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| Venue | Valentine's Park, Ilford on 10th, 12th, 13th May 1958 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | New Zealanders won by 48 runs |
| Umpires | FS Lee, AE Pothecary |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 86/5 (Insole 30*, Bear 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealanders (2) 203 all out |
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LSM Miller | b Greensmith | 62 | |||||
| T Meale | c Taylor b Bailey | 4 | |||||
| NS Harford | run out | 4 | |||||
| B Sutcliffe | c Greensmith b Preston | 2 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | lbw b Preston | 0 | |||||
| JT Sparling | lbw b Greensmith | 17 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | lbw b Greensmith | 9 | |||||
| RW Blair | c Barker b Bailey | 5 | |||||
| *HB Cave | c Greensmith b Ralph | 22 | |||||
| JA Hayes | c Insole b Ralph | 6 | |||||
| +JT Ward | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 73.1 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-18, 3-29, 4-29, 5-70, 6-86, 7-100, 8-119, 9-138, 10-140 (73.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Bailey | 17 | 5 | 28 | 2 | - | - |
| Preston | 18 | 5 | 34 | 2 | - | - |
| Ralph | 16.1 | 6 | 28 | 2 | - | - |
| Greensmith | 22 | 9 | 41 | 3 | - | - |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Miller b Hayes | 0 | |||||
| G Barker | c Harford b Blair | 5 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Ward b Blair | 11 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Hayes | 31 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Ward b Hayes | 4 | |||||
| LA Savill | c Ward b Blair | 25 | |||||
| MJ Bear | b Blair | 7 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | b Hayes | 5 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c Ward b Hayes | 12 | |||||
| KC Preston | b Blair | 1 | |||||
| PJ Phelan | not out | 16 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 6 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 43 overs) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-15, 3-19, 4-33, 5-67, 6-87, 7-91, 8-97, 9-98, 10-130 (43 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Hayes | 17 | 5 | 29 | 5 | - | - |
| Blair | 21 | 1 | 74 | 5 | - | - |
| Cave | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - |
| New Zealanders second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LSM Miller | lbw b Bailey | 9 | |||||
| B Sutcliffe | c Insole b Bailey | 39 | |||||
| NS Harford | c Preston b Ralph | 14 | |||||
| T Meale | b Ralph | 8 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | lbw b Greensmith | 45 | |||||
| JT Sparling | c Bailey b Ralph | 36 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | lbw b Greensmith | 9 | |||||
| RW Blair | c Taylor b Ralph | 16 | |||||
| *HB Cave | b Ralph | 1 | |||||
| JA Hayes | not out | 9 | |||||
| +JT Ward | c Preston b Ralph | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79.5 overs) | 203 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-64, 3-64, 4-84, 5-141, 6-159, 7-184, 8-188, 9-195, 10-203 (79.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Bailey | 22 | 9 | 38 | 2 | - | - |
| Preston | 17 | 3 | 49 | 0 | - | - |
| Ralph | 22.5 | 7 | 56 | 6 | - | - |
| Greensmith | 13 | 2 | 38 | 2 | - | - |
| Phelan | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | run out | 4 | |||||
| G Barker | c Ward b Hayes | 7 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c MacGibbon b Hayes | 9 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | c Harford b Blair | 7 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c MacGibbon b Alabaster | 71 | |||||
| LA Savill | c Meale b Alabaster | 8 | |||||
| MJ Bear | b Alabaster | 14 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | c Ward b Blair | 4 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c Ward b Cave | 31 | |||||
| KC Preston | b Cave | 0 | |||||
| PJ Phelan | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68.5 overs) | 165 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-17, 3-21, 4-34, 5-56, 6-92, 7-107, 8-165, 9-165, 10-165 (68.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Hayes | 15 | 0 | 55 | 2 | - | - |
| Blair | 18 | 5 | 35 | 2 | - | - |
| Cave | 17 | 5 | 31 | 2 | - | - |
| Alabaster | 16.5 | 7 | 32 | 3 | - | - |
| MacGibbon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - |