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County Championship, 1955Middlesex v Leicestershire
 Lord's, London
 24,25,26 August 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Middlesex won by 40 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: FS Lee and GD Morton
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Middlesex 1st innings
JDB Robertson                        c & b Walsh               75
JG Dewes              c Firth            b Munden              53
*WJ Edrich            c Spencer          b Goodwin             59
DCS Compton                              b Munden              19
GPS Delisle           c Firth            b Spencer             55
D Bennett             not out                                  48
FJ Titmus             not out                                  11
Extras                (lb 3, nb 2)                              5
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 103 overs)         325
DNB: +LH Compton, JJ Warr, JA Young, AE Moss.
FoW: 1-114, 2-145, 3-175, 4-219, 5-295.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     21      1     78      1
Goodwin                     22      5     78      1
Jackson                     19      6     54      0
Palmer                       8      3     16      0
Munden                      15      4     45      2
Walsh                       18      2     49      1
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester                                 b Titmus              24
MJK Smith                                b Moss                 1
M Tompkin                                b Titmus             121
*CH Palmer            c Edrich           b Titmus              38
VE Jackson                               b Titmus              12
RA Diment             run out                                   4
VS Munden             c LH Compton       b Moss                29
JE Walsh              not out                                  57
+J Firth              not out                                  19
Extras                (b 12, lb 5, w 2, nb 2)                  21
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 127.5 overs)       326
DNB: CT Spencer, TJ Goodwin.
FoW: 1-8, 2-55, 3-157, 4-191, 5-197, 6-211, 7-260.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                        21      2     76      2
Warr                         8      0     20      0
Titmus                      49.5   23     74      4
DCS Compton                 19      2     71      0
Young                       30     10     64      0
Middlesex 2nd innings
JDB Robertson         lbw                b Jackson             34
JG Dewes              c Tompkin          b Munden              29
*WJ Edrich            c Tompkin          b Jackson             14
DCS Compton           st Firth           b Munden              10
GPS Delisle           c Walsh            b Munden              39
D Bennett                                b Munden              36
FJ Titmus             c Jackson          b Palmer              30
+LH Compton                              b Walsh                8
JJ Warr               not out                                   8
JA Young              c Lester           b Walsh                2
AE Moss                                  b Walsh                0
Extras                (b 4, lb 3, nb 2)                         9
Total                 (all out, 63.2 overs)                   219
FoW: 1-60, 2-74, 3-84, 4-94, 5-149,
     6-197, 7-197, 8-209, 9-211, 10-219.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                      6      1     30      0
Goodwin                      4      0     18      0
Jackson                      9      1     47      2
Palmer                       7      3     17      1
Munden                      26      7     64      4
Walsh                       11.2    3     34      3
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 219 runs)
G Lester              c LH Compton       b Moss                13
MJK Smith                            c & b Young               33
M Tompkin             c Dewes            b Young               19
*CH Palmer                               b Titmus               5
VE Jackson            c Robertson        b Young               36
RA Diment             run out                                  14
VS Munden             c Bennett          b Young                9
JE Walsh                                 b Titmus               1
+J Firth              not out                                  24
CT Spencer                               b Titmus              14
TJ Goodwin            c Moss             b Young                2
Extras                (b 4, lb 4)                               8
Total                 (all out, 49 overs)                     178
FoW: 1-14, 2-60, 3-70, 4-70, 5-107,
     6-133, 7-134, 8-136, 9-162, 10-178.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                         6      2     17      1
Warr                         1      0      8      0
Titmus                      23      4     61      3
Young                       19      1     84      5
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