Lancashire Cricket Club

f21059 cc10532	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 13th, 15th, 16th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Lancashire 0
Umpires	F Chester, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 41/1 (Barker 20, Gibb 9)

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Horsfall b Ralph	80
J Dyson	run out	13
GA Edrich	c Bailey b Ralph	8
*C Washbrook	b Greensmith	20
G Pullar	st Gibb b Greensmith	39
RW Barber	st Gibb b Greensmith	15
R Collins	c Gibb b Greensmith	18
MJ Hilton	c Bailey b Greensmith	3
KB Standring	not out	0
+A Wilson	c Preston b Greensmith	0
R Tattersall	c Greensmith b Smith	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-55, 3-125, 4-125, 5-162, 6-188, 7-200, 8-200, 9-200, 10-201 (82.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	15	4	48	0	-	-
Smith	15.3	3	29	1	-	-
Bailey	15	3	37	0	-	-
Ralph	15	2	25	2	-	-
Insole	6	1	14	0	-	-
Greensmith	16	3	44	6	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Wharton	8
G Barker	lbw b Collins	92
+PA Gibb	c Dyson b Collins	24
CCP Williams	b Barber	27
*DJ Insole	run out	14
R Horsfall	c Wilson b Tattersall	6
WT Greensmith	b Tattersall	0
R Smith	c Wilson b Collins	10
LHR Ralph	run out	10
KC Preston	not out	30
JA Bailey	c Wilson b Collins	9
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-92, 3-135, 4-165, 5-178, 6-180, 7-180, 8-200, 9-200, 10-243 (104 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharton	10	4	17	1	-	-
Standring	4	0	12	0	-	-
Tattersall	39	17	67	2	-	-
Hilton	19	11	33	0	-	-
Collins	22	6	56	4	-	-
Barber	7	1	35	1	-	-
Dyson	3	1	10	0	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Gibb b Greensmith	26
J Dyson	retired ill	20
GA Edrich	not out	41
G Pullar	c Dodds b Greensmith	7
RW Barber	not out	6
*C Washbrook	did not bat
R Collins	did not bat
MJ Hilton	did not bat
KB Standring	did not bat
+A Wilson	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 43 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-75

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	9	2	16	0	-	-
Bailey	10	3	25	0	-	-
Ralph	7	2	20	0	-	-
Greensmith	17	2	39	2	-	-

Notes
--> GA Edrich (2) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> WT Greensmith equalled his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Lancashire first innings
--> WT Greensmith equalled his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings