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| Venue | County Ground, Leyton on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1905 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | CE Richardson, A White |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Middlesex (1) 112/9 (Rawlin 26*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *FL Fane | c Bird b Hearne | 8 | |||||
| HA Carpenter | c Douglas b Hearne | 19 | |||||
| PA Perrin | b Hearne | 7 | |||||
| CP McGahey | b Trott | 39 | |||||
| FH Gillingham | c Bird b Hearne | 39 | |||||
| W Reeves | b Rawlin | 84 | |||||
| JWHT Douglas | lbw b Hearne | 25 | |||||
| G Tosetti | b Hearne | 6 | |||||
| +AE Russell | c Bird b Hearne | 0 | |||||
| CP Buckenham | b Hearne | 19 | |||||
| B Tremlin | not out | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89.5 overs) | 268 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28, 2-29, 3-42, 4-112, 5-118, 6-229, 7-233, 8-233, 9-250, 10-268 (89.5 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Rawlin | 15 | 6 | 37 | 1 | - | - |
| Hearne | 33.5 | 10 | 93 | 8 | 1 | - |
| Tarrant | 16 | 6 | 41 | 0 | - | - |
| Trott | 20 | 8 | 52 | 1 | - | - |
| Mignon | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Douglas | c Russell b Buckenham | 9 | |||||
| EA Beldam | c Douglas b Buckenham | 9 | |||||
| FA Tarrant | lbw b Tremlin | 0 | |||||
| CC Page | c Russell b Reeves | 24 | |||||
| AE Trott | b Buckenham | 1 | |||||
| AR Litteljohn | b Buckenham | 0 | |||||
| HE Pearce | lbw b Buckenham | 8 | |||||
| JT Rawlin | not out | 27 | |||||
| +WS Bird | c Buckenham b Reeves | 5 | |||||
| JT Hearne | b Buckenham | 25 | |||||
| E Mignon | c Tosetti b Tremlin | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 41.3 overs) | 117 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-18, 3-18, 4-20, 5-20, 6-40, 7-57, 8-75, 9-112, 10-117 (41.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Buckenham | 18 | 5 | 43 | 6 | - | - |
| Tremlin | 14.3 | 5 | 37 | 2 | - | - |
| Douglas | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - |
| Reeves | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | - | - |
| Middlesex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Douglas | b Tremlin | 54 | |||||
| JT Rawlin | c Tremlin b Buckenham | 6 | |||||
| FA Tarrant | not out | 162 | |||||
| EA Beldam | c Carpenter b Buckenham | 14 | |||||
| CC Page | c Buckenham b Douglas | 13 | |||||
| AE Trott | c Russell b Buckenham | 19 | |||||
| AR Litteljohn | b Douglas | 5 | |||||
| HE Pearce | st Russell b McGahey | 17 | |||||
| +WS Bird | c Carpenter b McGahey | 5 | |||||
| JT Hearne | not out | 56 | |||||
| E Mignon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 104 overs) | 369 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-91, 3-129, 4-171, 5-200, 6-209, 7-259, 8-271 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Buckenham | 28 | 4 | 79 | 3 | - | - |
| Tremlin | 19 | 4 | 47 | 1 | - | - |
| Douglas | 20 | 5 | 72 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| McGahey | 13 | 1 | 55 | 2 | - | - |
| Reeves | 19 | 4 | 74 | 0 | - | - |
| Perrin | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - |
Notes
--> CC Page (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> AR Litteljohn made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AR Litteljohn made his debut in first-class matches
--> FA Tarrant (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> FA Tarrant (2) passed his previous highest score of 84 in first-class matches
--> CP Buckenham reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CP Buckenham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings