County Championship, 1955
Essex v Somerset
Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford
6,7,8 July 1955 (3-day match)
Result: Essex won by 5 wickets
Points:
Toss:
Umpires: WT Jones and AE Pothecary
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Somerset 1st innings
*GG Tordoff b R Smith 45
Yawar Saeed c Taylor b R Smith 1
J Lawrence b Greensmith 59
MF Tremlett b R Smith 4
PB Wight b Ralph 47
M Walker lbw b Ralph 1
+HW Stephenson c Ralph b R Smith 53
J Hilton b R Smith 18
KE Palmer b Preston 6
JWJ McMahon not out 1
B Lobb c Preston b R Smith 0
Extras (b 2, lb 7) 9
Total (all out, 87 overs) 244
FoW: 1-4, 2-60, 3-66, 4-154, 5-162,
6-170, 7-229, 8-239, 9-243, 10-244.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 20 4 40 1
R Smith 30 8 76 6
Ralph 17 4 50 2
Insole 6 2 17 0
Greensmith 14 1 52 1
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c Tremlett b Yawar Saeed 24
G Barker c Tremlett b Yawar Saeed 17
PA Gibb b Lobb 77
R Horsfall c Tremlett b Lobb 6
*DJ Insole b Yawar Saeed 94
+B Taylor b McMahon 39
R Smith c McMahon b Yawar Saeed 10
WT Greensmith b Lobb 38
GJ Smith st Stephenson b Lawrence 8
LHR Ralph lbw b Lawrence 0
KC Preston not out 0
Extras (lb 3, nb 1) 4
Total (all out, 100.4 overs) 317
FoW: 1-37, 2-44, 3-55, 4-215, 5-225,
6-242, 7-295, 8-317, 9-317, 10-317.
Bowling O M R W
Lobb 27.4 6 68 3
Yawar Saeed 25 1 101 4
Tordoff 11 5 25 0
Palmer 2 0 7 0
Lawrence 16 3 53 2
McMahon 15 3 40 1
Hilton 4 0 19 0
Somerset 2nd innings
*GG Tordoff c Taylor b Preston 2
Yawar Saeed b Ralph 20
J Lawrence lbw b Ralph 23
MF Tremlett c & b Ralph 8
PB Wight c Horsfall b Preston 78
M Walker b R Smith 100
+HW Stephenson c R Smith b Preston 1
J Hilton c Taylor b Ralph 20
KE Palmer lbw b Insole 2
JWJ McMahon not out 2
B Lobb c Preston b Ralph 2
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 1) 9
Total (all out, 101.3 overs) 267
FoW: 1-2, 2-47, 3-57, 4-209, 5-217,
6-220, 7-252, 8-259, 9-263, 10-267.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 23 6 58 3
R Smith 33 5 85 1
Ralph 19.3 3 64 5
Insole 5 2 3 1
Greensmith 6 1 15 0
Dodds 2 0 19 0
GJ Smith 13 9 14 0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 195 runs)
TC Dodds c sub b Lobb 24
G Barker c Yawar Saeed b Lobb 43
PA Gibb run out 2
R Horsfall st Stephenson b Lawrence 69
*DJ Insole not out 52
+B Taylor b Lawrence 4
R Smith not out 0
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (5 wickets, 41.1 overs) 195
DNB: WT Greensmith, GJ Smith, LHR Ralph, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-32, 2-47, 3-92, 4-185, 5-193.
Bowling O M R W
Lobb 13 1 54 2
Yawar Saeed 11 0 53 0
Tordoff 1.1 0 5 0
Lawrence 6 0 35 2
McMahon 10 0 47 0
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