Northamptonshire 1st innings
RT Virgin             c Smith            b Boyce               44
G Cook                c Smith            b Lever                9
DS Steele             c Gooch            b Turner               9
*Mushtaq Mohammad                        b Turner              90
W Larkins             c Boyce            b Turner              23
PW Romaines           not out                                   8
+G Sharp              not out                                   4
Extras                (b 1, lb 1, nb 11)                       13
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 70 overs)          200

DNB: A Hodgson, BS Bedi, RMH Cottam, JCJ Dye.

FoW: 1-16, 2-29, 3-114, 4-180, 5-187.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       19      7     43      1
Lever                        6      1     20      1
Turner                      20      7     26      3
Acfield                     17      1     65      0
East                         3      0     16      0
Gooch                        5      0     17      0

Essex 1st innings
BR Hardie             lbw                b Dye                 12
BEA Edmeades          lbw                b Cottam              18
KS McEwan             c Sharp            b Hodgson            112
*KWR Fletcher         c Sharp            b Steele              20
GA Gooch                                 b Hodgson             22
KD Boyce              c Hodgson          b Larkins             52
S Turner              lbw                b Larkins             34
+N Smith              c Hodgson          b Larkins              7
RE East               not out                                   6
JK Lever              c Cook             b Bedi                 5
DL Acfield            not out                                   1
Extras                (b 2, lb 3, w 2, nb 4)                   11
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 98.1 overs)        300

FoW: 1-33, 2-33, 3-92, 4-174, 5-203, 6-268, 7-281, 8-290, 9-297.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Dye                         15      3     47      1
Cottam                      18      5     61      1
Bedi                        28      3     69      1
Hodgson                     19      6     52      2
Steele                       8      2     25      1
Larkins                     10.1    0     35      3

Northamptonshire 2nd innings
RT Virgin             not out                                   8
G Cook                lbw                b Boyce               10
DS Steele             not out                                   6
Extras                (lb 1, nb 2)                              3
Total                 (1 wicket, 16 overs)                     27

DNB: *Mushtaq Mohammad, W Larkins, PW Romaines, +G Sharp,
     A Hodgson, BS Bedi, RMH Cottam, JCJ Dye.

FoW: 1-16.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        8      4     12      1
Lever                        5      3      2      0
East                         3      0     10      0