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County Championship, 1955Essex v Gloucestershire
 Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea
 18,20,21 June 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Essex won by 5 wicketsPoints: Essex 12, Gloucestershire 0
 
Toss: EssexUmpires: FS Lee and A Skelding
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds                                 b Lambert             25
G Barker              c Rochford         b Lambert             44
TE Bailey             c Rochford         b McHugh               1
R Horsfall                               b Lambert             53
*DJ Insole            not out                                 117
PA Gibb               c Graveney         b Lambert              0
+B Taylor                                b McHugh              16
R Smith               c Emmett           b McHugh              11
WT Greensmith         c Crapp            b McHugh              21
GJ Smith              not out                                  27
Extras                (lb 10, nb 1)                            11
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 108 overs)         326
DNB: KC Preston.
FoW: 1-40, 2-41, 3-121, 4-132, 5-132, 6-154, 7-174, 8-225.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lambert                     30      6    102      4
McHugh                      35      6     93      4
Wells                       21      3     57      0
Cook                        19      5     49      0
Graveney                     1      0      9      0
Mortimore                    2      0      5      0
Gloucestershire 1st innings
DM Young                                 b Preston              1
CA Milton             lbw                b Preston             17
TW Graveney                              b Bailey              25
JF Crapp                                 b Preston              5
*GM Emmett            c R Smith          b Bailey              24
GEE Lambert           c Bailey           b Preston              0
JB Mortimore                             b R Smith             35
+P Rochford                              b R Smith              1
C Cook                c GJ Smith         b R Smith              8
BD Wells              c Insole           b R Smith              2
FP McHugh             not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 4)                                    4
Total                 (all out, 45.1 overs)                   122
FoW: 1-7, 2-42, 3-48, 4-48, 5-59,
     6-83, 7-98, 8-113, 9-120, 10-122.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      17      4     40      2
Preston                     16      3     48      4
R Smith                      6.1    4     16      4
Insole                       6      2     14      0
Gloucestershire 2nd innings (following on)
DM Young                                 b Preston              3
CA Milton             lbw                b R Smith             66
TW Graveney           c Insole           b Preston             80
JF Crapp              c Greensmith       b R Smith             61
*GM Emmett                               b R Smith              1
GEE Lambert           c Insole           b R Smith              4
JB Mortimore          c Insole           b Bailey              23
+P Rochford           not out                                   6
C Cook                c Dodds            b R Smith              2
BD Wells                                 b R Smith              5
FP McHugh                                b R Smith              4
Extras                (lb 12, nb 1)                            13
Total                 (all out, 108 overs)                    268
FoW: 1-7, 2-139, 3-163, 4-164, 5-174,
     6-239, 7-253, 8-255, 9-260, 10-268.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      31      6     56      1
Preston                     28      4     70      2
R Smith                     36      6     80      7
Insole                       6      0     14      0
Greensmith                   5      0     23      0
GJ Smith                     2      0     12      0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 65 runs)
TC Dodds              c Rochford         b McHugh               1
G Barker              st Rochford        b Crapp               35
TE Bailey             c Crapp            b Lambert              1
R Horsfall            c Rochford         b McHugh               5
*DJ Insole            c Rochford         b Young               10
PA Gibb               not out                                   0
+B Taylor             not out                                   8
Extras                (lb 4, nb 2)                              6
Total                 (5 wickets, 14.5 overs)                  66
DNB: R Smith, WT Greensmith, GJ Smith, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-5, 2-19, 3-30, 4-56, 5-58.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lambert                      6      2     23      1
McHugh                       6      3     17      2
Young                        1.5    0     19      1
Crapp                        1      0      1      1
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