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County Championship, 1955Essex v Warwickshire
 Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea
 22,23,24 June 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Warwickshire won by 142 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: FS Lee and A Skelding
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Warwickshire 1st innings
FC Gardner            c Preston          b Ralph               12
TW Cartwright         c Taylor           b R Smith             30
AVG Wolton                               b Preston              4
RE Hitchcock          c Barker           b R Smith              1
*HE Dollery                              b Ralph              156
+RT Spooner                              b Ralph                4
A Townsend            lbw                b Insole              22
JD Bannister          c Gibb             b Insole               2
KR Dollery                               b Preston             29
RG Thompson           not out                                   1
WE Hollies            c Gibb             b Ralph                0
Extras                (lb 5, nb 3)                              8
Total                 (all out, 103.4 overs)                  269
FoW: 1-15, 2-24, 3-32, 4-57, 5-70,
     6-132, 7-144, 8-263, 9-269, 10-269.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     29     11     46      2
R Smith                     27      3     88      2
Ralph                       25.4   11     55      4
Insole                      12      3     30      2
Greensmith                   9      2     26      0
GJ Smith                     1      0     16      0
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Hitchcock        b Bannister            4
G Barker              lbw                b Hollies             14
PA Gibb               c Spooner          b KR Dollery          76
WT Greensmith         lbw                b Thompson            19
R Horsfall            c Gardner          b Bannister           15
*DJ Insole            c HE Dollery       b KR Dollery          11
+B Taylor             c Hitchcock        b Hollies             12
LHR Ralph                                b Bannister           10
R Smith                                  b KR Dollery           0
GJ Smith              not out                                  29
KC Preston                           c & b Hollies              1
Extras                (b 3, lb 4, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (all out, 101.2 overs)                  199
FoW: 1-4, 2-37, 3-84, 4-112, 5-132,
     6-157, 7-157, 8-157, 9-198, 10-199.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bannister                   24      7     49      3
Thompson                    17      7     32      1
KR Dollery                  23      4     51      3
Hollies                     29.2   17     36      3
Hitchcock                    5      1     12      0
Townsend                     3      0     11      0
Warwickshire 2nd innings
FC Gardner                           c & b Preston             74
TW Cartwright                            b Preston              5
AVG Wolton            lbw                b Preston              9
RE Hitchcock          c Taylor           b Greensmith          12
*HE Dollery                          c & b R Smith             65
+RT Spooner           c Insole           b R Smith              0
A Townsend            not out                                  18
JD Bannister          c Ralph            b Preston              9
KR Dollery            not out                                   5
Extras                (b 4, lb 1, nb 2)                         7
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 64 overs)          204
DNB: RG Thompson, WE Hollies.
FoW: 1-26, 2-37, 3-54, 4-165, 5-165, 6-177, 7-189.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     23      3     64      4
R Smith                     16      1     57      2
Ralph                        4      0     27      0
Greensmith                  21      4     49      1
Essex 2nd innings (target: 275 runs)
TC Dodds              c Spooner          b Bannister           13
G Barker              c Spooner          b Hollies              5
PA Gibb               c Townsend         b Hollies             16
WT Greensmith         not out                                   9
R Horsfall            st Spooner         b Hollies              9
*DJ Insole            c Gardner          b Hollies              4
+B Taylor             c Gardner          b Hollies             12
LHR Ralph             c KR Dollery       b Townsend             0
R Smith                                  b Hollies             32
GJ Smith              c Hitchcock        b Hollies              8
KC Preston            c Spooner          b Hollies             10
Extras                (b 8, lb 6)                              14
Total                 (all out, 45.4 overs)                   132
FoW: 1-16, 2-20, 3-32, 4-33, 5-44,
     6-49, 7-88, 8-101, 9-113, 10-132.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bannister                    7      3     21      1
Thompson                     2      0      4      0
KR Dollery                   3      2      1      0
Hollies                     22.4   11     42      8
Hitchcock                    5      2     17      0
Townsend                     6      0     33      1
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