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County Championship, 1955
Leicestershire v Essex
Grace Road, Leicester
17,18,19 August 1955 (3-day match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 59 runs
Points:

Toss:
Umpires: N Oldfield and TW Spencer

Close of play:

  • Day 1:
  • Day 2:
    Leicestershire 1st innings
    G Lester                             c & b Preston             16
    MJK Smith             lbw                b Preston             19
    M Tompkin             run out                                  50
    *CH Palmer            c Preston          b Ralph                3
    VE Jackson            c Insole           b Preston            121
    RA Diment             lbw                b Ralph               31
    GA Smithson           c Preston          b Ralph                4
    VS Munden                                b Preston             12
    JE Walsh                                 b Preston              7
    +J Firth                                 b Ralph                8
    CT Spencer            not out                                   2
    Extras                (b 4, lb 5)                               9
    Total                 (all out, 83.5 overs)                   282
    
    FoW: 1-35, 2-44, 3-51, 4-154, 5-242,
         6-252, 7-252, 8-263, 9-278, 10-282.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Preston                     25      5     79      5
    Bailey                      12      3     31      0
    Ralph                       22.5    5     58      4
    Greensmith                  12      2     58      0
    Smith                       10      1     34      0
    Insole                       2      0     13      0
    
    Essex 1st innings
    TC Dodds                                 b Spencer              7
    G Barker              c Firth            b Spencer             40
    +PA Gibb                                 b Spencer             18
    CCP Williams          c Spencer          b Munden             119
    *DJ Insole            c Firth            b Spencer            109
    R Horsfall            not out                                  21
    WT Greensmith         not out                                  14
    Extras                (b 9, lb 4, nb 2)                        15
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 120 overs)         343
    
    DNB: R Smith, LHR Ralph, KC Preston, JA Bailey.
    
    FoW: 1-16, 2-73, 3-82, 4-282, 5-315.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Spencer                     33      5    119      4
    Palmer                      24      9     43      0
    Munden                      23      7     51      1
    Walsh                       13      4     38      0
    Jackson                     25      6     68      0
    Lester                       2      0      9      0
    
    Leicestershire 2nd innings
    G Lester              c Insole           b Ralph               32
    MJK Smith             c Greensmith       b Smith               58
    M Tompkin             run out                                  32
    *CH Palmer            lbw                b Ralph               26
    VE Jackson                               b Greensmith          30
    RA Diment             c Gibb             b Preston             12
    GA Smithson           c Gibb             b Greensmith          10
    VS Munden             c Gibb             b Greensmith           0
    JE Walsh                                 b Greensmith           6
    +J Firth              not out                                  19
    CT Spencer            not out                                  26
    Extras                (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 1)                   10
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 70 overs)          261
    
    FoW: 1-87, 2-90, 3-130, 4-153, 5-189, 6-200, 7-200, 8-207, 9-216.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Preston                     21      1     65      1
    Bailey                       9      0     29      0
    Ralph                       14      2     69      2
    Greensmith                  12      3     42      4
    Smith                       14      3     46      1
    
    Essex 2nd innings (target: 201 runs)
    TC Dodds              c Palmer           b Spencer             15
    G Barker              run out                                  13
    +PA Gibb              lbw                b Walsh                0
    CCP Williams                             b Palmer               3
    *DJ Insole                           c & b Walsh               40
    R Horsfall            lbw                b Palmer               3
    WT Greensmith         lbw                b Walsh               12
    R Smith                                  b Palmer              24
    LHR Ralph                                b Lester              14
    KC Preston            not out                                  15
    JA Bailey             c Smith            b Lester               0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 1)                               2
    Total                 (all out, 33.3 overs)                   141
    
    FoW: 1-20, 2-34, 3-39, 4-49, 5-97,
         6-109, 7-113, 8-115, 9-136, 10-141.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Spencer                     10      0     54      1
    Palmer                      10      0     54      3
    Walsh                        7      4      9      3
    Lester                       6.3    2     22      2
    


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