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England Domestic Season, 1955Gentlemen v Players
 Lord's, London
 13,14,15 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Players won by 20 runs 
Toss:Umpires: JS Buller and K McCanlis
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Players 1st innings
D Kenyon              c Barnett          b Palmer              32
W Watson              lbw                b Fellows-Smith        2
M Tompkin             c Goonesena        b Warr               115
JM Parks              c Smith            b Marlar              35
KF Barrington         c Fellows-Smith    b Warr                 3
HE Dollery            c Pretlove         b Warr                14
FJ Titmus             c Insole           b Marlar              40
L Harrison            c Fellows-Smith    b Warr                13
GAR Lock                                 b Goonesena           28
FH Tyson              not out                                  15
AV Bedser             c Smith            b Marlar               2
Extras                (b 6, lb 10, w 1)                        17
Total                 (all out, 99.5 overs)                   316
FoW: 1-4, 2-52, 3-175, 4-178, 5-216,
     6-216, 7-270, 8-283, 9-308, 10-316.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Warr                        22      5     54      4
Fellows-Smith               24      6     62      1
Palmer                      13      2     41      1
Insole                       4      0      9      0
Marlar                      21.5    5     61      3
Goonesena                   10      0     58      1
Pretlove                     5      1     14      0
Gentlemen 1st innings
MJK Smith             lbw                b Titmus              17
GG Tordoff                               b Lock                20
MC Cowdrey            retired hurt                              0
CH Palmer             c Dollery          b Bedser             154
DJ Insole             c Tompkin          b Titmus              72
JP Fellows-Smith      run out                                   9
JF Pretlove           c Barrington       b Bedser               0
G Goonesena           c Barrington       b Titmus              13
BA Barnett            not out                                  22
JJ Warr               c sub              b Bedser              11
Extras                (b 15, lb 3)                             18
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 115.4 overs)       336
DNB: RG Marlar.
FoW: 1-51, 2-51, 3-252, 4-290, 5-290, 6-291, 7-313, 8-336.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tyson                        3      0      7      0
Bedser                      30.4    3     86      3
Lock                        32     10     63      1
Titmus                      40     13    139      3
Parks                       10      0     23      0
Players 2nd innings
D Kenyon              c Fellows-Smith    b Goonesena           39
W Watson              c Tordoff          b Marlar              29
M Tompkin             c Barnett          b Goonesena           11
JM Parks                             c & b Goonesena            8
KF Barrington         st Barnett         b Goonesena            0
HE Dollery            c Goonesena        b Marlar              82
FJ Titmus             lbw                b Goonesena           14
L Harrison                               b Goonesena           20
GAR Lock              not out                                   9
AV Bedser             lbw                b Marlar               0
FH Tyson              absent hurt                               -
Extras                (b 3, lb 2, w 2, nb 1)                    8
Total                 (all out, 71.5 overs)                   220
FoW: 1-70, 2-72, 3-82, 4-82, 5-103, 6-138, 7-202, 8-220, 9-220.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Warr                        13      3     38      0
Fellows-Smith                3      1     11      0
Palmer                       5      1      4      0
Marlar                      24.5    3     76      3
Goonesena                   26      2     83      6
Gentlemen 2nd innings (target: 201 runs)
MJK Smith             c Harrison         b Titmus              28
GG Tordoff            c Barrington       b Bedser              44
MC Cowdrey            c Bedser           b Titmus               0
CH Palmer             run out                                   5
DJ Insole             c Titmus           b Lock                 1
JP Fellows-Smith      lbw                b Lock                51
JF Pretlove           not out                                   3
G Goonesena           c Lock             b Titmus               1
BA Barnett                               b Bedser               2
JJ Warr               run out                                  21
RG Marlar             c Titmus           b Bedser               5
Extras                (b 13, lb 6)                             19
Total                 (all out, 44.4 overs)                   180
FoW: 1-63, 2-65, 3-71, 4-76, 5-112,
     6-164, 7-172, 8-172, 9-179, 10-180.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bedser                      16      4     44      3
Lock                        18      2     77      2
Titmus                      10.4    1     40      3
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