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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