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| Venue | County Ground, Leyton on 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1901 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 92 runs |
| Points | Essex 1; Middlesex -1 |
| Umpires | T Mycroft, VA Titchmarsh |
| Close of play day 1 | Middlesex (1) 18/0 (Warner 2*, Douglas 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 219/3 (Turner 53*, Garrett 13*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FL Fane | c Wells b More | 31 | |||||
| HA Carpenter | b Trott | 59 | |||||
| WT Garrett | lbw b Trott | 11 | |||||
| CP McGahey | c Hearne b Wells | 73 | |||||
| AJ Turner | st Robertson b Wells | 33 | |||||
| *AP Lucas | b Bosanquet | 8 | |||||
| CJ Kortright | c Wells b More | 18 | |||||
| W Reeves | c Foley b Wells | 3 | |||||
| +TM Russell | c Foley b More | 2 | |||||
| HI Young | c Douglas b Wells | 4 | |||||
| W Mead | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 4 lb, 3 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110.4 overs) | 255 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-88, 2-100, 3-124, 4-188, 5-213, 6-235, 7-246, 8-251, 9-251, 10-255 (110.4 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Trott | 27 | 7 | 57 | 2 | - | - |
| Hearne | 13 | 1 | 40 | 0 | - | - |
| Wells | 26.4 | 4 | 64 | 4 | 1 | - |
| More | 23 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Rawlin | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| Bosanquet | 19 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PF Warner | b Young | 103 | |||||
| J Douglas | c Kortright b Mead | 25 | |||||
| CM Wells | b Reeves | 4 | |||||
| JT Rawlin | b Mead | 4 | |||||
| BJT Bosanquet | run out | 11 | |||||
| +WP Robertson | b Young | 24 | |||||
| RE More | b Young | 2 | |||||
| JT Hearne | not out | 5 | |||||
| CP Foley | c Reeves b Young | 2 | |||||
| AE Trott | absent hurt | ||||||
| HH Cobb | absent | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.3 overs) | 186 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57, 2-66, 3-85, 4-97, 5-177, 6-179, 7-180, 8-186 (80.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Young | 21.3 | 3 | 64 | 4 | - | - |
| McGahey | 16 | 6 | 21 | 0 | - | - |
| Mead | 26 | 8 | 54 | 2 | - | - |
| Turner | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| Reeves | 9 | 2 | 27 | 1 | - | - |
| Garrett | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FL Fane | c Bosanquet b More | 82 | |||||
| HA Carpenter | c Wells b Hearne | 50 | |||||
| AJ Turner | b Hearne | 111 | |||||
| CP McGahey | b Bosanquet | 2 | |||||
| WT Garrett | c sub b Wells | 30 | |||||
| CJ Kortright | c Cobb b Wells | 1 | |||||
| W Reeves | b Wells | 0 | |||||
| *AP Lucas | not out | 0 | |||||
| +TM Russell | did not bat | ||||||
| HI Young | did not bat | ||||||
| W Mead | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (19 b) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 90.1 overs) | 295 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-79, 2-181, 3-186, 4-284, 5-287, 6-287, 7-295 (90.1 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Wells | 23 | 3 | 70 | 3 | - | - |
| More | 28 | 4 | 83 | 1 | - | - |
| Bosanquet | 12 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | - |
| Hearne | 12.1 | 2 | 32 | 2 | - | - |
| Rawlin | 15 | 3 | 39 | 0 | - | - |
| Middlesex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PF Warner | c Russell b Young | 10 | |||||
| J Douglas | c Fane b Reeves | 151 | |||||
| HH Cobb | b Mead | 7 | |||||
| CM Wells | b Young | 9 | |||||
| BJT Bosanquet | c Turner b Mead | 6 | |||||
| +WP Robertson | b McGahey | 27 | |||||
| RE More | c Russell b Reeves | 47 | |||||
| JT Rawlin | c Russell b Reeves | 0 | |||||
| JT Hearne | c Young b Reeves | 4 | |||||
| CP Foley | not out | 0 | |||||
| AE Trott | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 1 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106.4 overs) | 272 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-34, 3-67, 4-76, 5-146, 6-265, 7-265, 8-272, 9-272 (106.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Young | 41 | 4 | 92 | 2 | - | - |
| Mead | 37 | 10 | 72 | 2 | - | - |
| McGahey | 12 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | - |
| Reeves | 10.4 | 4 | 30 | 4 | - | - |
| Kortright | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - |
Notes
--> Middlesex full substitute: HH Cobb for GW Beldam (Cobb allowed to replace Beldam who had to retire early due to an injured hand)
--> HA Carpenter (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> AJ Turner (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 56
--> WT Garrett (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 21
--> CM Wells reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> CM Wells reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> W Reeves reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> W Mead reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> W Reeves reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> W Mead reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
Beldam began the match for Middlesex, but had to retire early due to an injured hand. Essex allowed Cobb to play in his place, but he did not arrive in time for the first innings. Trott also injured his hand on the first day and took no further part in the match. Turner's 111 took 140 minutes and included 9 fours and 1 five. Warner's 103 took 180 minutes and included 15 fours. Douglas scored 15 fours in his 151 which lasted 260 minutes