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County Championship, 1955Hampshire v Essex
 County Ground, Southampton
 8,9 June 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Hampshire won by 7 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: DE Davies and K McCanlis
 
Close of play:
Day 1: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Burden           b Shackleton          47
+PA Gibb              c Harrison         b Cannings             0
G Barker              c Rayment          b Sainsbury           30
R Horsfall                           c & b Shackleton           0
*DJ Insole            c Eagar            b Burden              16
B Taylor              c Marshall         b Shackleton           5
BR Knight                            c & b Sainsbury            0
R Smith               c Sainsbury        b Burden              14
WT Greensmith         lbw                b Cannings             1
JA Bailey                            c & b Cannings             0
KC Preston            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 6, lb 5)                              11
Total                 (all out, 59.3 overs)                   124
FoW: 1-10, 2-76, 3-81, 4-81, 5-88,
     6-88, 7-115, 8-120, 9-120, 10-124.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shackleton                  17      4     43      3
Cannings                    10      3     10      3
Sainsbury                   22      9     30      2
Burden                       8.3    0     24      2
Marshall                     2      0      6      0
Hampshire 1st innings
JR Gray               c Gibb             b Preston              1
RE Marshall           c Insole           b Preston              8
NH Rogers             lbw                b Smith               75
AWH Rayment           c Taylor           b Preston              0
HM Barnard            c Horsfall         b Preston             19
*EDR Eagar                               b Preston             32
+L Harrison                              b Smith                2
PJ Sainsbury          not out                                  20
D Shackleton                         c & b Smith                7
VHD Cannings                             b Preston              1
MD Burden             c Bailey           b Greensmith          18
Extras                (lb 2, w 1)                               3
Total                 (all out, 66.2 overs)                   186
FoW: 1-8, 2-23, 3-23, 4-63, 5-131,
     6-138, 7-138, 8-148, 9-149, 10-186.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     25      7     65      6
Bailey                      12      6     26      0
Smith                       23      3     54      3
Greensmith                   3.2    0     22      1
Insole                       3      0     16      0
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds              c Cannings         b Sainsbury           17
+PA Gibb              lbw                b Sainsbury            7
G Barker              c Eagar            b Sainsbury           14
R Horsfall            c Gray             b Sainsbury            2
*DJ Insole            lbw                b Sainsbury           12
B Taylor                                 b Burden               9
BR Knight                                b Burden               2
R Smith               c Harrison         b Sainsbury            0
WT Greensmith         not out                                   5
JA Bailey             c Eagar            b Burden               4
KC Preston                               b Sainsbury            9
Extras                (b 1)                                     1
Total                 (all out, 49.4 overs)                    82
FoW: 1-23, 2-37, 3-41, 4-46, 5-61, 6-63, 7-63, 8-65, 9-69, 10-82.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shackleton                   9      2     23      0
Cannings                     4      1      6      0
Sainsbury                   20.4   12     25      7
Burden                      16      5     27      3
Hampshire 2nd innings (target: 21 runs)
JR Gray               lbw                b Bailey               4
RE Marshall                              b Bailey               2
NH Rogers             c Barker           b Preston              7
AWH Rayment           not out                                   6
HM Barnard            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2)                                     2
Total                 (3 wickets, 10.4 overs)                  21
DNB: *EDR Eagar, +L Harrison, PJ Sainsbury, D Shackleton,
     VHD Cannings, MD Burden.
FoW: 1-4, 2-13, 3-16.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                      5.4    1     15      1
Bailey                       5      2      4      2
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