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County Championship, 1955Leicestershire v Essex
 Grace Road, Leicester
 17,18,19 August 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Leicestershire won by 59 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: N Oldfield and TW Spencer
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester                             c & b Preston             16
MJK Smith             lbw                b Preston             19
M Tompkin             run out                                  50
*CH Palmer            c Preston          b Ralph                3
VE Jackson            c Insole           b Preston            121
RA Diment             lbw                b Ralph               31
GA Smithson           c Preston          b Ralph                4
VS Munden                                b Preston             12
JE Walsh                                 b Preston              7
+J Firth                                 b Ralph                8
CT Spencer            not out                                   2
Extras                (b 4, lb 5)                               9
Total                 (all out, 83.5 overs)                   282
FoW: 1-35, 2-44, 3-51, 4-154, 5-242,
     6-252, 7-252, 8-263, 9-278, 10-282.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     25      5     79      5
Bailey                      12      3     31      0
Ralph                       22.5    5     58      4
Greensmith                  12      2     58      0
Smith                       10      1     34      0
Insole                       2      0     13      0
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds                                 b Spencer              7
G Barker              c Firth            b Spencer             40
+PA Gibb                                 b Spencer             18
CCP Williams          c Spencer          b Munden             119
*DJ Insole            c Firth            b Spencer            109
R Horsfall            not out                                  21
WT Greensmith         not out                                  14
Extras                (b 9, lb 4, nb 2)                        15
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 120 overs)         343
DNB: R Smith, LHR Ralph, KC Preston, JA Bailey.
FoW: 1-16, 2-73, 3-82, 4-282, 5-315.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     33      5    119      4
Palmer                      24      9     43      0
Munden                      23      7     51      1
Walsh                       13      4     38      0
Jackson                     25      6     68      0
Lester                       2      0      9      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
G Lester              c Insole           b Ralph               32
MJK Smith             c Greensmith       b Smith               58
M Tompkin             run out                                  32
*CH Palmer            lbw                b Ralph               26
VE Jackson                               b Greensmith          30
RA Diment             c Gibb             b Preston             12
GA Smithson           c Gibb             b Greensmith          10
VS Munden             c Gibb             b Greensmith           0
JE Walsh                                 b Greensmith           6
+J Firth              not out                                  19
CT Spencer            not out                                  26
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 1)                   10
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 70 overs)          261
FoW: 1-87, 2-90, 3-130, 4-153, 5-189, 6-200, 7-200, 8-207, 9-216.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     21      1     65      1
Bailey                       9      0     29      0
Ralph                       14      2     69      2
Greensmith                  12      3     42      4
Smith                       14      3     46      1
Essex 2nd innings (target: 201 runs)
TC Dodds              c Palmer           b Spencer             15
G Barker              run out                                  13
+PA Gibb              lbw                b Walsh                0
CCP Williams                             b Palmer               3
*DJ Insole                           c & b Walsh               40
R Horsfall            lbw                b Palmer               3
WT Greensmith         lbw                b Walsh               12
R Smith                                  b Palmer              24
LHR Ralph                                b Lester              14
KC Preston            not out                                  15
JA Bailey             c Smith            b Lester               0
Extras                (b 1, lb 1)                               2
Total                 (all out, 33.3 overs)                   141
FoW: 1-20, 2-34, 3-39, 4-49, 5-97,
     6-109, 7-113, 8-115, 9-136, 10-141.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     10      0     54      1
Palmer                      10      0     54      3
Walsh                        7      4      9      3
Lester                       6.3    2     22      2
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