Essex 1st innings
*GA Gooch                            c & b Williams           174
JP Stephenson                            b Penberthy           76
PJ Prichard           c Fordham          b Williams            22
ME Waugh                                 b Davis                1
N Hussain             not out                                  30
+MA Garnham           lbw                b Davis                1
DR Pringle            lbw                b Williams             1
NA Foster             c Fordham          b Williams            50
Extras                (b 5, lb 12, w 1, nb 17)                 35
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 98.4 overs)        390

DNB: MC Ilott, JH Childs, PM Such.

FoW: 1-227, 2-300, 3-301, 4-308, 5-310, 6-313, 7-390.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Davis                       24      1     76      2
Robinson                    14      0     75      0
Thomas                      13      2     60      0
Penberthy                   20      4     59      1
Williams                    26.4    8     99      4
Bailey                       1      0      4      0

Northamptonshire 1st innings
A Fordham             lbw                b Foster              16
NA Felton             c Stephenson       b Foster               0
+D Ripley             c Garnham          b Waugh               50
W Larkins             c Waugh            b Stephenson         207
*RJ Bailey            lbw                b Pringle            108
AJ Lamb               c Prichard         b Such               134
RG Williams           not out                                  21
AL Penberthy          not out                                  15
Extras                (b 14, lb 21, nb 6)                      41
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 135 overs)         592

DNB: WW Davis, JG Thomas, MA Robinson.

FoW: 1-9, 2-45, 3-94, 4-303, 5-514, 6-561.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Foster                      31      6    115      2
Ilott                       27      4    115      0
Pringle                     14      2     46      1
Waugh                       19      1     96      1
Childs                      14      4     46      0
Such                        15      1     57      1
Stephenson                   9      1     40      1
Gooch                        6      0     42      0

Essex 2nd innings
*GA Gooch             c Lamb             b Bailey             126
JP Stephenson         c Davis            b Thomas              82
PJ Prichard           not out                                  29
ME Waugh                                 b Penberthy           16
N Hussain                                b Penberthy            3
+MA Garnham           not out                                  23
Extras                (lb 14, w 1, nb 9)                       24
Total                 (4 wickets declared, 69 overs)          303

DNB: DR Pringle, NA Foster, MC Ilott, JH Childs, PM Such.

FoW: 1-220, 2-231, 3-254, 4-258.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Davis                        5      0     37      0
Robinson                    15      0     69      0
Thomas                      14      3     49      1
Penberthy                   14      1     67      2
Williams                     4      1      8      0
Bailey                      16      4     59      1
Felton                       1      1      0      0

• *** 120 overs scores: Northamptonshire 392/4