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| Venue | County Ground, Derby on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1898 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by an innings and 172 runs |
| Points | Derbyshire -1; Essex 1 |
| Umpires | R Daft, GH Remnant |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 146/0 (Owen 67*, Carpenter 70*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 497/5 (Turner 35*, Russell 17*) |
| Derbyshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *SH Evershed | b Bull | 1 | |||||
| LG Wright | b Mead | 41 | |||||
| W Sugg | c Perrin b Kortright | 2 | |||||
| W Storer | not out | 80 | |||||
| W Chatterton | b Kortright | 3 | |||||
| GA Davidson | c Turner b Kortright | 0 | |||||
| J Wright | lbw b Bull | 0 | |||||
| F Davidson | b Mead | 19 | |||||
| +S Hardy | b Kortright | 9 | |||||
| JW Hancock | c Russell b Kortright | 2 | |||||
| A Charlesworth | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.2 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-11, 3-64, 4-76, 5-76, 6-91, 7-145, 8-160, 9-166 (82.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kortright | 21.2 | 6 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bull | 30 | 12 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mead | 25 | 7 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Turner | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reeves | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *HGP Owen | b GA Davidson | 92 | |||||
| HA Carpenter | c Hardy b Storer | 95 | |||||
| PA Perrin | b Storer | 104 | |||||
| CP McGahey | c Hardy b Hancock | 115 | |||||
| AJ Turner | not out | 35 | |||||
| FL Fane | lbw b Storer | 22 | |||||
| +TM Russell | not out | 17 | |||||
| CJ Kortright | did not bat | ||||||
| FG Bull | did not bat | ||||||
| W Reeves | did not bat | ||||||
| W Mead | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 247 overs) | 497 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-194, 2-218, 3-413, 4-417, 5-468 | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| GA Davidson | 65 | 35 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| F Davidson | 39 | 16 | 84 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hancock | 31 | 14 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chatterton | 30 | 12 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Storer | 47 | 10 | 119 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sugg | 13 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Charlesworth | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| LG Wright | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| J Wright | 10 | 5 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Derbyshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *SH Evershed | c Russell b Bull | 13 | |||||
| LG Wright | c Owen b Bull | 5 | |||||
| A Charlesworth | b Kortright | 2 | |||||
| W Storer | b Bull | 37 | |||||
| W Chatterton | c Carpenter b Bull | 53 | |||||
| GA Davidson | c Russell b Bull | 0 | |||||
| W Sugg | b Mead | 11 | |||||
| F Davidson | c Bull b Mead | 5 | |||||
| J Wright | st Russell b Bull | 29 | |||||
| +S Hardy | b Kortright | 1 | |||||
| JW Hancock | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.1 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-20, 3-20, 4-73, 5-73, 6-110, 7-116, 8-152, 9-153, 10-159 (69.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kortright | 21 | 10 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bull | 34.1 | 10 | 75 | 6 | - | - | |
| Mead | 14 | 4 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |