Northamptonshire 1st innings
N Oldfield                               b Bailey               4
V Broderick           c Gibb             b Bailey              15
L Livingston                             b Bailey              14
DW Barrick                           c & b Bailey              56
E Davis               c Savill           b Smith                0
+BL Reynolds                         c & b Smith                2
GE Tribe              lbw                b Preston              6
*FR Brown             c Gibb             b Insole              30
AE Nutter                                b Preston             16
S Starkie                                b Preston             22
RW Clarke             not out                                  31
Extras                (b 5, lb 1, nb 1)                         7
Total                 (all out, 88.3 overs)                   203

FoW: 1-4, 2-27, 3-33, 4-43, 5-56,
     6-102, 7-107, 8-143, 9-158, 10-203.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      26      5     64      4
Preston                     23.3    4     52      3
Smith                       27      7     53      2
Insole                       8      1     20      1
Greensmith                   4      2      7      0

Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds                                 b Nutter              31
+PA Gibb              c Tribe            b Brown                2
FH Vigar              lbw                b Brown                0
WT Greensmith                            b Clarke               3
R Horsfall                               b Clarke               0
*DJ Insole                               b Clarke               4
TE Bailey                                b Brown                7
LA Savill                                b Brown               22
R Smith                                  b Brown               15
KC Preston            not out                                  12
P Cousens             c Livingston       b Brown                4
Extras                (lb 1, w 1)                               2
Total                 (all out, 58.1 overs)                   102

FoW: 1-30, 2-30, 3-37, 4-37, 5-39,
     6-42, 7-64, 8-73, 9-90, 10-102.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nutter                      13      6     26      1
Clarke                      27     12     38      3
Brown                       17.1    5     31      6
Tribe                        1      0      5      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings
N Oldfield            lbw                b Bailey               9
V Broderick           c Preston          b Bailey              25
L Livingston          c Gibb             b Preston             20
DW Barrick                               b Smith               15
E Davis               lbw                b Cousens             32
+BL Reynolds          not out                                  48
GE Tribe              c Insole           b Preston             33
*FR Brown             not out                                   6
Extras                (b 3, lb 5, nb 2)                        10
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 64 overs)          198

DNB: AE Nutter, S Starkie, RW Clarke.

FoW: 1-16, 2-45, 3-62, 4-70, 5-134, 6-192.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      17      2     43      2
Preston                     16      2     46      2
Smith                       12      3     37      1
Insole                       7      2     21      0
Greensmith                   7      0     27      0
Cousens                      5      2     14      1

Essex 2nd innings (target: 300 runs)
TC Dodds              c Starkie          b Nutter               0
+PA Gibb              lbw                b Nutter               3
FH Vigar                                 b Nutter               2
WT Greensmith         c Clarke           b Starkie             28
R Horsfall            c Reynolds         b Brown               25
*DJ Insole            st Reynolds        b Tribe               47
TE Bailey             not out                                  81
LA Savill                                b Tribe               21
R Smith               lbw                b Clarke              13
KC Preston            c Nutter           b Clarke               0
P Cousens             not out                                   1
Extras                (b 3, lb 6, nb 2)                        11
Total                 (9 wickets, 79 overs)                   232

FoW: 1-0, 2-2, 3-21, 4-39, 5-95, 6-157, 7-203, 8-230, 9-230.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nutter                      20      3     49      3
Clarke                      16      4     52      2
Brown                       17      2     43      1
Tribe                       10      0     33      2
Starkie                     12      4     32      1
Broderick                    4      0     12      0