Essex 1st innings
GWO Smith             c Bellamy          b Clark                5
JA Cutmore            c Bakewell         b Thomas              50
LC Eastman            c Jupp             b Clark               18
CAG Russell           c Liddell          b Thomas              70
MS Nichols            c Timms            b Matthews            51
*HM Morris                               b Thomas               0
AB Hipkin             c Bellamy          b Thomas              29
GW Hockey             c Liddell          b Thomas               3
TH Wade               not out                                  40
AG Daer                                  b Matthews            30
+JR Sheffield                            b Matthews             0
Extras                (b 1, lb 12, w 2, nb 4)                  19
Total                 (all out, 103.2 overs)                  315

FoW: 1-12, 2-38, 3-119, 4-171, 5-171,
     6-226, 7-237, 8-247, 9-315, 10-315.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clark                       25      4     77      2
Thomas                      30      5     71      5
Matthews                    18.2    3     42      3
Partridge                   10      2     40      0
Jupp                        20      3     66      0

Northamptonshire 1st innings
CN Woolley            lbw                b Nichols              1
AH Bakewell           c Sheffield        b Daer                 4
+BW Bellamy                              b Daer                 9
JE Timms                                 b Daer                 0
AG Liddell            lbw                b Daer                21
*VWC Jupp                            c & b Eastman             53
ADG Matthews                             b Hipkin              20
AL Cox                                   b Hipkin               1
AE Thomas             lbw                b Hipkin               1
RJ Partridge          not out                                   5
EW Clark              c Eastman          b Hipkin              10
Extras                (b 3, lb 1, nb 2)                         6
Total                 (all out, 56 overs)                     131

FoW: 1-6, 2-6, 3-6, 4-26, 5-39,
     6-111, 7-111, 8-113, 9-114, 10-131.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     15      5     23      1
Daer                        13      2     48      4
Eastman                     13      2     43      1
Hipkin                      15      6     11      4

Essex 2nd innings
GWO Smith             lbw                b Jupp                23
JA Cutmore            lbw                b Clark               11
LC Eastman            c Bellamy          b Thomas              74
CAG Russell                              b Thomas              72
MS Nichols            not out                                  43
*HM Morris            lbw                b Thomas              12
AB Hipkin             not out                                   7
Extras                (b 5, nb 2)                               7
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 65 overs)          249

DNB: GW Hockey, TH Wade, AG Daer, +JR Sheffield.

FoW: 1-22, 2-46, 3-172, 4-196, 5-224.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clark                       15      0     65      1
Thomas                      18      3     43      3
Matthews                    14      1     61      0
Partridge                    9      1     26      0
Jupp                         7      0     32      1
Liddell                      2      0     15      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 434 runs)
CN Woolley            retired hurt                              4
AH Bakewell           c Russell          b Daer                18
+BW Bellamy           c Hipkin           b Daer                 0
JE Timms              lbw                b Russell             63
AG Liddell                           c & b Russell             22
*VWC Jupp             st Sheffield       b Russell              5
ADG Matthews                             b Hipkin              33
AL Cox                                   b Hipkin              18
AE Thomas             not out                                   1
RJ Partridge                             b Eastman              4
EW Clark                                 b Nichols              5
Extras                (b 5, lb 2, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (all out, 57 overs)                     181

FoW: 1-28, 2-28, 3-37, 4-108, 5-123, 6-126, 7-169, 8-176, 9-181.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nichols                     11      1     34      1
Daer                        12      2     41      2
Eastman                      9      1     30      1
Hipkin                      12      6     23      2
Russell                      8      1     27      3
Wade                         5      0     18      0