Northamptonshire 1st innings
MEJC Norman           lbw                b Laker               30
BL Reynolds                          c & b Laker               32
C Milburn                                b Preston              5
A Lightfoot           c Preston          b Laker                6
RM Prideaux           c Smith            b Laker               16
D Ramsamooj           lbw                b Bailey              14
PD Watts              lbw                b Laker                9
ME Scott                                 b Phelan               5
*+KV Andrew           c Preston          b Laker                5
MK Kettle             not out                                   7
MR Dilley             c Preston          b Phelan               0
Extras                (b 2, nb 1)                               3
Total                 (all out, 72 overs)                     132

FoW: 1-55, 2-60, 3-72, 4-75, 5-102,
     6-104, 7-114, 8-124, 9-125, 10-132.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Knight                      11      4     16      0
Bailey                      12      2     19      1
Laker                       32     17     49      6
Phelan                      11      3     33      2
Preston                      6      2     12      1

Essex 1st innings
G Barker              c Milburn          b Scott               14
MJ Bear               c Andrew           b Kettle              84
GJ Smith              lbw                b Scott                4
BR Knight                                b Scott               10
*TE Bailey            lbw                b Lightfoot           96
KWR Fletcher          c Andrew           b Lightfoot           94
+B Taylor             not out                                  12
Extras                (b 1, lb 8, nb 3)                        12
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 151.2 overs)       326

DNB: PG Newman, PJ Phelan, JC Laker, KC Preston.

FoW: 1-28, 2-34, 3-46, 4-181, 5-281, 6-326.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Dilley                      27      6     60      0
Kettle                      26      4     72      1
Scott                       50     28     44      3
Watts                       30      6     77      0
Lightfoot                   18.2    3     61      2

Northamptonshire 2nd innings
MEJC Norman           c Preston          b Bailey              16
BL Reynolds           c Taylor           b Bailey               3
C Milburn             lbw                b Knight              14
A Lightfoot           c Taylor           b Laker               34
RM Prideaux           c Smith            b Phelan              39
D Ramsamooj           c Bear             b Laker               16
PD Watts              c Preston          b Laker               30
ME Scott              c Barker           b Laker               12
*+KV Andrew           c Barker           b Phelan               2
MK Kettle                            c & b Phelan               3
MR Dilley             not out                                   6
Extras                (b 4, lb 1, nb 1)                         6
Total                 (all out, 88.2 overs)                   181

FoW: 1-4, 2-33, 3-33, 4-101, 5-126,
     6-126, 7-168, 8-169, 9-174, 10-181.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Knight                      15      4     41      1
Bailey                      16      5     41      2
Laker                       36     16     57      4
Phelan                      21.2    8     36      3