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County Championship, 1955Somerset v Essex
 County Ground, Taunton
 16,18,19 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawnPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: P Corrall and A Skelding
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Somerset 1st innings
*GG Tordoff           c Taylor           b Smith                4
FL Angell             c Taylor           b Ralph               31
J Lawrence            c Taylor           b Insole              77
MF Tremlett           c Preston          b Greensmith           1
PB Wight              c Preston          b Ralph               97
CF Davey              c Williams         b Greensmith          16
+HW Stephenson        c Williams         b Greensmith           5
Yawar Saeed           c Ralph            b Preston             28
KD Biddulph           c Taylor           b Ralph                1
JWJ McMahon           not out                                  10
B Lobb                c Barker           b Preston              1
Extras                (b 15, lb 14)                            29
Total                 (all out, 108.5 overs)                  300
FoW: 1-13, 2-91, 3-96, 4-168, 5-207,
     6-215, 7-267, 8-288, 9-289, 10-300.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     20.5    5     51      2
Smith                       19      2     71      1
Ralph                       23      3     51      3
Insole                      16      5     28      1
Greensmith                  30     10     70      3
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Lawrence         b Yawar Saeed         94
G Barker              lbw                b Lawrence             5
+PA Gibb              c Stephenson       b Lobb                 0
CCP Williams                             b Yawar Saeed         21
*DJ Insole            c Tremlett         b McMahon             29
R Horsfall            c Wight            b Yawar Saeed          0
B Taylor                                 b Yawar Saeed          2
R Smith                                  b Biddulph            50
WT Greensmith         st Stephenson      b Lawrence            52
LHR Ralph             c Angell           b McMahon             22
KC Preston            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 5, lb 11)                             16
Total                 (all out, 102 overs)                    291
FoW: 1-22, 2-29, 3-99, 4-148, 5-154,
     6-156, 7-160, 8-258, 9-291, 10-291.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lobb                        17      0     57      1
Biddulph                    16      2     55      1
Yawar Saeed                 18      4     72      4
Lawrence                    22      4     60      2
McMahon                     28     13     28      2
Tremlett                     1      0      3      0
Somerset 2nd innings
FL Angell             c Taylor           b Preston              3
J Lawrence                               b Preston              4
MF Tremlett                          c & b Insole              22
PB Wight              not out                                  35
CF Davey              not out                                  33
Extras                (b 1, lb 3)                               4
Total                 (3 wickets, 32 overs)                   101
DNB: *GG Tordoff, +HW Stephenson, Yawar Saeed, KD Biddulph,
     JWJ McMahon, B Lobb.
FoW: 1-8, 2-18, 3-51.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                      9      1     21      2
Smith                        7      1     16      0
Insole                       6      1     19      1
Dodds                        7      0     28      0
Barker                       3      0     13      0
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