f20819 cc10342	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 11th, 12th, 13th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 70 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Essex 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 42/3 (Horsfall 2*, Greensmith 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 8/1 (Gibb 0*, Greensmith 8*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Insole b Cousens	68
SM Brown	c Gibb b JA Bailey	20
*WJ Edrich	c Greensmith b Cousens	48
HPH Sharp	not out	39
D Bennett	c Taylor b Smith	5
DO Baldry	c and b Smith	3
FJ Titmus	c Gibb b Smith	9
JJ Warr	c sub b TE Bailey	12
+LH Compton	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 80.1 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-139, 3-139, 4-154, 5-162, 6-190, 7-209 (80.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	20.1	4	52	1	-	-
Smith	20	4	53	3	-	-
JA Bailey	13	3	43	1	-	-
Cousens	22	8	38	2	-	-
Greensmith	5	0	18	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Edrich b Titmus	14
PA Gibb	c Bennett b Young	24
G Barker	b Titmus	0
R Horsfall	c Moss b Young	16
WT Greensmith	b Titmus	1
*DJ Insole	c Moss b Titmus	25
TE Bailey	b Titmus	8
+B Taylor	c Warr b Titmus	10
R Smith	b Titmus	22
JA Bailey	c Edrich b Moss	0
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-40, 3-40, 4-48, 5-66, 6-80, 7-104, 8-126, 9-129, 10-129 (55.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	7.4	1	21	1	-	-
Warr	6	0	12	0	-	-
Titmus	22	10	52	7	-	-
Young	20	9	35	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	st +Gibb b Cousens	65
SM Brown	st +Gibb b Greensmith	25
*WJ Edrich	c Insole b Greensmith	0
HPH Sharp	b TE Bailey	10
D Bennett	c Gibb b TE Bailey	6
DO Baldry	b TE Bailey	0
FJ Titmus	c Greensmith b Smith	36
JJ Warr	b Cousens	1
+LH Compton	c Horsfall b Greensmith	35
JA Young	not out	0
AE Moss	b Smith	1
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-79, 3-103, 4-107, 5-107, 6-122, 7-123, 8-184, 9-186, 10-187 (80 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	19	3	43	3	-	-
Smith	11	5	18	2	-	-
Cousens	29	8	69	2	-	-
Greensmith	21	8	49	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Moss	0
PA Gibb	c Baldry b Titmus	43
WT Greensmith	c Brown b Titmus	22
G Barker	c Moss b Titmus	0
R Horsfall	c Robertson b Young	10
*DJ Insole	c Moss b Warr	19
R Smith	c Young b Titmus	20
TE Bailey	c Robertson b Young	28
+B Taylor	b Young	28
JA Bailey	not out	14
P Cousens	c Edrich b Young	9
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-50, 3-51, 4-70, 5-93, 6-115, 7-115, 8-171, 9-174, 10-197 (67.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	5	2	10	1	-	-
Warr	19	8	35	1	-	-
Titmus	24	3	105	4	-	-
Young	19.4	7	43	4	-	-

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Notes
--> G Barker made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FJ Titmus reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Essex first innings

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