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| Venue | Royal Engineers Sports Ground, Gillingham on 25th, 27th, 28th June 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Kent won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Kent 12; Essex 0 |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, E Cooke |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 286 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (1) 321/6 (Cowdrey 115*, Ufton 35*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Smith b Spanswick | 21 | |||||
| G Barker | c Ufton b Spanswick | 10 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c Hearn b Page | 38 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c Spanswick b Smith | 1 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | c Spanswick b Page | 111 | |||||
| R Horsfall | b Page | 17 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c Ufton b Page | 0 | |||||
| R Smith | b Smith | 8 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 63 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Cowdrey b Smith | 1 | |||||
| KC Preston | lbw b Page | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 112.2 overs) | 286 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-32, 3-33, 4-81, 5-113, 6-113, 7-126, 8-268, 9-269, 10-286 (112.2 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spanswick | 18 | 4 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 33 | 15 | 75 | 3 | - | - | |
| Page | 41.2 | 11 | 110 | 5 | - | - | |
| Pettiford | 17 | 7 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AE Fagg | c Gibb b Greensmith | 49 | |||||
| AH Phebey | c Insole b R Smith | 0 | |||||
| RC Wilson | b Ralph | 52 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | not out | 115 | |||||
| P Hearn | c Gibb b Ralph | 3 | |||||
| J Pettiford | run out | 30 | |||||
| AL Dixon | b R Smith | 32 | |||||
| +DG Ufton | not out | 35 | |||||
| G Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Spanswick | did not bat | ||||||
| JCT Page | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 124 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-92, 3-110, 4-114, 5-174, 6-270 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 21 | 4 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| R Smith | 22 | 4 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 33 | 7 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Insole | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 27 | 5 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| GJ Smith | 16 | 7 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Smith b Spanswick | 25 | |||||
| G Barker | c Fagg b Spanswick | 8 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | lbw b Smith | 53 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Ufton b Spanswick | 0 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | c Phebey b Smith | 118 | |||||
| R Smith | c Wilson b Page | 12 | |||||
| MJ Bear | not out | 19 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | not out | 2 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 70 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-33, 3-41, 4-158, 5-171, 6-237 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spanswick | 18 | 3 | 75 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 26 | 4 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Page | 21 | 3 | 82 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowdrey | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AE Fagg | lbw b Preston | 15 | |||||
| AH Phebey | b Preston | 6 | |||||
| RC Wilson | c Dodds b R Smith | 7 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | not out | 103 | |||||
| P Hearn | b Preston | 60 | |||||
| AL Dixon | b Ralph | 10 | |||||
| G Smith | not out | 0 | |||||
| J Pettiford | did not bat | ||||||
| +DG Ufton | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Spanswick | did not bat | ||||||
| JCT Page | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 44.1 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-28, 3-28, 4-180, 5-205 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 11.1 | 1 | 57 | 3 | - | - | |
| R Smith | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 8 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 10 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| GJ Smith | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 8 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> J Pettiford (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 99
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings
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