| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| JG Langridge | lbw b Pitt | 2 | | | | |
| JH Parks | retired hurt | 13 | | | | |
| GS Pearce | c Clark b Partridge | 23 | | | | |
| TER Cook | b Pitt | 19 | | | | |
| J Langridge | c Cox b Partridge | 109 | | | | |
| HW Parks | c Matthews b Clark | 77 | | | | |
| G Cox | b Clark | 3 | | | | |
| HE Hammond | not out | 24 | | | | |
| +VJ Eaton | b Matthews | 5 | | | | |
| *MW Tate | did not bat | |
| JH Cornford | did not bat | |
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 12 |
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 107.5 overs) | 287 |
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-59, 3-63, 4-209, 5-221, 6-279, 7-287 (107.5 ov) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| AH Bakewell | b Tate | 0 | | | | |
| AW Snowden | c and b Pearce | 33 | | | | |
| JE Timms | c sub b Pearce | 35 | | | | |
| GG Tebbitt | c HW Parks b Tate | 1 | | | | |
| AL Cox | c Hammond b J Langridge | 64 | | | | |
| +BW Bellamy | lbw b Tate | 7 | | | | |
| ADG Matthews | c Eaton b Tate | 8 | | | | |
| *WC Brown | b J Langridge | 5 | | | | |
| RJ Partridge | c Hammond b Pearce | 8 | | | | |
| TA Pitt | not out | 2 | | | | |
| EW Clark | c Eaton b J Langridge | 2 | | | | |
| Extras | (11 b, 6 lb) | 17 |
| Total | (all out, 94.4 overs) | 182 |
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-72, 3-73, 4-94, 5-110, 6-148, 7-166, 8-177, 9-177, 10-182 (94.4 ov) |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| AH Bakewell | c Cornford b Pearce | 3 | | | | |
| AW Snowden | st Eaton b Tate | 4 | | | | |
| JE Timms | b Tate | 2 | | | | |
| AL Cox | c Cook b Tate | 22 | | | | |
| GG Tebbitt | b Hammond | 13 | | | | |
| +BW Bellamy | b Tate | 0 | | | | |
| ADG Matthews | b Hammond | 4 | | | | |
| *WC Brown | c JG Langridge b Hammond | 0 | | | | |
| RJ Partridge | lbw b Tate | 0 | | | | |
| TA Pitt | not out | 0 | | | | |
| EW Clark | b Tate | 2 | | | | |
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb) | 7 |
| Total | (all out, 38.4 overs) | 57 |
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-6, 3-9, 4-9, 5-46, 6-54, 7-54, 8-54, 9-54, 10-57 (38.4 ov) |
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