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County Championship, 1955Kent v Middlesex
 Municipal Ground, Folkestone
 31 August, 1,2 September 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Kent won by 9 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: P Corrall and AJB Fowler
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Middlesex 1st innings
JDB Robertson         c Catt             b Spanswick            0
SM Brown              lbw                b Wright              27
*WJ Edrich                               b Shirreff             4
DCS Compton           c Wright           b Spanswick            1
GPS Delisle           c Pettiford        b Wright              12
D Bennett             lbw                b Shirreff             2
+JT Murray            c Catt             b Spanswick           14
FJ Titmus                            c & b Shirreff            79
JJ Warr               c Pettiford        b Wright              14
JA Young              c Fagg             b Wright               0
AE Moss               not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, nb 1)                         4
Total                 (all out, 70.2 overs)                   157
FoW: 1-0, 2-11, 3-12, 4-39, 5-46,
     6-46, 7-67, 8-157, 9-157, 10-157.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spanswick                   17      5     40      3
Shirreff                    24.2    6     53      3
Wright                      17      7     33      4
Allan                       10      3     14      0
Pettiford                    2      0     13      0
Kent 1st innings
AE Fagg               lbw                b Moss                 0
AH Phebey                            c & b Compton             39
RC Wilson                                b Titmus             107
JM Allan              run out                                  67
MC Cowdrey            not out                                  34
J Pettiford           c Bennett          b Warr                 8
Extras                (b 3, lb 5, nb 3)                        11
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 87.5 overs)        266
DNB: P Hearn, AC Shirreff, +AW Catt, JG Spanswick, *DVP Wright.
FoW: 1-0, 2-83, 3-197, 4-243, 5-266.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                        15      2     41      1
Warr                        15.5    5     41      1
Titmus                      21      5     54      1
Young                       15      3     49      0
Compton                     12      3     36      1
Bennett                      9      0     34      0
Middlesex 2nd innings
JDB Robertson         c Pettiford        b Wright              25
SM Brown              c Catt             b Wright              21
*WJ Edrich                               b Shirreff            33
DCS Compton           lbw                b Wright              11
GPS Delisle           c Hearn            b Wright              67
D Bennett             c Fagg             b Wright              24
+JT Murray            lbw                b Wright               0
FJ Titmus             c Fagg             b Allan                8
JJ Warr               c Pettiford        b Allan                0
JA Young                             c & b Allan                1
AE Moss               not out                                   4
Extras                (b 6, lb 9, w 1, nb 1)                   17
Total                 (all out, 57.4 overs)                   211
FoW: 1-51, 2-60, 3-92, 4-102, 5-160,
     6-165, 7-200, 8-200, 9-205, 10-211.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spanswick                    5      0     23      0
Shirreff                    16      3     60      1
Wright                      24      7     75      6
Allan                        7.4    2     20      3
Pettiford                    5      1     16      0
Kent 2nd innings (target: 103 runs)
AE Fagg               run out                                  11
AH Phebey             not out                                  26
RC Wilson             not out                                  63
Extras                (b 3)                                     3
Total                 (1 wicket, 26.1 overs)                  103
DNB: JM Allan, MC Cowdrey, J Pettiford, P Hearn, AC Shirreff,
     +AW Catt, JG Spanswick, *DVP Wright.
FoW: 1-15.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Warr                         9      1     17      0
Titmus                       3      0     14      0
Young                        1      0     13      0
Compton                      4      0     25      0
Bennett                      9      1     30      0
Edrich                       0.1    0      1      0
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