Northamptonshire 1st innings
*D Brookes                               b R Smith             33
AP Arnold             c Bailey           b Preston              3
L Livingston          lbw                b Ralph               64
E Davis               c Taylor           b Ralph                5
BL Reynolds           c Preston          b Insole             102
GE Tribe              c Taylor           b Preston            116
MHJ Allen             c Taylor           b Insole               4
JS Manning            not out                                  40
HRA Kelleher          c Insole           b Preston              7
RW Clarke             st Taylor          b Insole               1
Extras                (nb 4)                                    4
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 108 overs)         379

DNB: +KV Andrew.

FoW: 1-4, 2-84, 3-98, 4-109, 5-317, 6-321, 7-337, 8-369, 9-379.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      26      4     92      0
Preston                     21      6     57      3
R Smith                     16      1     63      1
Greensmith                   6      1     24      0
Insole                      12      1     46      3
Ralph                       25      7     78      2
Dodds                        2      0     15      0

Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Clarke           b Kelleher            26
G Barker              c Livingston       b Tribe               46
+B Taylor             st Andrew          b Tribe               48
*DJ Insole            lbw                b Manning            162
TE Bailey             lbw                b Clarke              43
MJ Bear               st Andrew          b Tribe               25
GJ Smith              not out                                  21
WT Greensmith         not out                                   7
Extras                (b 1, lb 2)                               3
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 118 overs)         381

DNB: R Smith, LHR Ralph, KC Preston.

FoW: 1-39, 2-122, 3-123, 4-267, 5-333, 6-369.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kelleher                    26      2     98      1
Clarke                      23      0     89      1
Manning                     20      6     62      1
Tribe                       34      5    103      3
Allen                       15      5     26      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings
*D Brookes            not out                                  65
AP Arnold             c GJ Smith         b Preston              7
L Livingston          lbw                b R Smith             28
E Davis               lbw                b Ralph                7
BL Reynolds                          c & b Greensmith          11
GE Tribe              not out                                   4
MHJ Allen             c Ralph            b Greensmith           6
JS Manning                           c & b Greensmith           1
Extras                (b 6, lb 6, nb 2)                        14
Total                 (6 wickets, 45 overs)                   143

DNB: HRA Kelleher, RW Clarke, +KV Andrew.

FoW: 1-23, 2-73, 3-90, 4-111, 5-131, 6-133.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                       6      2     10      0
Preston                      7      2     20      1
R Smith                      7      0     30      1
Greensmith                  10      1     27      3
Ralph                        8      2     25      1
GJ Smith                     6      1     17      0
Barker                       1      1      0      0