Essex 1st innings
AV Avery              c Barrick          b Starkie            224
TC Dodds              c Oldfield         b Clarke               2
+PA Gibb                                 b Brown              132
R Horsfall            c Reynolds         b Clarke               6
*DJ Insole                           c & b Broderick           18
TE Bailey             c Jakeman          b Broderick            1
KC Preston            c Broderick        b Starkie              4
FH Rist                                  b Broderick           18
FH Vigar                                 b Starkie              9
WT Greensmith         not out                                   4
Extras                (b 2, lb 5, w 1, nb 2)                   10
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 124 overs)         428

DNB: CJM Kenny.

FoW: 1-6, 2-300, 3-313, 4-384, 5-386, 6-396, 7-402, 8-418, 9-428.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Brown                       34      7     94      1
Clarke                      28      6     88      2
Brice                       19      1     88      0
Starkie                     28      3     99      3
Broderick                   15      0     49      3

Northamptonshire 1st innings
D Brookes             not out                                 204
V Broderick                              b Preston              7
E Davis                                  b Greensmith          22
N Oldfield                               b Preston              6
F Jakeman                                b Kenny               26
DW Barrick            c Rist             b Greensmith         211
*FR Brown             c Vigar            b Rist                38
Extras                (b 7, lb 3, w 3, nb 5)                   18
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 161.1 overs)       532

DNB: +BL Reynolds, GHJ Brice, S Starkie, RW Clarke.

FoW: 1-18, 2-69, 3-76, 4-125, 5-472, 6-532.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      24      2     79      0
Preston                     34      5     89      2
Kenny                       39      3    116      1
Insole                      24      4     95      0
Greensmith                  32      5    109      2
Vigar                        4      0     18      0
Rist                         4.1    2      8      1

Essex 2nd innings
AV Avery              not out                                  62
TC Dodds                                 b Brice               56
+PA Gibb                             c & b Starkie             14
R Horsfall                               b Barrick             13
WT Greensmith         st Reynolds        b Barrick              4
FH Vigar              not out                                   3
Extras                (b 4, lb 2)                               6
Total                 (4 wickets, 47 overs)                   158

DNB: *DJ Insole, TE Bailey, KC Preston, FH Rist, CJM Kenny.

FoW: 1-87, 2-112, 3-139, 4-149.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Brown                        3      2      1      0
Clarke                       7      1     37      0
Brice                        9      0     47      1
Starkie                     13      3     29      1
Broderick                    8      1     14      0
Barrick                      4      0     17      2
Jakeman                      3      0      7      0