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County Championship, 1955Essex v Northamptonshire
 Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford
 9,11,12 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Northamptonshire won by 124 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: WTJones amd AE Pothecary
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Northamptonshire 1st innings
*D Brookes            run out                                  15
AP Arnold             lbw                b Smith                1
L Livingston          c Taylor           b Preston             13
DW Barrick            c Taylor           b Greensmith          32
DG Greasley                              b Greensmith           9
GE Tribe              c Ralph            b Greensmith          64
V Broderick                              b Greensmith          26
+KV Andrew                               b Ralph                8
J Wild                c Taylor           b Preston             16
J Webster                                b Ralph                0
RW Clarke             not out                                  11
Extras                (b 16, lb 7, w 1, nb 1)                  25
Total                 (all out, 88.4 overs)                   220
FoW: 1-2, 2-28, 3-40, 4-71, 5-74,
     6-141, 7-181, 8-183, 9-196, 10-220.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     15.4    2     35      2
Smith                       27      9     64      1
Ralph                       14      7     21      2
Insole                       5      2      9      0
Greensmith                  27     10     66      4
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              lbw                b Clarke               6
G Barker              c Andrew           b Webster              0
PA Gibb               lbw                b Tribe               38
CCP Williams          c Livingston       b Clarke               0
*DJ Insole            lbw                b Webster              4
R Horsfall            run out                                   3
+B Taylor                                b Tribe               10
R Smith                                  b Clarke               5
WT Greensmith         not out                                  16
LHR Ralph             st Andrew          b Tribe               20
KC Preston            c Livingston       b Broderick           30
Extras                (lb 7)                                    7
Total                 (all out, 66.4 overs)                   139
FoW: 1-10, 2-14, 3-14, 4-23, 5-37,
     6-65, 7-66, 8-76, 9-102, 10-139.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clarke                      22      7     47      3
Webster                     17      7     25      2
Tribe                       22      8     47      3
Broderick                    5.4    2     13      1
Northamptonshire 2nd innings
*D Brookes            lbw                b Smith                7
AP Arnold             c Barker           b Preston             70
L Livingston          lbw                b Greensmith          51
DW Barrick            not out                                  70
DG Greasley           c Barker           b Preston              1
GE Tribe              c Taylor           b Insole              10
V Broderick                              b Preston             15
J Wild                c Smith            b Preston              8
Extras                (b 1, lb 4)                               5
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 78.1 overs)        237
DNB: +KV Andrew, J Webster, RW Clarke.
FoW: 1-9, 2-113, 3-149, 4-157, 5-186, 6-219, 7-237.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     27.1    4     64      4
Smith                       19      1     69      1
Ralph                       10      1     30      0
Insole                      11      5     28      1
Greensmith                  11      1     41      1
Essex 2nd innings (target: 319 runs)
TC Dodds                             c & b Wild                32
G Barker              c Clarke           b Webster              5
PA Gibb               c Tribe            b Broderick           28
CCP Williams                         c & b Broderick           16
*DJ Insole            c Andrew           b Broderick           33
R Horsfall            lbw                b Broderick           13
+B Taylor             lbw                b Tribe                6
R Smith               lbw                b Tribe                5
WT Greensmith         not out                                  19
LHR Ralph             lbw                b Wild                 3
KC Preston            c Tribe            b Broderick           25
Extras                (b 5, lb 4)                               9
Total                 (all out, 80 overs)                     194
FoW: 1-6, 2-51, 3-77, 4-108, 5-131,
     6-134, 7-142, 8-143, 9-159, 10-194.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clarke                      11      3     18      0
Webster                      5      1     16      1
Tribe                       20     10     32      2
Broderick                   35     15     66      5
Wild                         9      1     53      2
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