| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| AH Bakewell | c Wilcox b Nichols | 2 | | | | |
| AG Liddell | c Smith b Nichols | 1 | | | | |
| +BW Bellamy | b Nichols | 4 | | | | |
| JE Timms | not out | 86 | | | | |
| *VWC Jupp | c Farnes b Nichols | 7 | | | | |
| AW Snowden | hit wkt b Smith | 18 | | | | |
| ADG Matthews | b Smith | 2 | | | | |
| AL Cox | lbw b Smith | 0 | | | | |
| R Knight | b Nichols | 9 | | | | |
| AE Thomas | c O'Connor b Farnes | 13 | | | | |
| RJ Partridge | run out | 16 | | | | |
| Extras | (6 b, 10 lb, 2 nb) | 18 |
| Total | (all out, 59.3 overs) | 176 |
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-3, 3-10, 4-20, 5-54, 6-58, 7-60, 8-109, 9-146, 10-176 (59.3 ov) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| LG Crawley | b Matthews | 108 | | | | |
| JA Cutmore | c Bakewell b Thomas | 11 | | | | |
| RM Taylor | b Matthews | 17 | | | | |
| J O'Connor | lbw b Matthews | 5 | | | | |
| MS Nichols | lbw b Jupp | 1 | | | | |
| LC Eastman | c Jupp b Thomas | 9 | | | | |
| *DR Wilcox | c Timms b Matthews | 38 | | | | |
| DF Pope | b Matthews | 3 | | | | |
| +JR Sheffield | not out | 29 | | | | |
| TPB Smith | b Matthews | 2 | | | | |
| K Farnes | b Jupp | 16 | | | | |
| Extras | (19 b, 3 lb) | 22 |
| Total | (all out, 96.2 overs) | 261 |
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-64, 3-90, 4-101, 5-126, 6-197, 7-201, 8-212, 9-224, 10-261 (96.2 ov) |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| AH Bakewell | st Sheffield b Smith | 64 | | | | |
| AG Liddell | b Farnes | 11 | | | | |
| +BW Bellamy | b Farnes | 4 | | | | |
| JE Timms | b Nichols | 8 | | | | |
| *VWC Jupp | c Pope b Smith | 13 | | | | |
| AW Snowden | b Smith | 0 | | | | |
| ADG Matthews | b Smith | 10 | | | | |
| AL Cox | b Nichols | 19 | | | | |
| R Knight | not out | 27 | | | | |
| AE Thomas | b Farnes | 28 | | | | |
| RJ Partridge | hit wkt b O'Connor | 0 | | | | |
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 11 |
| Total | (all out, 63.1 overs) | 195 |
Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-57, 3-80, 4-104, 5-104, 6-107, 7-134, 8-140, 9-188, 10-195 (63.1 ov) |
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