| sec4550 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 16th, 17th, 18th July 1997 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | SP Chitty, JW Lloyds |
| Close of play day 1 | Lancashire Second XI (1) 23/5 (Green 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex Second XI (2) 0/0 (Hibbert 0*, Hodgson 0*; 0.3 overs) |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJE Hibbert | c Haynes b Keedy | 66 | |||||
| TP Hodgson | run out | 22 | |||||
| SD Peters | c Harvey b Oddy | 5 | |||||
| +BJ Hyam | lbw b Keedy | 51 | |||||
| *DDJ Robinson | lbw b Chilton | 25 | |||||
| JC Powell | c Ridgway b Brown | 116 | 144 | 12 | 7 | ||
| DG Wilson | c Ridgway b Keedy | 56 | |||||
| GJA Goodwin | lbw b Keedy | 0 | |||||
| JO Grove | b Keedy | 0 | |||||
| DM Cousins | not out | 2 | |||||
| SJW Andrew | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 6 lb, 2 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 103.3 overs) | 360 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-55, 3-138, 4-147, 5-179, 6-316, 7-316, 8-326, 9-360 (103.3 ov) | |||||||
| Lancashire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 20 | 5 | 75 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oddy | 13 | 2 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chilton | 13 | 4 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 24.3 | 7 | 109 | 1 | - | - | |
| Keedy | 33 | 10 | 62 | 5 | - | - | |
| Lancashire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PC McKeown | b Andrew | 6 | |||||
| NT Wood | b Cousins | 0 | |||||
| C Brown | b Cousins | 5 | |||||
| MJ Chilton | b Andrew | 0 | |||||
| ME Harvey | lbw b Andrew | 0 | |||||
| RJ Green | b Grove | 19 | |||||
| +JJ Haynes | not out | 63 | |||||
| *PR Sleep | not out | 101 | 127 | 15 | 2 | ||
| G Keedy | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Ridgway | did not bat | ||||||
| SC Oddy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 6 lb, 6 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 51 overs) | 213 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-18, 3-21, 4-23, 5-23, 6-51 | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Andrew | 13 | 4 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cousins | 11 | 4 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Grove | 5 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Powell | 11 | 1 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goodwin | 8 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJE Hibbert | not out | 0 | |||||
| TP Hodgson | not out | 0 | |||||
| SD Peters | did not bat | ||||||
| +BJ Hyam | did not bat | ||||||
| *DDJ Robinson | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Powell | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| GJA Goodwin | did not bat | ||||||
| JO Grove | did not bat | ||||||
| DM Cousins | did not bat | ||||||
| SJW Andrew | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 0.3 overs) | 0 | |||||
| Lancashire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |