Northamptonshire 1st innings
*G Cook               c Foster           b Lever                8
W Larkins             c East             b Lever               31
AC Storie             c Pringle          b Foster              45
AJ Lamb                                  b Acfield            111
RJ Bailey             not out                                  47
RJ Boyd-Moss          lbw                b Foster              10
DJ Capel              not out                                   5
Extras                (b 2, lb 8, nb 2)                        12
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 100 overs)         269

DNB: RA Harper, +G Sharp, NA Mallender, A Walker.

FoW: 1-28, 2-53, 3-152, 4-232, 5-257.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       13      5     36      2
Foster                      22      9     53      2
Gooch                       22      6     61      0
Pringle                     18      4     52      0
Acfield                     25      5     57      1

Essex team:
 GA Gooch, C Gladwin, PJ Prichard, KS McEwan, DR Pringle,
 *KWR Fletcher, BR Hardie, +DE East, NA Foster, JK Lever,
 DL Acfield.