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County Championship, 1955Essex v Somerset
 Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford
 6,7,8 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Essex won by 5 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: WT Jones and AE Pothecary
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Somerset 1st innings
*GG Tordoff                              b R Smith             45
Yawar Saeed           c Taylor           b R Smith              1
J Lawrence                               b Greensmith          59
MF Tremlett                              b R Smith              4
PB Wight                                 b Ralph               47
M Walker              lbw                b Ralph                1
+HW Stephenson        c Ralph            b R Smith             53
J Hilton                                 b R Smith             18
KE Palmer                                b Preston              6
JWJ McMahon           not out                                   1
B Lobb                c Preston          b R Smith              0
Extras                (b 2, lb 7)                               9
Total                 (all out, 87 overs)                     244
FoW: 1-4, 2-60, 3-66, 4-154, 5-162,
     6-170, 7-229, 8-239, 9-243, 10-244.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     20      4     40      1
R Smith                     30      8     76      6
Ralph                       17      4     50      2
Insole                       6      2     17      0
Greensmith                  14      1     52      1
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Tremlett         b Yawar Saeed         24
G Barker              c Tremlett         b Yawar Saeed         17
PA Gibb                                  b Lobb                77
R Horsfall            c Tremlett         b Lobb                 6
*DJ Insole                               b Yawar Saeed         94
+B Taylor                                b McMahon             39
R Smith               c McMahon          b Yawar Saeed         10
WT Greensmith                            b Lobb                38
GJ Smith              st Stephenson      b Lawrence             8
LHR Ralph             lbw                b Lawrence             0
KC Preston            not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 3, nb 1)                              4
Total                 (all out, 100.4 overs)                  317
FoW: 1-37, 2-44, 3-55, 4-215, 5-225,
     6-242, 7-295, 8-317, 9-317, 10-317.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lobb                        27.4    6     68      3
Yawar Saeed                 25      1    101      4
Tordoff                     11      5     25      0
Palmer                       2      0      7      0
Lawrence                    16      3     53      2
McMahon                     15      3     40      1
Hilton                       4      0     19      0
Somerset 2nd innings
*GG Tordoff           c Taylor           b Preston              2
Yawar Saeed                              b Ralph               20
J Lawrence            lbw                b Ralph               23
MF Tremlett                          c & b Ralph                8
PB Wight              c Horsfall         b Preston             78
M Walker                                 b R Smith            100
+HW Stephenson        c R Smith          b Preston              1
J Hilton              c Taylor           b Ralph               20
KE Palmer             lbw                b Insole               2
JWJ McMahon           not out                                   2
B Lobb                c Preston          b Ralph                2
Extras                (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)                    9
Total                 (all out, 101.3 overs)                  267
FoW: 1-2, 2-47, 3-57, 4-209, 5-217,
     6-220, 7-252, 8-259, 9-263, 10-267.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     23      6     58      3
R Smith                     33      5     85      1
Ralph                       19.3    3     64      5
Insole                       5      2      3      1
Greensmith                   6      1     15      0
Dodds                        2      0     19      0
GJ Smith                    13      9     14      0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 195 runs)
TC Dodds              c sub              b Lobb                24
G Barker              c Yawar Saeed      b Lobb                43
PA Gibb               run out                                   2
R Horsfall            st Stephenson      b Lawrence            69
*DJ Insole            not out                                  52
+B Taylor                                b Lawrence             4
R Smith               not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
Total                 (5 wickets, 41.1 overs)                 195
DNB: WT Greensmith, GJ Smith, LHR Ralph, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-32, 2-47, 3-92, 4-185, 5-193.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lobb                        13      1     54      2
Yawar Saeed                 11      0     53      0
Tordoff                      1.1    0      5      0
Lawrence                     6      0     35      2
McMahon                     10      0     47      0
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