Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              lbw                b Tyson                1
G Barker                                 b Tribe               30
TE Bailey             c Subba Row        b Wild                72
CCP Williams                             b Wild                93
*DJ Insole            lbw                b Wild                57
+PA Gibb                                 b Wild                28
R Smith               c Tribe            b Broderick            7
R Horsfall            not out                                  44
WT Greensmith         not out                                   5
Extras                (b 4, lb 8, nb 2)                        14
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 117 overs)         351

DNB: LHR Ralph, KC Preston.

FoW: 1-2, 2-45, 3-193, 4-202, 5-261, 6-272, 7-328.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tyson                       18      3     57      1
Webster                     20      7     37      0
Barrick                      6      2     17      0
Tribe                       23      6     67      1
Broderick                   23     11     46      1
Subba Row                    4      0     15      0
Wild                        23      4     98      4

Northamptonshire 1st innings
*D Brookes                               b Bailey               9
AP Arnold             lbw                b Preston             18
L Livingston          c Horsfall         b Ralph               41
DW Barrick            c Insole           b Ralph               17
R Subba Row           not out                                  90
GE Tribe              st Gibb            b Greensmith          31
V Broderick           c Williams         b Greensmith          10
+KV Andrew                               b Greensmith           1
J Wild                st Gibb            b Smith               25
J Webster             c Insole           b Bailey               3
FH Tyson                                 b Preston              5
Extras                (b 4, lb 9, nb 2)                        15
Total                 (all out, 91.5 overs)                   265

FoW: 1-22, 2-30, 3-82, 4-99, 5-161,
     6-179, 7-187, 8-216, 9-252, 10-265.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      17      3     50      2
Preston                     12.5    1     44      2
Ralph                       15      3     46      2
Smith                       26     10     36      1
Greensmith                  21      3     74      3

Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds                                 b Tribe               29
G Barker              lbw                b Tribe               51
R Horsfall            st Andrew          b Broderick           17
CCP Williams                             b Tribe                0
*DJ Insole            lbw                b Broderick           45
R Smith               not out                                 101
+PA Gibb              not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 2)                                    2
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 72.2 overs)        245

DNB: TE Bailey, WT Greensmith, LHR Ralph, KC Preston.

FoW: 1-62, 2-97, 3-97, 4-101, 5-241.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Webster                      9      0     38      0
Barrick                      4      0     10      0
Tribe                       27.2    8     80      3
Broderick                   20      7     57      2
Subba Row                    2      0     19      0
Wild                        10      3     39      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 332 runs)
*D Brookes            retired hurt                             14
AP Arnold             c Preston          b Insole              80
L Livingston          not out                                 172
DW Barrick                               b Bailey              22
R Subba Row                          c & b Insole              14
GE Tribe              not out                                  28
Extras                (lb 2, w 1, nb 1)                         4
Total                 (3 wickets, 60.1 overs)                 334

DNB: V Broderick, +KV Andrew, J Wild, J Webster, FH Tyson.

FoW: 1-183, 2-251, 3-288.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      21      3     58      1
Preston                      6      0     35      0
Ralph                        4      0     34      0
Smith                        8      0     63      0
Greensmith                   8      0     65      0
Insole                      12      0     65      2
Barker                       1      0      6      0
Williams                     0.1    0      4      0