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County Championship, 1955Nottinghamshire v Essex
 Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 2,4,5 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Essex won by 95 runsPoints:
 
Toss: EssexUmpires: P Corrall and WFF Price
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Rowe             b KJ Poole            21
G Barker              lbw                b Smales             104
+PA Gibb              c CJ Poole         b Dooland             15
R Horsfall            run out                                   2
*DJ Insole            lbw                b Dooland              0
TE Bailey             c Clay             b Dooland             37
R Smith               c KJ Poole         b Smales              16
WT Greensmith         not out                                  23
GJ Smith              c Martin           b Dooland              2
LHR Ralph                                b Dooland             40
KC Preston            c Harvey           b Dooland              0
Extras                (b 1, lb 3)                               4
Total                 (all out, 113.4 overs)                  264
FoW: 1-31, 2-57, 3-63, 4-63, 5-176,
     6-199, 7-199, 8-208, 9-264, 10-264.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cleveley                    17      3     44      0
Smales                      27     13     64      2
KJ Poole                    13      4     47      1
Dooland                     42.4   21     82      6
Harvey                      14      5     23      0
Nottinghamshire 1st innings
*RT Simpson           c Gibb             b Bailey              41
JD Clay               c Gibb             b Bailey             102
RJ Giles              c Preston          b Greensmith          34
CJ Poole              c R Smith          b Greensmith           0
EJ Martin                            c & b Preston             21
KJ Poole              c Insole           b Bailey              34
PF Harvey             c Bailey           b R Smith             14
B Dooland             c Preston          b Bailey              41
K Smales                                 b Bailey              15
AB Cleveley           not out                                   4
+EJ Rowe              c Ralph            b Preston              1
Extras                (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 2)                   13
Total                 (all out, 127.3 overs)                  320
FoW: 1-86, 2-161, 3-161, 4-187, 5-236,
     6-242, 7-268, 8-310, 9-317, 10-320.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     30.3    7     66      2
R Smith                     23      6     56      1
Greensmith                  34     10     90      2
Ralph                        4      0     16      0
Bailey                      28     10     63      5
GJ Smith                     8      3     16      0
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds              c Martin           b Dooland             48
G Barker              c Martin           b Harvey              62
+PA Gibb              c Harvey           b Cleveley             6
R Horsfall            c Martin           b Dooland             38
*DJ Insole                               b Harvey              62
TE Bailey                                b Cleveley            17
R Smith               lbw                b Cleveley            21
LHR Ralph             st Rowe            b Harvey               4
WT Greensmith         not out                                   5
Extras                (b 1, lb 6)                               7
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 83.1 overs)        270
DNB: GJ Smith, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-75, 2-93, 3-119, 4-177, 5-223, 6-261, 7-261, 8-270.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cleveley                    21      6     63      3
Smales                      18      3     50      0
KJ Poole                     4      0     18      0
Dooland                     32      3    116      2
Harvey                       8.1    2     16      3
Nottinghamshire 2nd innings (target: 215 runs)
*RT Simpson           c Barker           b Bailey               8
JD Clay               c GJ Smith         b Preston             12
RJ Giles              lbw                b Bailey              13
CJ Poole                             c & b Preston             11
EJ Martin             c Bailey           b Greensmith          36
KJ Poole              c Barker           b Greensmith           8
PF Harvey                            c & b Dodds                5
B Dooland             c Insole           b Greensmith          21
K Smales                                 b Greensmith           4
AB Cleveley           st Gibb            b Dodds                0
+EJ Rowe              not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
Total                 (all out, 23.1 overs)                   119
FoW: 1-16, 2-22, 3-45, 4-47, 5-64,
     6-86, 7-100, 8-119, 9-119, 10-119.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                      5      0     28      2
Greensmith                   6.1    1     27      4
Bailey                       6      1     32      2
Dodds                        6      1     31      2
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