f20964 cc10448	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	WT Jones, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 86/3 (Gibb 22*, Insole 16*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 129/3 (Wight 38*, Walker 55*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*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	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-60, 3-66, 4-154, 5-162, 6-170, 7-229, 8-239, 9-243, 10-244 (87 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 100.4 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-44, 3-55, 4-215, 5-225, 6-242, 7-295, 8-317, 9-317, 10-317 (100.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c Taylor b Preston	2
M Walker	b R Smith	100
J Lawrence	lbw b Ralph	23
MF Tremlett	c and b Ralph	8
PB Wight	c Horsfall b Preston	78
Yawar Saeed	b Ralph	20
+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	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-47, 3-57, 4-209, 5-217, 6-220, 7-252, 8-259, 9-263, 10-267 (100.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	23	6	58	3	-	-
R Smith	33	5	85	1	-	-
Ralph	19.3	3	64	5	-	-
Insole	5	2	3	1	-	-
Greensmith	5	1	15	0	-	-
Dodds	2	0	19	0	-	-
GJ Smith	13	9	14	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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
WT Greensmith	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 41.1 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-47, 3-92, 4-185, 5-193

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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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Notes
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 79
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 18
--> M Walker (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in first-class matches
--> M Walker (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> J Lawrence (2) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> B Lobb reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> J Lawrence reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> LHR Ralph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> LHR Ralph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 4-55)

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