Essex 1st innings
*GA Gooch             lbw                b Walker             159
I Redpath             c Lamb             b Capel               28
BR Hardie             c Ripley           b Davis               13
KWR Fletcher          c Ripley           b Davis               24
G Miller              not out                                  33
DR Pringle            not out                                  21
Extras                (lb 13, w 1, nb 9)                       23
Total                 (4 wickets declared, 91.1 overs)        301

DNB: AW Lilley, +DE East, HA Page, JK Lever, JH Childs.

FoW: 1-64, 2-105, 3-185, 4-276.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Davis                       21      2     83      2
Capel                       21      2     84      1
NGB Cook                    23.1    8     53      0
Williams                     2      0      9      0
Walker                      24      5     59      1

Northamptonshire 1st innings
*G Cook               c Hardie           b Lever                0
W Larkins             c Miller           b Pringle             42
RJ Bailey             lbw                b Page                29
AJ Lamb                                  b Gooch               33
DJ Capel              c Lilley           b Page                24
RG Williams           c Fletcher         b Page                37
DJ Wild               not out                                  20
+D Ripley                                b Pringle              8
NGB Cook              c Gooch            b Pringle              0
WW Davis              not out                                  18
Extras                (lb 1, nb 4)                              5
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 65 overs)          216

DNB: A Walker.

FoW: 1-0, 2-49, 3-100, 4-120, 5-160, 6-175, 7-192, 8-192.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       14      3     41      1
Page                        16      3     53      3
Gooch                        7      2     36      1
Pringle                     13      5     30      3
Miller                       7      3     20      0
Childs                       8      2     35      0

Essex 2nd innings
AW Lilley             c Walker           b Ripley               7
I Redpath             c NGB Cook         b Lamb                46
BR Hardie             not out                                  45
+DE East              c Capel            b Ripley              13
HA Page               not out                                  42
Extras                (lb 2)                                    2
Total                 (3 wickets, 18.2 overs)                 155

DNB: *GA Gooch, KWR Fletcher, G Miller, DR Pringle, JK Lever,
     JH Childs.

FoW: 1-7, 2-81, 3-96.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
G Cook                       3      0     29      0
Ripley                       9      0     89      2
Lamb                         2      0     18      1
Larkins                      4.2    0     17      0