| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| TC Dodds | c Oldfield b Clarke | 4 | | | | |
| AV Avery | st Fiddling b Brown | 25 | | | | |
| TE Bailey | st Fiddling b Broderick | 3 | | | | |
| R Horsfall | c Oldfield b Brown | 0 | | | | |
| DJ Insole | c and b Brown | 12 | | | | |
| FH Vigar | b Clarke | 65 | | | | |
| *TN Pearce | b Garlick | 24 | | | | |
| WB Morris | c Jakeman b Broderick | 1 | | | | |
| R Smith | lbw b Garlick | 21 | | | | |
| TPB Smith | c Oldfield b Brown | 2 | | | | |
| +TH Wade | not out | 11 | | | | |
| Extras | (9 b, 1 lb) | 10 |
| Total | (all out, 98.2 overs) | 178 |
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-30, 3-30, 4-44, 5-44, 6-115, 7-120, 8-151, 9-154, 10-178 (98.2 ov) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| D Brookes | lbw b Bailey | 68 | | | | |
| N Oldfield | c Wade b Bailey | 49 | | | | |
| L Livingston | lbw b TPB Smith | 0 | | | | |
| W Barron | c Bailey b TPB Smith | 60 | | | | |
| F Jakeman | b Bailey | 21 | | | | |
| FR Brown | b TPB Smith | 27 | | | | |
| *V Broderick | b Bailey | 0 | | | | |
| AE Nutter | c Vigar b Morris | 23 | | | | |
| RW Clarke | b TPB Smith | 54 | | | | |
| RG Garlick | c Dodds b R Smith | 22 | | | | |
| +K Fiddling | not out | 4 | | | | |
| Extras | (10 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 19 |
| Total | (all out, 143 overs) | 347 |
Fall of wickets: 1-111, 2-112, 3-174, 4-204, 5-212, 6-214, 7-250, 8-289, 9-326, 10-347 (143 ov) |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| TC Dodds | b Nutter | 22 | | | | |
| AV Avery | b Nutter | 2 | | | | |
| FH Vigar | c Nutter b Brown | 34 | | | | |
| R Horsfall | b Nutter | 0 | | | | |
| DJ Insole | c Fiddling b Brown | 64 | | | | |
| TE Bailey | b Garlick | 5 | | | | |
| *TN Pearce | c Fiddling b Clarke | 16 | | | | |
| WB Morris | b Garlick | 0 | | | | |
| R Smith | c Nutter b Clarke | 27 | | | | |
| TPB Smith | not out | 4 | | | | |
| +TH Wade | c Fiddling b Clarke | 0 | | | | |
| Extras | (11 b, 1 lb) | 12 |
| Total | (all out, 88.2 overs) | 186 |
Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-29, 3-29, 4-120, 5-125, 6-135, 7-136, 8-173, 9-184, 10-186 (88.2 ov) |
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| TPB Smith | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
| Insole | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - |
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