Northamptonshire 1st innings
*G Cook               c McEwan           b Acfield            109
W Larkins             c Smith            b Turner              98
RG Williams           c Smith            b Turner               2
AJ Lamb               c McEwan           b Phillip             48
RJ Boyd-Moss          lbw                b Turner               2
TJ Yardley                               b Phillip             19
RM Carter             lbw                b Phillip              9
+G Sharp              not out                                  11
NA Mallender          not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, nb 9)                        16
Total                 (7 wickets, 100 overs)                  314

DNB: TM Lamb, BJ Griffiths.

FoW: 1-216, 2-217, 3-224, 4-226, 5-269, 6-295, 7-306.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       13      2     45      0
Phillip                     17      1     99      3
Turner                      29     10     57      3
East                         8      1     39      0
Acfield                     33      9     58      1

Essex 1st innings
MH Denness            c TM Lamb          b Williams            67
MSA McEvoy            c Larkins          b TM Lamb             27
KS McEwan             not out                                 140
*KWR Fletcher         not out                                  81
Extras                (lb 4, nb 2)                              6
Total                 (2 wickets, 100 overs)                  321

DNB: BR Hardie, S Turner, N Phillip, RE East, +N Smith, JK Lever,
     DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-83, 2-119.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Griffiths                   22      3     66      0
TM Lamb                     24      6     68      1
Williams                    32      5     82      1
Mallender                   15      2     67      0
Boyd-Moss                    7      0     32      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings
*G Cook               lbw                b Acfield             29
W Larkins             c Fletcher         b East                26
RG Williams                              b East                19
AJ Lamb               c McEvoy           b Acfield             37
RJ Boyd-Moss          c East             b Lever               56
TJ Yardley                               b Lever               48
RM Carter             lbw                b Lever                6
+G Sharp                                 b Acfield              7
NA Mallender          st Smith           b Acfield              0
TM Lamb               not out                                   2
Extras                (b 7, lb 10)                             17
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 100.3 overs)       247

DNB: BJ Griffiths.

FoW: 1-37, 2-78, 3-78, 4-122, 5-223, 6-234, 7-243, 8-243, 9-247.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       15      3     33      3
Phillip                     11      2     31      0
Turner                      12      2     21      0
East                        36      8     96      2
Acfield                     26.3   10     49      4

Essex 2nd innings (target: 241 runs)
MH Denness            lbw                b Griffiths            4
MSA McEvoy                               b Griffiths           22
KS McEwan             c Boyd-Moss        b TM Lamb             16
*KWR Fletcher         c Larkins          b Williams            14
BR Hardie                                b Mallender           37
S Turner              c Cook             b Mallender           12
N Phillip                                b Mallender           10
RE East                                  b Griffiths            8
+N Smith              c Boyd-Moss        b Griffiths            4
JK Lever              not out                                   1
DL Acfield            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 15)                             16
Total                 (9 wickets, 48 overs)                   144

FoW: 1-6, 2-25, 3-53, 4-73, 5-117, 6-128, 7-132, 8-139, 9-144.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Griffiths                   14      6     44      4
TM Lamb                      8      2     22      1
Williams                    14      4     33      1
Mallender                   12      3     29      3