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County Championship, 1955Middlesex v Essex
 Lord's, London
 11,12,13 May 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Middlesex won by 70 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: JJ Hills and FS Lee
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Middlesex 1st innings
JDB Robertson         c Insole           b Cousens             68
SM Brown              c Gibb             b JA Bailey           20
*WJ Edrich            c Greensmith       b Cousens             48
HPH Sharp             not out                                  39
D Bennett             c Taylor           b Smith                5
DO Baldry                            c & b Smith                3
FJ Titmus             c Gibb             b Smith                9
JJ Warr               c sub              b TE Bailey           12
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, nb 2)                         5
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 80.1 overs)        209
DNB: +LH Compton, JA Young, AE Moss.
FoW: 1-35, 2-139, 3-139, 4-154, 5-162, 6-190, 7-209.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
TE Bailey                   20.1    4     52      1
Smith                       20      4     53      3
JA Bailey                   13      3     43      1
Cousens                     22      8     38      2
Greensmith                   5      0     18      0
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Edrich           b Titmus              14
PA Gibb               c Bennett          b Young               24
G Barker                                 b Titmus               0
R Horsfall            c Moss             b Young               16
WT Greensmith                            b Titmus               1
*DJ Insole            c Moss             b Titmus              25
TE Bailey                                b Titmus               8
+B Taylor             c Warr             b Titmus              10
R Smith                                  b Titmus              22
JA Bailey             c Edrich           b Moss                 0
P Cousens             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 6, lb 3)                               9
Total                 (all out, 55.4 overs)                   129
FoW: 1-40, 2-40, 3-40, 4-48, 5-66,
     6-80, 7-104, 8-126, 9-129, 10-129.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                         7.4    1     21      1
Warr                         6      0     12      0
Titmus                      22     10     52      7
Young                       20      9     35      2
Middlesex 2nd innings
JDB Robertson         st Gibb            b Cousens             65
SM Brown              st Gibb            b Greensmith          25
*WJ Edrich            c Insole           b Greensmith           0
HPH Sharp                                b TE Bailey           10
D Bennett             c Gibb             b TE Bailey            6
DO Baldry                                b TE Bailey            0
FJ Titmus             c Greensmith       b Smith               36
JJ Warr                                  b Cousens              1
+LH Compton           c Horsfall         b Greensmith          35
JA Young              not out                                   0
AE Moss                                  b Smith                1
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (all out, 80 overs)                     187
FoW: 1-79, 2-79, 3-103, 4-107, 5-107,
     6-122, 7-123, 8-184, 9-186, 10-187.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
TE Bailey                   19      3     43      3
Smith                       11      5     18      2
Cousens                     29      8     69      2
Greensmith                  21      8     49      3
Essex 2nd innings (target: 268 runs)
TC Dodds              lbw                b Moss                 0
PA Gibb               c Baldry           b Titmus              43
G Barker              c Moss             b Titmus               0
R Horsfall            c Robertson        b Young               10
WT Greensmith         c Brown            b Titmus              22
*DJ Insole            c Moss             b Warr                19
TE Bailey             c Robertson        b Young               28
+B Taylor                                b Young               28
R Smith               c Young            b Titmus              20
JA Bailey             not out                                  14
P Cousens             c Edrich           b Young                9
Extras                (b 3, lb 1)                               4
Total                 (all out, 67.4 overs)                   197
FoW: 1-0, 2-50, 3-51, 4-70, 5-93,
     6-115, 7-115, 8-171, 9-174, 10-197.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                         5      2     10      1
Warr                        19      8     35      1
Titmus                      24      3    105      4
Young                       19.4    7     43      4
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