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County Championship, 1955Essex v Kent
 Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea
 10,11,12 August 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Essex won by 10 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: F Chester and EA Roberts
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Fagg             b Pettiford           62
G Barker              c Cowdrey          b Pettiford           25
TE Bailey             not out                                 152
CCP Williams          c Fagg             b Wright              13
*DJ Insole                               b Allan               32
+PA Gibb              st Catt            b Wright              17
R Horsfall            c Catt             b Allan                2
WT Greensmith         c Wilson           b Allan               38
R Smith                                  b Allan                7
LHR Ralph             not out                                  17
Extras                (b 9, lb 2)                              11
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 113 overs)         376
DNB: KC Preston.
FoW: 1-91, 2-98, 3-125, 4-167, 5-206, 6-217, 7-309, 8-337.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spanswick                   16      4     59      0
Phillips                    25      6     69      0
Wright                      24      5     84      2
Allan                       35     16     93      4
Pettiford                   13      3     60      2
Kent 1st innings
AE Fagg               c Dodds            b Bailey              11
JM Allan              lbw                b Bailey              15
RC Wilson             c Gibb             b Dodds               61
MC Cowdrey            c Williams         b Preston              4
J Pettiford                              b Smith                4
JF Pretlove                              b Dodds               12
AF Brazier            c Gibb             b Bailey               1
+AW Catt              c Gibb             b Bailey               8
JG Spanswick          c Williams         b Dodds               15
*DVP Wright           not out                                   4
JBM Phillips          c Bailey           b Dodds                0
Extras                (lb 3, nb 1)                              4
Total                 (all out, 55.3 overs)                   139
FoW: 1-20, 2-37, 3-44, 4-57, 5-86,
     6-97, 7-116, 8-134, 9-136, 10-139.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      21      3     53      4
Preston                     11      7     13      1
Smith                        7      1     17      1
Ralph                        4      0     18      0
Dodds                       12.3    4     34      4
Kent 2nd innings (following on)
AE Fagg               lbw                b Bailey              11
JM Allan                                 b Greensmith          61
RC Wilson             c Dodds            b Preston              7
MC Cowdrey                               b Ralph               45
J Pettiford           c Gibb             b Bailey               5
JF Pretlove           st Gibb            b Greensmith          27
AF Brazier            hit wicket         b Smith               50
+AW Catt              not out                                  88
JG Spanswick          c Bailey           b Greensmith           0
*DVP Wright           c Ralph            b Bailey              12
JBM Phillips                             b Greensmith           0
Extras                (b 5, lb 3, w 1, nb 2)                   11
Total                 (all out, 132 overs)                    317
FoW: 1-20, 2-32, 3-93, 4-107, 5-149,
     6-166, 7-250, 8-285, 9-315, 10-317.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      25      8     52      3
Preston                     29      7     72      1
Smith                       17      9     20      1
Ralph                       14      3     32      1
Dodds                       15      2     55      0
Insole                       6      1     18      0
Greensmith                  26      8     57      4
Essex 2nd innings (target: 81 runs)
TC Dodds              not out                                  31
G Barker              not out                                  42
Extras                (b 8)                                     8
Total                 (0 wickets, 16.2 overs)                  81
DNB: TE Bailey, CCP Williams, *DJ Insole, +PA Gibb, R Horsfall,
     WT Greensmith, R Smith, LHR Ralph, KC Preston.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spanswick                    3      0      4      0
Phillips                     5      0     33      0
Wright                       5      1     14      0
Allan                        3      0     17      0
Pretlove                     0.2    0      5      0
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