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County Championship, 1955Middlesex v Hampshire
 Lord's, London
 14,16 May 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Middlesex won by 55 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: WT Jones and N Oldfield
 
Close of play:
Day 1: 
Middlesex 1st innings
JDB Robertson         c Cannings         b Shackleton           7
HPH Sharp             c Sainsbury        b Cannings             0
*WJ Edrich                               b Cannings             1
DCS Compton           c Marshall         b Cannings             3
D Bennett                                b Shackleton           0
DO Baldry             c Harrison         b Shackleton          14
FJ Titmus             c Cannings         b Shackleton          61
+LH Compton                              b Shackleton          14
JJ Warr               c Eagar            b Shackleton           0
JA Young              c Rogers           b Sainsbury            0
AE Moss               not out                                   0
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (all out, 58.1 overs)                   100
FoW: 1-0, 2-8, 3-8, 4-11, 5-11, 6-73, 7-91, 8-99, 9-100, 10-100.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shackleton                  27.1   11     40      6
Cannings                    25     13     48      3
Sainsbury                    4      1      4      1
Gray                         1      0      2      0
Burden                       1      0      6      0
Hampshire 1st innings
JR Gray                                  b Moss                 0
RE Marshall           c Baldry           b Moss                26
H Horton              c LH Compton       b Warr                 5
*EDR Eagar                               b Moss                 5
NH Rogers             c LH Compton       b Moss                 8
AWH Rayment                          c & b Warr                 0
+L Harrison                              b Moss                 0
PJ Sainsbury          c Bennett          b Moss                 5
D Shackleton                             b Moss                11
VHD Cannings          c LH Compton       b Warr                 0
MD Burden             not out                                   1
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (all out, 27 overs)                      61
FoW: 1-0, 2-29, 3-31, 4-42, 5-43, 6-44, 7-47, 8-54, 9-57, 10-61.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                        14      4     34      7
Warr                        11      5     18      3
Young                        2      0      9      0
Middlesex 2nd innings
JDB Robertson         lbw                b Cannings            17
HPH Sharp                                b Shackleton           9
*WJ Edrich            c Eagar            b Shackleton           6
DCS Compton           c Eagar            b Shackleton          32
D Bennett             c Eagar            b Cannings             6
DO Baldry             c Sainsbury        b Cannings             1
FJ Titmus             lbw                b Cannings             6
+LH Compton           run out                                   4
JJ Warr                                  b Shackleton          12
JA Young              c Gray             b Cannings             0
AE Moss               not out                                   0
Extras                (b 7, lb 1, w 1)                          9
Total                 (all out, 48.1 overs)                   102
FoW: 1-19, 2-29, 3-37, 4-47, 5-53,
     6-63, 7-73, 8-101, 9-102, 10-102.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shackleton                  23.1   12     35      4
Cannings                    17      3     44      5
Sainsbury                    7      3     10      0
Burden                       1      0      4      0
Hampshire 2nd innings (target: 142 runs)
JR Gray               c Young            b Titmus              37
RE Marshall                          c & b Moss                 0
H Horton                                 b Moss                 0
*EDR Eagar            c Titmus           b Warr                 1
NH Rogers                                b Moss                12
AWH Rayment                              b Young               17
+L Harrison                              b Titmus               0
PJ Sainsbury          lbw                b Titmus               0
D Shackleton                             b Moss                14
VHD Cannings                             b Moss                 4
MD Burden             not out                                   0
Extras                (nb 1)                                    1
Total                 (all out, 41.3 overs)                    86
FoW: 1-0, 2-2, 3-3, 4-23, 5-48, 6-49, 7-59, 8-82, 9-86, 10-86.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moss                        11.3    3     27      5
Warr                         5      3      3      1
Young                       14      2     45      1
Titmus                      11      4     10      3
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