Northamptonshire 1st innings
MEJC Norman           c Bailey           b Knight               7
BL Reynolds           lbw                b Turner              22
C Milburn             c Barker           b Knight               0
RM Prideaux           c Turner           b Smith               70
DS Steele             c Taylor           b Knight              38
PJ Watts              not out                                  86
PD Watts                             c & b Hobbs               17
BS Crump              c Taylor           b Turner              42
JDF Larter            c Hobbs            b Turner               4
ME Scott              not out                                   6
Extras                (b 6, lb 6)                              12
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 114 overs)         304

DNB: *+KV Andrew.

FoW: 1-10, 2-12, 3-66, 4-140, 5-145, 6-177, 7-274, 8-288.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Knight                      31      5     86      3
Edmeades                    22      6     56      0
Turner                      19      3     55      3
Bailey                      13      4     31      0
Hobbs                       13      5     31      1
Smith                       16      5     33      1

Essex 1st innings
G Barker              c Milburn          b Crump                8
GJ Smith              lbw                b Larter              12
EAR Steward           c Andrew           b Larter               5
KWR Fletcher                             b Crump               38
*TE Bailey            not out                                  32
BR Knight                                b Larter               2
+B Taylor             c Scott            b Crump               27
RW Wrightson          not out                                  27
Extras                (b 2, lb 6)                               8
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 69.3 overs)        159

DNB: RNS Hobbs, BEA Edmeades, S Turner.

FoW: 1-13, 2-18, 3-38, 4-77, 5-82, 6-120.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Larter                      20     10     23      3
Crump                       32     14     56      3
PJ Watts                     9      1     25      0
Scott                        2      1      4      0
PD Watts                     3      2      5      0
Steele                       1      0      6      0
Norman                       1.3    0     17      0
Reynolds                     1      0     15      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings
ME Scott              not out                                   0
*+KV Andrew           not out                                   0
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (0 wickets declared, 0.1 overs)           0

DNB: MEJC Norman, BL Reynolds, C Milburn, RM Prideaux, DS Steele,
     PJ Watts, PD Watts, BS Crump, JDF Larter.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Barker                       0.1    0      0      0

Essex 2nd innings (target: 146 runs)
G Barker              lbw                b Scott                9
GJ Smith              c Prideaux         b Larter               3
EAR Steward           c Reynolds         b Scott                0
KWR Fletcher                             b Crump               19
*TE Bailey            not out                                   4
BR Knight             c PD Watts         b Scott               13
+B Taylor             c Steele           b Crump                5
RW Wrightson          c Steele           b Scott               14
RNS Hobbs             c Scott            b Crump                0
BEA Edmeades          c Milburn          b Scott               18
S Turner              c Reynolds         b Crump                0
Extras                (b 1, lb 2)                               3
Total                 (all out, 34 overs)                      88

FoW: 1-7, 2-14, 3-23, 4-45, 5-59, 6-65, 7-65, 8-65, 9-87, 10-88.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Larter                       5      2     14      1
Crump                       11      2     31      4
Scott                       12      5     23      5
Steele                       6      0     17      0