Northamptonshire 1st innings
HW Greenwood          c Wade             b Nichols             37
RJ Partridge                             b Nichols              9
D Brookes                                b Nichols              0
JE Timms              c Farnes           b Nichols             14
+KC James                                b Farnes               1
*AW Snowden           c Avery            b Nichols             64
CWS Lubbock           c &                b Eastman             39
FP O'Brien            c Pearce           b Smith               35
MEF Dunkley           c Taylor           b Eastman              0
EJ Herbert            not out                                   3
JE Buswell                               b Farnes               7
Extras                (b 1, lb 4)                               5
Total                 (all out)                               214


FoW: 1-18, 2-18, 3-42, 4-43, 5-73, 6-164, 7-176, 8-176, 9-204,
     10-214.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      25.2    7     69      2
Nichols                     30      5     84      5
Smith                       12      3     43      1
Eastman                      6      4     13      2

Essex 1st innings
LC Eastman            c O'Brien          b Buswell              3
AV Avery              c Dunkley          b Lubbock             46
RM Taylor             lbw                b Lubbock             49
J O'Connor                               b O'Brien              0
MS Nichols            lbw                b Buswell             10
*TN Pearce            not out                                  46
DR Wilcox                                b Lubbock             22
N Vere-Hodge          not out                                  20
Extras                (b 10, lb 3, w 5, nb 2)                  20
Total                 (6 wickets declared)                    216

DNB: K Farnes, TPB Smith, +TH Wade.


FoW: 1-15, 2-101, 3-102, 4-102, 5-128, 6-187.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Buswell                     19      4     60      2
Partridge                   19      4     49      0
Herbert                      7      0     19      0
Timms                       13      2     35      0
O'Brien                      6      3      9      1
Lubbock                     11      2     24      3

Northamptonshire 2nd innings
HW Greenwood                             b Farnes              12
D Brookes             c Smith            b Nichols             19
EJ Herbert                               b Farnes               4
JE Timms                                 b Farnes              54
RJ Partridge          run out                                  18
+KC James             c Taylor           b Eastman              4
*AW Snowden                              b Smith                1
CWS Lubbock           c Pearce           b Farnes              13
FP O'Brien            not out                                  41
MEF Dunkley           not out                                   3
Extras                (b 5, lb 2)                               7
Total                 (8 wickets)                             176


FoW:  1-16, 2-22, 3-50, 4-88, 5-101, 6-102, 7-127, 8-142.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Farnes                      22      5     56      4
Nichols                     13      3     28      1
Smith                       15      4     50      1
Eastman                     12      3     35      1

• A storm at 2.30pm on the third day flooded the ground.