Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore            c Timms            b Thomas               8
DF Pope               run out                                  36
TH Wade               c Bakewell         b Jupp                11
J O'Connor            lbw                b Matthews             1
C Bray                c Matthews         b Thomas             100
MS Nichols            lbw                b Jupp                16
LC Eastman            c Matthews         b Jupp                46
*HM Morris                               b Matthews            34
+JR Sheffield         c Bellamy          b Thomas               1
TPB Smith                                b Thomas               0
AG Daer               not out                                   5
Extras                (b 3, lb 10)                             13
Total                 (all out, 135.3 overs)                  271

FoW: 1-20, 2-42, 3-43, 4-96, 5-144,
     6-211, 7-236, 8-249, 9-249, 10-271.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomas                      43     23     41      4
Matthews                    42.3   14     97      2
Buller                      12      0     35      0
Jupp                        28     11     65      3
Cox                         10      1     20      0

Northamptonshire 1st innings
AH Bakewell           c Sheffield        b Nichols             39
NMV Rothschild        c Smith            b Daer                 1
JE Timms              c Eastman          b O'Connor            27
AL Cox                               c & b Smith                8
*VWC Jupp                                b Smith               30
RCB Wright            c Cutmore          b Nichols              0
WC Brown                                 b Smith                2
+BW Bellamy                          c & b Smith                4
ADG Matthews          c Cutmore          b Wade                26
AE Thomas                            c & b Wade                 4
CE Buller             not out                                   1
Extras                (b 4, lb 1)                               5
Total                 (all out, 70.5 overs)                   147

FoW: 1-2, 2-61, 3-76, 4-76, 5-79,
     6-82, 7-110, 8-121, 9-146, 10-147.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     17      4     34      2
Daer                        12      4     22      1
Eastman                      9      5     15      0
Smith                       26      5     55      4
O'Connor                     4      1      8      1
Wade                         2.5    0      8      2

Essex 2nd innings
JA Cutmore                               b Jupp                43
DF Pope               c Bellamy          b Matthews             0
TH Wade               c Bellamy          b Jupp                14
J O'Connor            c Timms            b Jupp                23
C Bray                               c & b Jupp                10
MS Nichols            not out                                  38
*HM Morris            c Thomas           b Jupp                 7
LC Eastman            not out                                   7
Extras                (b 4, lb 4)                               8
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 54 overs)          150

DNB: +JR Sheffield, TPB Smith, AG Daer.

FoW: 1-4, 2-57, 3-66, 4-88, 5-107, 6-132.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomas                      18      7     32      0
Matthews                    16      5     29      1
Jupp                        15      1     62      5
Cox                          5      0     19      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 275 runs)
AH Bakewell           not out                                  90
+BW Bellamy                              b Nichols              1
JE Timms                                 b Nichols              1
AL Cox                lbw                b Daer                 4
*VWC Jupp             c Sheffield        b Nichols              0
NMV Rothschild        run out                                   5
ADG Matthews          c Eastman          b O'Connor            18
WC Brown              c Sheffield        b Smith               30
RCB Wright                               b O'Connor             5
AE Thomas             lbw                b Smith                5
CE Buller                                b O'Connor             1
Extras                (b 5, lb 4)                               9
Total                 (all out, 64 overs)                     169

FoW: 1-3, 2-7, 3-16, 4-17, 5-30,
     6-98, 7-141, 8-155, 9-162, 10-169.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     15      5     23      3
Daer                         9      3     23      1
Eastman                      4      1     10      0
Smith                       21      1     74      2
O'Connor                    12      3     21      3
Wade                         3      0      9      0