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| Venue | Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough on 11th, 12th, 13th August 1982 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Northamptonshire Second XI 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Essex Second XI 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | AA Jones, ST Lamb |
| Scorers | ER Laws (Essex Second XI), J Mercer (Northamptonshire Second XI) |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex Second XI (1) 20/0 (6 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northamptonshire Second XI (2) 132/1 (Bamber 78*, Wild 32*; 34 overs) |
| Northamptonshire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Bamber | c Leiper b Sainsbury | 161 | |||||
| RM Carter | b Haynes | 15 | |||||
| DJ Wild | c Sainsbury b Haynes | 0 | |||||
| SJ Lines | c Haynes b Cooper | 117 | |||||
| MA Roseberry | lbw b Sainsbury | 0 | |||||
| RJ Heritage | c Smith b Sainsbury | 2 | |||||
| S Holroyd | lbw b Sainsbury | 0 | |||||
| +D Ripley | not out | 14 | |||||
| TJ Yardley | not out | 19 | |||||
| A Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| MBH Wheeler | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 13 nb, 3 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 92 overs) | 354 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Carter), 2-41 (Wild), 3-311 (Lines), 4-318 (Roseberry), 5-320 (Heritage), 6-321 (Bamber), 7-322 (Holroyd) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sainsbury | 34 | 11 | 99 | 4 | - | - | |
| Haynes | 14 | 2 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ferguson | 9 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 28 | 5 | 90 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pinkerton | 7 | 2 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Gladwin | c Yardley b Carter | 68 | |||||
| F Joseph | b Walker | 9 | |||||
| RJ Leiper | c Yardley b Walker | 99 | |||||
| AW Lilley | c Bamber b Heritage | 27 | |||||
| PJ Prichard | c Wild b Carter | 73 | |||||
| SAR Ferguson | b Heritage | 22 | |||||
| NHC Cooper | not out | 1 | |||||
| BH Pinkerton | did not bat | ||||||
| +N Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| GE Sainsbury | did not bat | ||||||
| R Haynes | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 4 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 94 overs) | 317 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (Joseph), 2-108 (Gladwin), 3-162 (Lilley), 4-253 (Leiper), 5-313 (Ferguson), 6-317 (Prichard, 94 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wheeler | 20 | 4 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 15 | 4 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wild | 12 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carter | 13 | 3 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Heritage | 26 | 6 | 90 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lines | 8 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Bamber | not out | 78 | |||||
| RM Carter | c Prichard b Sainsbury | 13 | |||||
| DJ Wild | not out | 32 | |||||
| SJ Lines | did not bat | ||||||
| MA Roseberry | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Heritage | did not bat | ||||||
| S Holroyd | did not bat | ||||||
| +D Ripley | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Yardley | did not bat | ||||||
| A Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| MBH Wheeler | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 34 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Carter) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sainsbury | 12 | 2 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Haynes | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ferguson | 9 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pinkerton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |