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| Venue | Queen's Park, Chesterfield on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1955 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Derbyshire 0; Essex 4 | 
| Umpires | DE Davies, GS Mobey | 
| Close of play day 1 | Derbyshire (1) 10/0 (Hamer 9*, Kelly 1*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 47/5 (Gibb 18*, Taylor 1*) | 
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Dawkes b Gladwin | 19 | |||||
| G Barker | run out | 36 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Kelly b Smith | 16 | |||||
| R Horsfall | b Smith | 22 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | lbw b Jackson | 104 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c Morgan b Smith | 58 | |||||
| B Taylor | b Smith | 9 | |||||
| R Smith | b Smith | 7 | |||||
| MJ Bear | b Smith | 1 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 4 | |||||
| KC Preston | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 2 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 129 overs) | 289 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-72, 3-75, 4-110, 5-239, 6-274, 7-274, 8-282, 9-285 | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jackson | 20 | 3 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gladwin | 26 | 14 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 25 | 8 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 38 | 12 | 69 | 6 | - | - | |
| Carr | 17 | 2 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Derbyshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Hamer | c Taylor b Preston | 46 | |||||
| JM Kelly | c Smith b Greensmith | 38 | |||||
| HL Johnson | c Horsfall b Preston | 0 | |||||
| AC Revill | c Bear b Preston | 36 | |||||
| *DB Carr | c Bear b Smith | 37 | |||||
| G Wyatt | run out | 3 | |||||
| DC Morgan | c and b Greensmith | 8 | |||||
| +GO Dawkes | lbw b Bailey | 1 | |||||
| C Gladwin | lbw b Preston | 10 | |||||
| E Smith | b Preston | 16 | |||||
| HL Jackson | not out | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108.2 overs) | 215 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-64, 2-64, 3-116, 4-138, 5-142, 6-155, 7-168, 8-175, 9-202, 10-215 (108.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 26 | 7 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Preston | 29.2 | 9 | 61 | 5 | - | - | |
| Smith | 13 | 2 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 35 | 13 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Insole | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Carr b Gladwin | 11 | |||||
| G Barker | b Gladwin | 2 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c Carr b Gladwin | 19 | |||||
| R Horsfall | st Dawkes b Smith | 7 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | lbw b Smith | 8 | |||||
| TE Bailey | lbw b Smith | 0 | |||||
| B Taylor | not out | 29 | |||||
| MJ Bear | not out | 3 | |||||
| R Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| WT Greensmith | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 41 overs) | 79 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-13, 3-24, 4-42, 5-46, 6-48 | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jackson | 12 | 4 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gladwin | 17 | 7 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 8 | 4 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Derbyshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Hamer | c Gibb b Bailey | 3 | |||||
| JM Kelly | c Dodds b Bailey | 2 | |||||
| HL Johnson | c Insole b Bailey | 0 | |||||
| AC Revill | not out | 38 | |||||
| *DB Carr | c Gibb b Bailey | 9 | |||||
| G Wyatt | not out | 6 | |||||
| DC Morgan | did not bat | ||||||
| +GO Dawkes | did not bat | ||||||
| C Gladwin | did not bat | ||||||
| E Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| HL Jackson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 20 overs) | 60 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-6, 3-7, 4-27 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 10 | 2 | 25 | 4 | - | - | |
| Preston | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bear | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PA Gibb (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> KC Preston reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Derbyshire second innings
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