Northamptonshire 1st innings
M Cox                                c & b Mead                78
GJ Thompson                              b McGahey             25
W East                                   b Buckenham           13
CJT Pool              lbw                b Mead                24
WH Kingston                              b Buckenham           68
RWR Hawtin            not out                                  35
GAT Vials                                b Mead                 5
LT Driffield                             b Mead                 0
JI Johnson                               b Buckenham            0
+WA Buswell                              b Buckenham            0
W Wells                                  b Mead                13
Extras                (b 1, lb 2)                               3
Total                 (all out, 97.2 overs)                   264

FoW: 1-78, 2-112, 3-118, 4-153, 5-235,
     6-244, 7-244, 8-249, 9-249, 10-264.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Buckenham                   29      4     90      4
Mead                        28.2   12     53      5
Douglas                     10      2     31      0
Young                       10      4     32      0
Benham                       7      0     18      0
Reeves                       5      1     14      0
McGahey                      8      0     23      1

Essex 1st innings
FL Fane               c Johnson          b Thompson            29
JWHT Douglas                             b East                 0
PA Perrin                                b Driffield           53
*CP McGahey                              b Thompson             9
EJ Freeman                               b Thompson            18
CP Buckenham          c Hawtin           b Wells               25
W Reeves                                 b Driffield            6
+AE Russell           not out                                  21
CE Benham             c Thompson         b Wells               12
HI Young                                 b East                 1
W Mead                c Wells            b East                 0
Extras                (b 6, lb 2, nb 14)                       22
Total                 (all out, 65.5 overs)                   196

FoW: 1-4, 2-50, 3-80, 4-109, 5-132,
     6-148, 7-171, 8-193, 9-196, 10-196.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
East                        21.5    1     68      3
Driffield                   16      4     36      2
Wells                        6      2     17      2
Thompson                    22      5     53      3

Northamptonshire 2nd innings
RWR Hawtin                           c & b Mead                15
M Cox                 lbw                b McGahey             49
GAT Vials             c Reeves           b Young               32
GJ Thompson           not out                                  25
CJT Pool              not out                                  10
Extras                (b 8, lb 1, nb 1)                        10
Total                 (3 wickets declared, 47 overs)          141

DNB: W East, WH Kingston, LT Driffield, JI Johnson, +WA Buswell,
     W Wells.

FoW: 1-44, 2-88, 3-131.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Buckenham                    8      3     15      0
Mead                        20      7     48      1
Douglas                      5      2     16      0
Young                        3      0      5      1
Benham                       4      0     17      0
McGahey                      7      1     30      1

Essex 2nd innings (target: 210 runs)
JWHT Douglas          not out                                  19
W Reeves              not out                                  31
Extras                (b 4)                                     4
Total                 (0 wickets, 14.2 overs)                  54

DNB: FL Fane, PA Perrin, *CP McGahey, EJ Freeman, CP Buckenham,
     +AE Russell, CE Benham, HI Young, W Mead.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Driffield                    3      0     21      0
Wells                        4.2    1      9      0
Hawtin                       5      2     14      0
Pool                         2      0      6      0