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County Championship, 1955Essex v Sussex
 County Ground, Chelmsford
 3,4,5 August 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawnPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: JS Buller and GS Mobey
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds                                 b Thomson             18
G Barker              c Langridge        b Thomson             11
TE Bailey             c Marlar           b James                3
CCP Williams          c Langridge        b James               21
*DJ Insole            c Doggart          b James               48
PA Gibb                                  b Smith               27
WT Greensmith         c Oakman           b Smith                9
+B Taylor                                b Marlar               1
LHR Ralph             not out                                  14
R Smith               c Webb             b Thomson             28
KC Preston                               b James                3
Extras                (b 2, lb 3)                               5
Total                 (all out, 83.4 overs)                   188
FoW: 1-31, 2-34, 3-34, 4-90, 5-103,
     6-139, 7-140, 8-140, 9-181, 10-188.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomson                     31      6     69      3
James                       28.4    4     72      4
Smith                       13      4     29      2
Marlar                       8      4      9      1
Oakman                       3      1      4      0
Sussex 1st innings
JG Langridge                         c & b Insole             101
DV Smith                                 b Bailey               0
ASM Oakman            c Gibb             b Ralph               32
+RT Webb              c Preston          b Ralph                2
JM Parks                                 b Ralph               98
KG Suttle             c Insole           b Bailey              15
GHG Doggart           c Gibb             b Greensmith          84
G Cox                 not out                                  22
*RG Marlar                               b Bailey               0
Extras                (b 7, lb 12)                             19
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 120.2 overs)       373
DNB: NI Thomson, AE James.
FoW: 1-1, 2-46, 3-48, 4-174, 5-207, 6-303, 7-372, 8-373.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      38.2   15     86      3
Preston                     21      2     69      0
Ralph                       22      3     69      3
Smith                       18      3     59      0
Greensmith                   5      1     35      1
Insole                      16      2     36      1
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds              c Langridge        b Thomson             36
G Barker              c Doggart          b Marlar               9
TE Bailey             not out                                  63
CCP Williams          c sub              b James               10
*DJ Insole            run out                                   1
PA Gibb                                  b James               28
WT Greensmith                            b Oakman               3
+B Taylor             c Parks            b Oakman              15
LHR Ralph             c Langridge        b Thomson             39
R Smith               c Webb             b James                4
KC Preston            c Webb             b Smith                9
Extras                (b 17, lb 6)                             23
Total                 (all out, 122 overs)                    240
FoW: 1-34, 2-64, 3-90, 4-91, 5-96,
     6-107, 7-131, 8-213, 9-226, 10-240.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomson                     37      9     59      2
James                       27      9     59      3
Smith                        6      4      2      1
Marlar                      21      5     47      1
Oakman                      22     14     29      2
Parks                        9      2     21      0
Sussex 2nd innings (target: 56 runs)
KG Suttle                                b Bailey              17
DV Smith              c Dodds            b Preston              9
JM Parks              not out                                  17
G Cox                 c Gibb             b Bailey               0
ASM Oakman            not out                                   7
Extras                (b 2, lb 2)                               4
Total                 (3 wickets, 6 overs)                     54
DNB: JG Langridge, +RT Webb, GHG Doggart, *RG Marlar, NI Thomson,
     AE James.
FoW: 1-17, 2-44, 3-44.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                       3      0     26      2
Preston                      3      0     24      1
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