Essex 1st innings
JA Cutmore                               b Thomas               0
LC Eastman            c Partridge        b Matthews             0
DF Pope                                  b Jupp                52
J O'Connor            not out                                 118
C Bray                               c & b Jupp                 4
MS Nichols            lbw                b Jupp                22
TPB Smith                                b Jupp                 6
*HM Morris            c Welch            b Jupp                 7
B Warsop              not out                                   2
Extras                (b 7, lb 5)                              12
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 103 overs)         223

DNB: +JR Sheffield, K Farnes.

FoW: 1-4, 2-5, 3-120, 4-142, 5-180, 6-194, 7-208.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomas                      33     11     60      1
Matthews                    20      6     33      1
Partridge                   13      2     39      0
Jupp                        33      8     66      5
Cox                          4      1     13      0

Northamptonshire 1st innings
JE Timms              c Cutmore          b Smith               41
CN Woolley            c Morris           b Smith                2
AL Cox                c Cutmore          b Smith                1
WW Coverdale                             b O'Connor            12
*VWC Jupp             c Eastman          b Smith               32
HW Hibbert                               b Smith               10
ADG Matthews          c Smith            b Eastman              9
TBG Welch             c Bray             b Eastman              5
AE Thomas             c Bray             b Smith               12
RJ Partridge          not out                                   0
+GH Johnson           lbw                b Smith                1
Extras                (b 5, lb 3)                               8
Total                 (all out, 53.4 overs)                   133

FoW: 1-14, 2-44, 3-45, 4-63, 5-100,
     6-113, 7-115, 8-127, 9-132, 10-133.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                      7      3      5      0
Farnes                       2      0      7      0
Smith                       24.4    7     64      7
Eastman                     13      3     37      2
Warsop                       1      1      0      0
O'Connor                     6      1     12      1

Essex 2nd innings
JA Cutmore                               b Matthews             7
LC Eastman            c Hibbert          b Jupp                18
+JR Sheffield                            b Thomas              22
J O'Connor            c Partridge        b Jupp                 2
MS Nichols                               b Thomas              14
TPB Smith                                b Thomas              13
*HM Morris            c Matthews         b Thomas               1
C Bray                                   b Jupp                 2
B Warsop              c Coverdale        b Thomas               0
DF Pope               not out                                   0
K Farnes                                 b Jupp                 4
Extras                (b 4, lb 3)                               7
Total                 (all out, 24.5 overs)                    90

FoW: 1-11, 2-47, 3-49, 4-49, 5-66, 6-76, 7-83, 8-83, 9-83, 10-90.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomas                      12      4     33      5
Matthews                     4      0     16      1
Jupp                         8.5    3     34      4

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 181 runs)
JE Timms              c O'Connor         b Smith               77
CN Woolley                               b Nichols              0
AL Cox                c Farnes           b Smith               18
ADG Matthews                             b Smith                4
*VWC Jupp                                b Nichols             47
WW Coverdale                             b Smith                0
HW Hibbert                               b O'Connor             1
TBG Welch             not out                                  23
AE Thomas             not out                                   1
Extras                (b 8, lb 1, nb 4)                        13
Total                 (7 wickets, 60.1 overs)                 184

DNB: RJ Partridge, +GH Johnson.

FoW: 1-0, 2-61, 3-75, 4-128, 5-128, 6-131, 7-176.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     14      2     41      2
Farnes                      11      3     19      0
Smith                       18.1    3     70      4
Eastman                      7      1     21      0
O'Connor                    10      4     20      1