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County Championship, 1955Yorkshire v Essex
 Horton Park Avenue, Bradford
 27,28,29 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Yorkshire won by 10 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: F Chester and FS Lee
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              lbw                b Platt               21
G Barker              lbw                b Yardley             10
PA Gibb               c Wardle           b Trueman             19
*DJ Insole            c Watson           b Wardle             142
TE Bailey                                b Trueman             65
WT Greensmith         c Close            b Wardle              28
+B Taylor             st Binks           b Wardle               0
R Smith               c Binks            b Wardle               1
LHR Ralph             c Illingworth      b Close                0
KC Preston            c Close            b Wardle               5
JA Bailey             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 6, nb 1)                        11
Total                 (all out, 114.3 overs)                  302
FoW: 1-29, 2-33, 3-56, 4-219, 5-286,
     6-286, 7-297, 8-297, 9-297, 10-302.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Trueman                     18      2     59      2
Platt                       20      4     64      1
Yardley                      6      2     12      1
Wardle                      34.3   12     74      5
Illingworth                 12      5     25      0
Close                       24      8     57      1
Yorkshire 1st innings
FA Lowson             c JA Bailey        b Greensmith          25
DB Close              c Dodds            b Ralph               60
JV Wilson                                b Insole             132
EI Lester             c Barker           b Greensmith          29
W Watson              st Taylor          b Greensmith         105
*NWD Yardley          c Taylor           b JA Bailey           17
R Illingworth         not out                                  16
JH Wardle                                b Insole              17
FS Trueman            not out                                  20
Extras                (b 11, lb 8, nb 6)                       25
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 110 overs)         446
DNB: +JG Binks, RK Platt.
FoW: 1-87, 2-95, 3-138, 4-330, 5-393, 6-393, 7-413.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     19      4     73      0
Smith                        9      3     37      0
JA Bailey                   23      3     80      1
Ralph                       13      2     39      1
Greensmith                  29      7    118      3
Insole                      10      0     48      2
Dodds                        7      1     26      0
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds              c Trueman          b Close               23
G Barker              c Binks            b Close               12
PA Gibb               c sub              b Close               20
*DJ Insole            st Binks           b Wardle               5
TE Bailey             not out                                  38
WT Greensmith                            b Close                0
+B Taylor             c Yardley          b Close                8
R Smith               c Lester           b Wardle              14
LHR Ralph             run out                                  37
KC Preston                               b Close                4
JA Bailey                                b Close                0
Extras                (b 4, lb 9)                              13
Total                 (all out, 69.4 overs)                   174
FoW: 1-43, 2-44, 3-53, 4-89, 5-90,
     6-98, 7-117, 8-169, 9-174, 10-174.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Trueman                      8      2     19      0
Platt                        3      1      6      0
Wardle                      31     15     59      2
Illingworth                  3      0     15      0
Close                       24.4    9     62      7
Yorkshire 2nd innings (target: 31 runs)
W Watson              not out                                   9
DB Close              not out                                  25
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (0 wickets, 10 overs)                    34
DNB: FA Lowson, JV Wilson, EI Lester, *NWD Yardley,
     R Illingworth, JH Wardle, FS Trueman, +JG Binks, RK Platt.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                      3      2     16      0
Ralph                        2      0      5      0
Dodds                        5      0     13      0
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