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County Championship, 1955Glamorgan v Essex
 Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd
 13,14,15 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Essex won by 91 runsPoints:
 
Toss: EssexUmpires: N Oldfield and Harry Eliott
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Davies           b Shepherd            15
G Barker              c Shepherd         b Watkins             48
+PA Gibb              lbw                b Shaw                14
CCP Williams          c Watkins          b Jones               45
RE Evans                             c & b Jones                3
R Horsfall            st Davies          b Jones               47
B Taylor              c Hedges           b Wooller             57
R Smith               c Pressdee         b Watkins              5
WT Greensmith         not out                                  37
LHR Ralph             not out                                  53
Extras                (lb 2, w 1, nb 2)                         5
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 107 overs)         329
DNB: KC Preston.
FoW: 1-24, 2-60, 3-127, 4-127, 5-132, 6-195, 7-212, 8-249.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shepherd                    23      5     60      1
Watkins                     24      6     50      2
Wooller                     13      3     33      1
Shaw                        17      3     91      1
Jones                       25      3     71      3
Pressdee                     5      1     19      0
Glamorgan 1st innings
*W Wooller            c Dodds            b Greensmith          43
WGA Parkhouse         c Taylor           b Preston              1
B Hedges              run out                                  56
WE Jones              not out                                  64
AJ Watkins            c Taylor           b Greensmith           0
JE Pleass                                b Greensmith          18
JS Pressdee                              b Smith               18
+HG Davies            c Greensmith       b Dodds                4
GB Shaw                                  b Dodds                0
DJ Shepherd                          c & b Dodds                0
JE McConnon           absent hurt                               -
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, nb 6)                        14
Total                 (all out, 98.2 overs)                   218
FoW: 1-3, 2-91, 3-117, 4-118, 5-168, 6-195, 7-216, 8-218, 9-218.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     20      5     41      1
Smith                       31      9     45      1
Dodds                        3.2    3      0      3
Ralph                       13      3     31      0
Greensmith                  31      7     87      3
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds              c Wooller          b Watkins              0
G Barker              lbw                b Watkins              0
+PA Gibb              c Davies           b Watkins             37
CCP Williams                             b Watkins              5
RE Evans              c sub              b Wooller              4
R Horsfall            st Davies          b Watkins             39
B Taylor              c Watkins          b Wooller              0
R Smith               c Pleass           b Wooller              9
WT Greensmith                            b Watkins             16
LHR Ralph                                b Shepherd            15
KC Preston            not out                                  15
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, nb 1)                         4
Total                 (all out, 54.3 overs)                   144
FoW: 1-0, 2-1, 3-22, 4-33, 5-63,
     6-66, 7-84, 8-105, 9-124, 10-144.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shepherd                     7      2     30      1
Watkins                     27.3    8     57      6
Wooller                     16      3     40      3
Pressdee                     4      0     13      0
Glamorgan 2nd innings (target: 256 runs)
*W Wooller            c Evans            b Smith                4
WGA Parkhouse                            b Greensmith          19
B Hedges              c Barker           b Smith                4
WE Jones              c Preston          b Smith               26
AJ Watkins            c Williams         b Smith               55
JE Pleass                            c & b Smith               12
JS Pressdee           lbw                b Smith               16
+HG Davies            c Barker           b Smith               10
GB Shaw               not out                                   0
DJ Shepherd           c Gibb             b Smith                0
JE McConnon           absent hurt                               -
Extras                (b 15, lb 1, w 1, nb 1)                  18
Total                 (all out, 55.5 overs)                   164
FoW: 1-11, 2-21, 3-43, 4-84, 5-113, 6-146, 7-160, 8-160, 9-164.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                      8      5     11      0
Smith                       25.5    8     63      8
Dodds                        9      1     36      0
Ralph                        2      0      9      0
Greensmith                  11      1     27      1
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