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County Championship, 1955Worcestershire v Essex
 County Ground, New Road, Worcester
 28,30,31 May 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawnPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: P Corrall and DE Davies
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Worcestershire 1st innings
D Kenyon              c Taylor           b Greensmith          20
PE Richardson         lbw                b Greensmith          53
L Outschoorn          c Bailey           b Insole              32
G Dews                c Gibb             b Preston              5
RG Broadbent          c Gibb             b Smith               47
JP Whitehead          c Gibb             b Insole               6
MJ Horton             lbw                b Greensmith           1
+H Yarnold                               b Smith               15
*RTD Perks                               b Smith                2
R Berry               not out                                   8
JA Flavell            c Taylor           b Smith                6
Extras                (b 1, lb 2)                               3
Total                 (all out, 90 overs)                     198
FoW: 1-45, 2-88, 3-99, 4-136, 5-142,
     6-143, 7-179, 8-181, 9-188, 10-198.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      23      9     34      0
Preston                     14      4     30      1
Smith                       10      2     37      4
Greensmith                  32      7     72      3
Insole                      11      5     22      2
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds                                 b Berry               27
PA Gibb               not out                                  72
G Barker              lbw                b Berry                1
R Horsfall                               b Horton              36
*DJ Insole                               b Horton              15
TE Bailey                                b Berry                4
+B Taylor             c Richardson       b Berry                6
BR Knight             c Kenyon           b Berry               22
R Smith               not out                                   4
Extras                (b 2, lb 10)                             12
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 89 overs)          199
DNB: WT Greensmith, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-48, 2-62, 3-124, 4-148, 5-159, 6-165, 7-193.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Perks                       14      4     35      0
Flavell                      8      1     23      0
Horton                      33     10     66      2
Berry                       34     11     63      5
Worcestershire 2nd innings
D Kenyon              not out                                  90
PE Richardson         run out                                  51
MJ Horton             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 1)                               2
Total                 (1 wicket declared, 43 overs)           143
DNB: L Outschoorn, G Dews, RG Broadbent, JP Whitehead,
     +H Yarnold, *RTD Perks, R Berry, JA Flavell.
FoW: 1-142.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      13      2     31      0
Preston                     11      2     25      0
Smith                       10      2     34      0
Greensmith                   5      0     26      0
Insole                       4      0     25      0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 143 runs)
G Barker              not out                                   6
WT Greensmith         not out                                  18
Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
Total                 (0 wickets, 12 overs)                    25
DNB: TC Dodds, PA Gibb, R Horsfall, *DJ Insole, TE Bailey,
     +B Taylor, BR Knight, R Smith, KC Preston.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Perks                        2      1      3      0
Flavell                      3      1      5      0
Horton                       3      1      5      0
Berry                        4      1     11      0
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