County Championship, 1955
Middlesex v Essex
Lord's, London
11,12,13 May 1955 (3-day match)
Result: Middlesex won by 70 runs
Points:
Toss:
Umpires: JJ Hills and FS Lee
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Middlesex 1st innings
JDB Robertson c Insole b Cousens 68
SM Brown c Gibb b JA Bailey 20
*WJ Edrich c Greensmith b Cousens 48
HPH Sharp not out 39
D Bennett c Taylor b Smith 5
DO Baldry c & b Smith 3
FJ Titmus c Gibb b Smith 9
JJ Warr c sub b TE Bailey 12
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 2) 5
Total (7 wickets declared, 80.1 overs) 209
DNB: +LH Compton, JA Young, AE Moss.
FoW: 1-35, 2-139, 3-139, 4-154, 5-162, 6-190, 7-209.
Bowling O M R W
TE Bailey 20.1 4 52 1
Smith 20 4 53 3
JA Bailey 13 3 43 1
Cousens 22 8 38 2
Greensmith 5 0 18 0
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c Edrich b Titmus 14
PA Gibb c Bennett b Young 24
G Barker b Titmus 0
R Horsfall c Moss b Young 16
WT Greensmith b Titmus 1
*DJ Insole c Moss b Titmus 25
TE Bailey b Titmus 8
+B Taylor c Warr b Titmus 10
R Smith b Titmus 22
JA Bailey c Edrich b Moss 0
P Cousens not out 0
Extras (b 6, lb 3) 9
Total (all out, 55.4 overs) 129
FoW: 1-40, 2-40, 3-40, 4-48, 5-66,
6-80, 7-104, 8-126, 9-129, 10-129.
Bowling O M R W
Moss 7.4 1 21 1
Warr 6 0 12 0
Titmus 22 10 52 7
Young 20 9 35 2
Middlesex 2nd innings
JDB Robertson st Gibb b Cousens 65
SM Brown st Gibb b Greensmith 25
*WJ Edrich c Insole b Greensmith 0
HPH Sharp b TE Bailey 10
D Bennett c Gibb b TE Bailey 6
DO Baldry b TE Bailey 0
FJ Titmus c Greensmith b Smith 36
JJ Warr b Cousens 1
+LH Compton c Horsfall b Greensmith 35
JA Young not out 0
AE Moss b Smith 1
Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 1) 8
Total (all out, 80 overs) 187
FoW: 1-79, 2-79, 3-103, 4-107, 5-107,
6-122, 7-123, 8-184, 9-186, 10-187.
Bowling O M R W
TE Bailey 19 3 43 3
Smith 11 5 18 2
Cousens 29 8 69 2
Greensmith 21 8 49 3
Essex 2nd innings (target: 268 runs)
TC Dodds lbw b Moss 0
PA Gibb c Baldry b Titmus 43
G Barker c Moss b Titmus 0
R Horsfall c Robertson b Young 10
WT Greensmith c Brown b Titmus 22
*DJ Insole c Moss b Warr 19
TE Bailey c Robertson b Young 28
+B Taylor b Young 28
R Smith c Young b Titmus 20
JA Bailey not out 14
P Cousens c Edrich b Young 9
Extras (b 3, lb 1) 4
Total (all out, 67.4 overs) 197
FoW: 1-0, 2-50, 3-51, 4-70, 5-93,
6-115, 7-115, 8-171, 9-174, 10-197.
Bowling O M R W
Moss 5 2 10 1
Warr 19 8 35 1
Titmus 24 3 105 4
Young 19.4 7 43 4
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