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County Championship, 1955Surrey v Essex
 Kennington Oval, London
 11,13,14 June 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Surrey won by 62 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: HG Baldwin and GS Mobey
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Surrey 1st innings
DGW Fletcher                             b Bailey              55
TH Clark                             c & b Smith               35
MJ Stewart            c Gibb             b Preston             15
B Constable           c Taylor           b Preston             56
RCE Pratt             lbw                b Insole               8
+AJW McIntyre         run out                                   3
JC Laker                             c & b Insole              21
GAR Lock                                 b Bailey              34
PJ Loader                                b Preston              1
AV Bedser                                b Preston              1
*WS Surridge          not out                                   6
Extras                (b 3, lb 5)                               8
Total                 (all out, 90.1 overs)                   243
FoW: 1-55, 2-104, 3-106, 4-127, 5-130,
     6-160, 7-219, 8-224, 9-226, 10-243.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     24.1    5     68      4
Bailey                      24      6     48      2
Smith                       21      2     44      1
Insole                      12      1     50      2
Greensmith                   9      1     25      0
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Fletcher         b Bedser              20
PA Gibb                                  b Loader               1
G Barker                                 b Bedser              23
R Horsfall            c McIntyre         b Bedser              13
*DJ Insole            c Stewart          b Clark               34
+B Taylor             c McIntyre         b Bedser              16
MJ Bear               c Fletcher         b Clark                6
R Smith               c Pratt            b Clark               19
WT Greensmith         c Surridge         b Laker                0
KC Preston            not out                                   3
JA Bailey                                b Laker                0
Extras                (b 6, lb 2)                               8
Total                 (all out, 62.4 overs)                   143
FoW: 1-12, 2-52, 3-52, 4-75, 5-101,
     6-118, 7-125, 8-140, 9-143, 10-143.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bedser                      23      8     36      4
Loader                       6      2      9      1
Laker                       18.4    2     51      2
Lock                         8      0     28      0
Clark                        7      1     11      3
Surrey 2nd innings
DGW Fletcher          c Gibb             b Smith                1
TH Clark              c Dodds            b Preston             38
MJ Stewart            run out                                   4
B Constable           c Gibb             b Preston             28
RCE Pratt             lbw                b Preston              7
+AJW McIntyre         c Greensmith       b Preston             12
JC Laker                                 b Preston              1
GAR Lock              c Horsfall         b Greensmith           0
PJ Loader             not out                                   9
AV Bedser             c Barker           b Greensmith           2
*WS Surridge          c Bear             b Greensmith           6
Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
Total                 (all out, 42.4 overs)                   109
FoW: 1-2, 2-13, 3-61, 4-78, 5-83,
     6-92, 7-92, 8-96, 9-103, 10-109.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     16      5     37      5
Bailey                       6      0     13      0
Smith                        6      1     21      1
Insole                       3      0      5      0
Greensmith                  11.4    2     32      3
Essex 2nd innings (target: 210 runs)
TC Dodds              c Clark            b Loader               3
PA Gibb               c Constable        b Bedser               0
G Barker              lbw                b Bedser              31
R Horsfall            c Stewart          b Laker                4
*DJ Insole            lbw                b Laker               41
+B Taylor                                b Clark               27
MJ Bear               c Lock             b Laker                0
R Smith               c Loader           b Clark               27
WT Greensmith         not out                                   1
KC Preston            lbw                b Laker                0
JA Bailey             run out                                   1
Extras                (b 8, lb 3, nb 1)                        12
Total                 (all out, 61 overs)                     147
FoW: 1-3, 2-3, 3-30, 4-55, 5-112,
     6-118, 7-121, 8-145, 9-146, 10-147.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bedser                      12      4     25      2
Loader                       7      1     20      1
Laker                       19      2     46      4
Lock                        11      6     23      0
Clark                       12      5     21      2
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