Northamptonshire 1st innings
RT Virgin                                b Turner              16
A Tait                c Cooke            b East                64
G Cook                c Smith            b Turner               1
P Willey                                 b Acfield             42
*PJ Watts             c Cooke            b East                10
W Larkins             c Hardie           b Acfield              4
+G Sharp              not out                                  17
A Hodgson             c Boyce            b East                 4
BS Bedi               not out                                  18
Extras                (b 10, lb 6, nb 9)                       25
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 93.2 overs)        201

DNB: RMH Cottam, JCJ Dye.

FoW: 1-46, 2-56, 3-134, 4-147, 5-157, 6-157, 7-164.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        6      1     23      0
Lever                        8      1     15      0
Acfield                     36     15     51      2
Turner                      19.2    6     32      2
East                        24      5     55      3

Essex 1st innings
BEA Edmeades                             b Hodgson              5
BR Hardie             c Virgin           b Bedi                19
KS McEwan             not out                                   7
RE East               not out                                  17
Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
Total                 (2 wickets, 29 overs)                    49

DNB: RMO Cooke, KD Boyce, S Turner, +N Smith, DL Acfield,
     *RNS Hobbs, JK Lever.

FoW: 1-7, 2-31.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cottam                      11      6     16      0
Hodgson                      8      4     11      1
Bedi                        10      3     21      1