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| Venue | Valentine's Park, Ilford on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1987 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1) |
| Umpires | MJ Kitchen, DR Shepherd |
| Scorers | BH Clarke (Northamptonshire), CF Driver (Essex) |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 159/2 (Gooch 93*, Fletcher 14*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northamptonshire (1) 216/8 (Wild 20*, Davis 18*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GA Gooch | lbw b Walker | 159 | 251 | 23 | - | ||
| I Redpath | c Lamb b Capel | 28 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Ripley b Davis | 13 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Ripley b Davis | 24 | |||||
| G Miller | not out | 33 | |||||
| DR Pringle | not out | 21 | |||||
| AW Lilley | did not bat | ||||||
| +DE East | did not bat | ||||||
| HA Page | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Childs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 lb, 9 nb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 91.1 overs) | 301 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-64, 2-105, 3-185, 4-276 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davis | 21 | 2 | 83 | 2 | - | - | |
| Capel | 21 | 2 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| NGB Cook | 23.1 | 8 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Williams | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 24 | 5 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *G Cook | c Hardie b Lever | 0 | |||||
| W Larkins | c Miller b Pringle | 42 | |||||
| RJ Bailey | lbw b Page | 29 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | b Gooch | 33 | |||||
| DJ Capel | c Lilley b Page | 24 | |||||
| RG Williams | c Fletcher b Page | 37 | |||||
| DJ Wild | not out | 20 | |||||
| +D Ripley | b Pringle | 8 | |||||
| NGB Cook | c Gooch b Pringle | 0 | |||||
| WW Davis | not out | 18 | |||||
| A Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 4 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 65 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-49, 3-100, 4-120, 5-160, 6-175, 7-192, 8-192 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 14 | 3 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Page | 16 | 3 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 7 | 2 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 13 | 5 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Miller | 7 | 3 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Childs | 8 | 2 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AW Lilley | c Walker b Ripley | 7 | |||||
| I Redpath | c NGB Cook b Lamb | 46 | |||||
| BR Hardie | not out | 45 | |||||
| +DE East | c Capel b Ripley | 13 | |||||
| HA Page | not out | 42 | |||||
| *GA Gooch | did not bat | ||||||
| KWR Fletcher | did not bat | ||||||
| G Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Childs | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 18.2 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-81, 3-96 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| G Cook | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ripley | 9 | 0 | 89 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lamb | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Larkins | 4.2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |