Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Oldfield         b Nutter               8
EAW Stanley           lbw                b Tribe               20
+PA Gibb                             c & b Tribe               15
R Horsfall            c Jakeman          b Tribe               19
*DJ Insole                           c & b Tribe              130
TE Bailey             st CP Davis        b Tribe               31
R Smith               not out                                 107
FH Vigar              not out                                  35
Extras                (b 12, lb 1, nb 1)                       14
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 125 overs)         379

DNB: C Griffiths, WT Greensmith, KC Preston.

FoW: 1-8, 2-36, 3-45, 4-80, 5-165, 6-278.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nutter                      28      6     61      1
Clarke                      23      3     69      0
Brown                       32      7     91      0
Tribe                       35      3    114      5
Broderick                    7      1     30      0

Northamptonshire 1st innings
D Brookes             c Vigar            b Insole              56
V Broderick           lbw                b Smith               47
E Davis               c Dodds            b Bailey              54
N Oldfield            not out                                 129
F Jakeman             run out                                  25
DW Barrick            lbw                b Preston              4
*FR Brown             c Vigar            b Preston              5
GE Tribe              not out                                  48
Extras                (b 4, lb 7, nb 1)                        12
Total                 (6 wickets, 109 overs)                  380

DNB: +CP Davis, AE Nutter, RW Clarke.

FoW: 1-71, 2-129, 3-204, 4-265, 5-271, 6-279.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      21      5     79      1
Smith                       40      5    160      1
Preston                     17      1     57      2
Greensmith                  10      3     24      0
Insole                      16      2     30      1
Vigar                        5      0     18      0