Northamptonshire 1st innings
CN Woolley            c Bray             b Nichols             11
AH Bakewell           st Sheffield       b Russell             64
APR Hawtin            c Pope             b Smith               54
JE Timms              c Smith            b Nichols             41
*VWC Jupp             c Bray             b Daer                39
AL Cox                lbw                b Russell             21
+BW Bellamy           lbw                b Daer                23
AG Liddell                               b Smith              120
ADG Matthews                             b Pope                46
AE Thomas             c Daer             b O'Connor            25
RJ Partridge          not out                                   0
Extras                (b 12, lb 2)                             14
Total                 (all out, 161.2 overs)                  458

FoW: 1-12, 2-119, 3-145, 4-215, 5-219,
     6-261, 7-271, 8-388, 9-458, 10-458.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     26      5     87      2
Daer                        27      9     63      2
O'Connor                    41      8    102      1
Smith                       34.2    6     98      2
Hipkin                      15      5     31      0
Russell                     16      2     52      2
Pope                         2      0     11      1

Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Thomas           b Partridge            6
DF Pope                                  b Partridge           13
J O'Connor            not out                                  67
CAG Russell           c Cox              b Thomas              42
MS Nichols                               b Thomas              17
+JR Sheffield         c Liddell          b Thomas              12
C Bray                not out                                   2
Extras                (b 9, lb 4)                              13
Total                 (5 wickets, 80 overs)                   172

DNB: *HM Morris, AG Daer, AB Hipkin, TPB Smith.

FoW: 1-21, 2-24, 3-101, 4-135, 5-163.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomas                      30     17     41      3
Matthews                    10      3     23      0
Partridge                   16      2     45      2
Jupp                        21      8     35      0
Cox                          3      0     15      0