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County Championship, 1955Essex v Glamorgan
 Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
 4,6,7 June 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawnPoints:
 
Toss: GlamorganUmpires: E Cooke and JJ Hills
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Wooller          b Watkins             37
+PA Gibb              c Davies           b Pressdee            48
G Barker              run out                                   6
R Horsfall            c Parkhouse        b Wooller              3
*DJ Insole            not out                                  65
TE Bailey             c Edrich           b Lewis                3
BR Knight             st Davies          b McConnon            18
R Smith               c Shepherd         b McConnon            17
WT Greensmith         c Watkins          b McConnon             2
JA Bailey             c Watkins          b McConnon             0
KC Preston            not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 9)                                    9
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 83 overs)          209
FoW: 1-55, 2-63, 3-72, 4-103, 5-116, 6-157, 7-187, 8-196, 9-196.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shepherd                    13      4     39      0
Lewis                       20      4     54      1
Watkins                     16      6     37      1
Wooller                     15      8      8      1
Jones                        1      0      5      0
McConnon                    10      1     32      4
Pressdee                     8      1     25      1
Glamorgan 1st innings
WGA Parkhouse                        c & b Smith               21
WE Jones              lbw                b Preston              0
B Hedges              c Gibb             b JA Bailey           57
JS Pressdee           c Gibb             b JA Bailey            5
AJ Watkins            c Knight           b Greensmith           8
*W Wooller                           c & b JA Bailey           15
BR Edrich             c Barker           b Preston             43
JE McConnon           c Insole           b Preston             28
+HG Davies            not out                                  10
KH Lewis                                 b Preston              2
DJ Shepherd           c Gibb             b TE Bailey            8
Extras                (b 3, lb 7, nb 1)                        11
Total                 (all out, 84.4 overs)                   208
FoW: 1-0, 2-41, 3-48, 4-82, 5-107,
     6-110, 7-147, 8-195, 9-197, 10-208.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
TE Bailey                   14.4    5     24      1
Preston                     14      5     25      4
Smith                       14      4     40      1
JA Bailey                   25      7     61      3
Greensmith                  17      5     47      1
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds              c Parkhouse        b McConnon            52
+PA Gibb              not out                                  47
R Smith               c Wooller          b Pressdee             0
G Barker              not out                                  36
Extras                (b 4)                                     4
Total                 (2 wickets declared, 33.4 overs)        139
DNB: R Horsfall, *DJ Insole, TE Bailey, BR Knight, WT Greensmith,
     JA Bailey, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-71, 2-71.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shepherd                     2      0     12      0
Lewis                        4      1     20      0
Wooller                      3      0     10      0
McConnon                    12      0     46      1
Pressdee                    10      2     40      1
Parkhouse                    2.4    0      7      0
Glamorgan 2nd innings (target: 141 runs)
DJ Shepherd           c Knight           b TE Bailey            6
WE Jones              not out                                   7
WGA Parkhouse         c Gibb             b Preston              1
KH Lewis              c Insole           b Preston              0
B Hedges              c Insole           b TE Bailey            1
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (4 wickets, 6.5 overs)                   15
DNB: JS Pressdee, AJ Watkins, *W Wooller, BR Edrich, JE McConnon,
     +HG Davies.
FoW: 1-6, 2-8, 3-8, 4-15.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
TE Bailey                    3.5    0     14      2
Preston                      3      2      1      2
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