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County Championship, 1955Worcestershire v Middlesex
 County Ground, New Road, Worcester
 2,4,5 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Middlesex won by 8 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: JS Buller and Harry Elliott
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Worcestershire 1st innings
D Kenyon              c LH Compton       b Titmus              65
L Outschoorn          lbw                b Moss                53
LN Devereux           c LH Compton       b Titmus              23
MJ Horton             c Titmus           b DCS Compton         34
RG Broadbent          c Warr             b Titmus               4
G Dews                lbw                b DCS Compton          5
J Lister              c Edrich           b Titmus              25
+H Yarnold                               b Titmus               1
*RTD Perks            c LH Compton       b Moss                12
R Berry               c Brown            b Titmus              16
JA Flavell            not out                                  10
Extras                (b 5, lb 9, nb 1)                        15
Total                 (all out, 97.4 overs)                   263
FoW: 1-123, 2-128, 3-178, 4-186, 5-191,
     6-222, 7-222, 8-237, 9-239, 10-263.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                        16      5     45      2
Warr                         6      0     24      0
Young                       17      7     30      0
Titmus                      39.4   20     81      6
DCS Compton                 16      3     61      2
Bennett                      3      1      7      0
Middlesex 1st innings
JDB Robertson         c Kenyon           b Flavell             55
SM Brown              lbw                b Perks               19
*WJ Edrich            c Kenyon           b Horton              44
D Bennett             c Broadbent        b Perks               20
DCS Compton           lbw                b Perks               23
DO Baldry             c Flavell          b Horton              17
FJ Titmus             c Dews             b Horton               6
JJ Warr               c Broadbent        b Berry               51
+LH Compton           lbw                b Perks                0
JA Young                                 b Perks               10
AE Moss               not out                                  14
Extras                (b 6, lb 3, nb 3)                        12
Total                 (all out, 90.1 overs)                   271
FoW: 1-54, 2-98, 3-131, 4-159, 5-166,
     6-185, 7-192, 8-192, 9-210, 10-271.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Flavell                     16      1     70      1
Perks                       34      6     93      5
Horton                      20      5     70      3
Berry                       19.1   13     19      1
Devereux                     1      0      7      0
Worcestershire 2nd innings
D Kenyon              c Moss             b Titmus              31
L Outschoorn          c Baldry           b Young               15
LN Devereux           c LH Compton       b Titmus               1
MJ Horton                                b Titmus              18
RG Broadbent          c Robertson        b DCS Compton         34
G Dews                c LH Compton       b Moss                36
J Lister              c Titmus           b DCS Compton          4
+H Yarnold            c Edrich           b Young                4
*RTD Perks                               b Moss                 7
R Berry               c LH Compton       b Titmus               1
JA Flavell            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 5, lb 4)                               9
Total                 (all out, 76.2 overs)                   160
FoW: 1-26, 2-46, 3-64, 4-67, 5-121,
     6-126, 7-135, 8-159, 9-160, 10-160.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                         5      1      5      2
Warr                         4      0     13      0
Young                       27     15     37      2
Titmus                      34.2   10     66      4
DCS Compton                  6      1     30      2
Middlesex 2nd innings (target: 153 runs)
JDB Robertson         c Dews             b Horton              45
SM Brown              c Dews             b Perks                0
*WJ Edrich            not out                                  56
DCS Compton           not out                                  50
Extras                (lb 4, w 1)                               5
Total                 (2 wickets, 57 overs)                   156
DNB: D Bennett, DO Baldry, FJ Titmus, JJ Warr, +LH Compton,
     JA Young, AE Moss.
FoW: 1-1, 2-85.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Flavell                      2      0     14      0
Perks                       12      1     34      1
Horton                      19      9     49      1
Berry                       24      8     54      0
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