex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| MA Buss | c Taylor b Edmeades | 28 | | | | |
| GA Greenidge | lbw b Boyce | 4 | | | | |
| RM Prideaux | c Pont b East | 40 | | | | |
| +JM Parks | lbw b Turner | 37 | | | | |
| AW Greig | c Edmeades b Turner | 2 | | | | |
| PJ Graves | b Boyce | 10 | | | | |
| *MG Griffith | b Lever | 12 | | | | |
| JA Snow | c Saville b Lever | 25 | | | | |
| JD Morley | not out | 7 | | | | |
| J Denman | not out | 2 | | | | |
| NI Thomson | did not bat | |
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 5 |
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 172 |
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-37, 3-104, 4-106, 5-118, 6-129, 7-158, 8-168 |
| Essex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| BEA Edmeades | lbw b Snow | 9 | | | | |
| GJ Saville | lbw b Thomson | 16 | | | | |
| KWR Fletcher | c Morley b Denman | 39 | | | | |
| KD Boyce | c Graves b Thomson | 19 | | | | |
| *+B Taylor | b Buss | 6 | | | | |
| B Ward | lbw b Snow | 14 | | | | |
| S Turner | not out | 24 | | | | |
| KR Pont | lbw b Snow | 0 | | | | |
| RNS Hobbs | c Griffith b Greig | 12 | | | | |
| RE East | not out | 0 | | | | |
| JK Lever | did not bat | |
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb) | 5 |
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 144 |
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-44, 3-55, 4-87, 5-91, 6-118, 7-118, 8-139 |
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