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County Championship, 1955Kent v Essex
 Garrison Stadium, Gillingham
 25,27,28 June 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Kent won by 5 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: HG Baldwin and E Cooke
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Smith            b Spanswick           21
G Barker              c Ufton            b Spanswick           10
+PA Gibb              c Hearn            b Page                38
LHR Ralph             c Spanswick        b Smith                1
*DJ Insole            c Spanswick        b Page               111
R Horsfall                               b Page                17
MJ Bear               c Ufton            b Page                 0
R Smith                                  b Smith                8
WT Greensmith         not out                                  63
GJ Smith              c Cowdrey          b Smith                1
KC Preston            lbw                b Page                11
Extras                (b 1, lb 4)                               5
Total                 (all out, 112.2 overs)                  286
FoW: 1-29, 2-32, 3-33, 4-81, 5-113,
     6-113, 7-126, 8-268, 9-269, 10-286.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spanswick                   18      4     48      2
Smith                       33     15     75      3
Page                        41.2   11    110      5
Pettiford                   17      7     39      0
Dixon                        3      1      9      0
Kent 1st innings
AE Fagg               c Gibb             b Greensmith          49
AH Phebey             c Insole           b R Smith              0
RC Wilson                                b Ralph               52
MC Cowdrey            not out                                 115
P Hearn               c Gibb             b Ralph                3
J Pettiford           run out                                  30
AL Dixon                                 b R Smith             32
+DG Ufton             not out                                  35
Extras                (lb 4, w 1)                               5
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 124 overs)         321
DNB: G Smith, JG Spanswick, JCT Page.
FoW: 1-0, 2-92, 3-110, 4-114, 5-174, 6-270.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     21      4     69      0
R Smith                     22      4     56      2
Ralph                       33      7     80      2
Insole                       5      0     18      0
Greensmith                  27      5     58      1
GJ Smith                    16      7     35      0
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds              c Smith            b Spanswick           25
G Barker              c Fagg             b Spanswick            8
+PA Gibb              lbw                b Smith               53
LHR Ralph             not out                                   2
*DJ Insole            c Phebey           b Smith              118
R Horsfall            c Ufton            b Spanswick            0
MJ Bear               not out                                  19
R Smith               c Wilson           b Page                12
Extras                (lb 2, w 1)                               3
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 70 overs)          240
DNB: WT Greensmith, GJ Smith, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-30, 2-33, 3-41, 4-158, 5-171, 6-237.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spanswick                   18      3     75      3
Smith                       26      4     62      2
Page                        21      3     82      1
Dixon                        3      0      9      0
Cowdrey                      2      0      9      0
Kent 2nd innings (target: 206 runs)
AE Fagg               lbw                b Preston             15
AH Phebey                                b Preston              6
RC Wilson             c Dodds            b R Smith              7
MC Cowdrey            not out                                 103
P Hearn                                  b Preston             60
AL Dixon                                 b Ralph               10
G Smith               not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2, lb 6)                               8
Total                 (5 wickets, 44.1 overs)                 209
DNB: J Pettiford, +DG Ufton, JG Spanswick, JCT Page.
FoW: 1-9, 2-28, 3-28, 4-180, 5-205.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     11.1    1     57      3
R Smith                      4      0     19      1
Ralph                        8      1     33      1
Greensmith                  10      1     36      0
GJ Smith                     3      0     18      0
Dodds                        8      1     38      0
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