f21020 cc10499	Yorkshire v Essex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Yorkshire 12; Essex 0
Umpires	F Chester, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 5/0 (Lowson 1*, Close 4*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 17/0 (Dodds 8*, Barker 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 114.3 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-33, 3-56, 4-219, 5-286, 6-286, 7-297, 8-297, 9-297, 10-302 (114.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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
+JG Binks	did not bat
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 6 nb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	446
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-95, 3-138, 4-330, 5-393, 6-393, 7-413

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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	c Wilson 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	(4 b, 9 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-44, 3-53, 4-89, 5-90, 6-98, 7-117, 8-169, 9-174, 10-174 (69.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Close	not out	25
W Watson	not out	9
FA Lowson	did not bat
JV Wilson	did not bat
EI Lester	did not bat
*NWD Yardley	did not bat
R Illingworth	did not bat
JH Wardle	did not bat
FS Trueman	did not bat
+JG Binks	did not bat
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 5.5 overs)	34

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	3	0	16	0	-	-
Ralph	2	0	5	0	-	-
Dodds	0.5	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JV Wilson (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 44
--> JH Wardle (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 15000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> TE Bailey (2) passed 12000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> DB Close achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 6-38)
--> DB Close reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> DB Close reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> DB Close achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 6-38)

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