f21081 cc10553	Warwickshire v Essex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 20th, 22nd, 23rd August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 36 runs
Points	Warwickshire 4; Essex 12
Umpires	DE Davies, AJB Fowler
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), G Dunkley (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 314/9 (Smith 69*, Preston 13*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 87/0 (Dodds 36*, Barker 51*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Townsend b Bannister	17
G Barker	b Bannister	5
+PA Gibb	b Bannister	32
*DJ Insole	lbw b Hitchcock	29
R Horsfall	c Townsend b Bannister	7
TE Bailey	c Townsend b King	32
MJ Bear	b Bannister	53
WT Greensmith	c Bannister b KR Dollery	40
R Smith	not out	69
LHR Ralph	c Leach b KR Dollery	2
KC Preston	not out	13
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 130 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-36, 3-83, 4-83, 5-104, 6-160, 7-219, 8-243, 9-284

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	34	5	114	5	-	-
Pritchard	23	4	48	0	-	-
KR Dollery	20	5	59	2	-	-
King	29	13	40	1	-	-
Hitchcock	21	7	34	1	-	-
Townsend	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Preston b Greensmith	24
CW Leach	lbw b Bailey	0
AVG Wolton	c Gibb b Bailey	58
+RT Spooner	c Preston b Greensmith	17
*HE Dollery	c Ralph b Bailey	1
RE Hitchcock	c Ralph b Greensmith	128
A Townsend	c Gibb b Bailey	58
KR Dollery	not out	9
TL Pritchard	c Bear b Greensmith	23
JD Bannister	b Bailey	0
IM King	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 90.1 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-75, 3-103, 4-106, 5-110, 6-301, 7-303, 8-332, 9-336 (90.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24.1	1	74	5	-	-
Preston	18	0	51	0	-	-
Smith	9	0	35	0	-	-
Ralph	14	2	62	0	-	-
Greensmith	24	7	93	4	-	-
Insole	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Spooner b King	57
G Barker	c Townsend b Pritchard	106
R Horsfall	c Spooner b Bannister	1
*DJ Insole	run out	13
R Smith	c sub b Pritchard	3
LHR Ralph	lbw b King	0
+PA Gibb	not out	22
TE Bailey	run out	1
WT Greensmith	lbw b Pritchard	2
MJ Bear	not out	13
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-132, 2-135, 3-162, 4-171, 5-176, 6-191, 7-192, 8-198

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	19	5	43	1	-	-
Pritchard	21	1	53	3	-	-
KR Dollery	11	0	44	0	-	-
King	20	6	40	2	-	-
Hitchcock	10	2	38	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RT Spooner	c Gibb b Bailey	0
A Townsend	lbw b Preston	5
AVG Wolton	b Greensmith	59
RE Hitchcock	b Preston	22
*HE Dollery	lbw b Preston	2
TL Pritchard	run out	4
FC Gardner	lbw b Insole	31
CW Leach	run out	0
KR Dollery	lbw b Dodds	18
JD Bannister	not out	8
IM King	c Preston b Dodds	7
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 3 w)	9
Total	(all out, 32.5 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-5, 3-45, 4-53, 5-61, 6-124, 7-124, 8-127, 9-151, 10-165 (32.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	9	0	40	1	-	-
Preston	7	0	46	3	-	-
Greensmith	9	0	49	1	-	-
Insole	4	0	9	1	-	-
Dodds	3.5	1	12	2	-	-

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Notes
--> CW Leach made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MJ Bear (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Bear (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in First-Class matches
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (2) passed his previous highest score of 104 in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> AVG Wolton (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> KR Dollery reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JD Bannister reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> JD Bannister reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> DJ Insole reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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