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County Championship, 1955Warwickshire v Essex
 Edgbaston, Birmingham
 20,22,23 August 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Essex won by 36 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: DE Davies and AJB Fowler
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              c Townsend         b Bannister           17
G Barker                                 b Bannister            5
+PA Gibb                                 b Bannister           32
*DJ Insole            lbw                b Hitchcock           29
TE Bailey             c Townsend         b King                32
R Horsfall            c Townsend         b Bannister            7
MJ Bear                                  b Bannister           53
WT Greensmith         c Bannister        b KR Dollery          40
R Smith               not out                                  69
LHR Ralph             c Leach            b KR Dollery           2
KC Preston            not out                                  13
Extras                (b 7, lb 6, nb 2)                        15
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 130 overs)         314
FoW: 1-5, 2-36, 3-83, 4-83, 5-104, 6-160, 7-219, 8-243, 9-284.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bannister                   34      5    114      5
Pritchard                   23      4     48      0
KR Dollery                  20      5     59      2
King                        29     13     40      1
Hitchcock                   21      7     34      1
Townsend                     3      1      4      0
Warwickshire 1st innings
FC Gardner            c Preston          b Greensmith          24
CW Leach              lbw                b Bailey               0
AVG Wolton            c Gibb             b Bailey              58
+RT Spooner           c Preston          b Greensmith          17
*HE Dollery           c Ralph            b Bailey               1
RE Hitchcock          c Ralph            b Greensmith         128
A Townsend            c Gibb             b Bailey              58
KR Dollery            not out                                   9
TL Pritchard          c Bear             b Greensmith          23
JD Bannister                             b Bailey               0
Extras                (b 14, lb 1, w 2, nb 1)                  18
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 90.1 overs)        336
DNB: IM King.
FoW: 1-9, 2-75, 3-103, 4-106, 5-110, 6-301, 7-303, 8-332, 9-336.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      24.1    1     74      5
Preston                     18      0     51      0
Smith                        9      0     35      0
Ralph                       14      2     62      0
Greensmith                  24      7     93      4
Insole                       1      0      3      0
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds              c Spooner          b King                57
G Barker              c Townsend         b Pritchard          106
+PA Gibb              not out                                  22
*DJ Insole            run out                                  13
TE Bailey             run out                                   1
R Horsfall            c Spooner          b Bannister            1
MJ Bear               not out                                  13
WT Greensmith         lbw                b Pritchard            2
R Smith               c sub              b Pritchard            3
LHR Ralph             lbw                b King                 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, nb 1)                         5
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 81 overs)          223
DNB: KC Preston.
FoW: 1-132, 2-135, 3-162, 4-171, 5-176, 6-191, 7-192, 8-198.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bannister                   19      5     43      1
Pritchard                   21      1     53      3
KR Dollery                  11      0     44      0
King                        20      6     40      2
Hitchcock                   10      2     38      0
Warwickshire 2nd innings (target: 202 runs)
FC Gardner            lbw                b Insole              31
CW Leach              run out                                   0
AVG Wolton                               b Greensmith          59
+RT Spooner           c Gibb             b Bailey               0
*HE Dollery           lbw                b Preston              2
RE Hitchcock                             b Preston             22
A Townsend            lbw                b Preston              5
KR Dollery            lbw                b Dodds               18
TL Pritchard          run out                                   4
JD Bannister          not out                                   8
IM King               c Preston          b Dodds                7
Extras                (b 3, lb 3, w 3)                          9
Total                 (all out, 32.5 overs)                   165
FoW: 1-1, 2-5, 3-45, 4-53, 5-61,
     6-124, 7-124, 8-127, 9-151, 10-165.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                       9      0     40      1
Preston                      7      0     46      3
Greensmith                   9      0     49      1
Insole                       4      0      9      1
Dodds                        3.5    1     12      2
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