f20916 cc10413	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 18th, 20th, 21st June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	FS Lee, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 24/1 (Milton 10*, Graveney 13*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 225/5 (Crapp 39*, Mortimore 20*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Lambert	25
G Barker	c Rochford b Lambert	44
TE Bailey	c Rochford b McHugh	1
R Horsfall	b Lambert	53
*DJ Insole	not out	117
PA Gibb	c Graveney b Lambert	0
+B Taylor	b McHugh	16
R Smith	c Emmett b McHugh	11
WT Greensmith	c Crapp b McHugh	21
GJ Smith	not out	27
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-41, 3-121, 4-132, 5-132, 6-154, 7-174, 8-225

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	30	6	102	4	-	-
McHugh	35	6	93	4	-	-
Wells	21	3	57	0	-	-
Cook	19	5	49	0	-	-
Graveney	1	0	9	0	-	-
Mortimore	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Preston	1
CA Milton	lbw b Preston	17
TW Graveney	b Bailey	25
JF Crapp	b Preston	5
*GM Emmett	c R Smith b Bailey	24
GEE Lambert	c Bailey b Preston	0
JB Mortimore	b R Smith	35
+P Rochford	b R Smith	1
C Cook	c GJ Smith b R Smith	8
BD Wells	c Insole b R Smith	2
FP McHugh	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-42, 3-48, 4-48, 5-59, 6-83, 7-98, 8-113, 9-120, 10-122 (45.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	17	4	40	2	-	-
Preston	16	3	48	4	-	-
R Smith	6.1	4	16	4	-	-
Insole	6	2	14	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Preston	3
CA Milton	lbw b R Smith	66
TW Graveney	c Insole b Preston	80
JF Crapp	c Greensmith b R Smith	61
*GM Emmett	b R Smith	1
GEE Lambert	c Insole b R Smith	4
JB Mortimore	c Insole b Bailey	23
+P Rochford	not out	6
C Cook	c Dodds b R Smith	2
BD Wells	b R Smith	5
FP McHugh	b R Smith	4
Extras	(12 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 108 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-139, 3-163, 4-164, 5-174, 6-239, 7-253, 8-255, 9-260, 10-268 (108 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	31	6	56	1	-	-
Preston	28	4	70	2	-	-
R Smith	36	6	80	7	-	-
Insole	6	0	14	0	-	-
Greensmith	5	0	23	0	-	-
GJ Smith	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Rochford b McHugh	1
G Barker	st Rochford b Crapp	35
TE Bailey	c Crapp b Lambert	1
R Horsfall	c Rochford b McHugh	5
*DJ Insole	c Rochford b Young	10
PA Gibb	not out	0
+B Taylor	not out	8
R Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 14.5 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-19, 3-30, 4-56, 5-58

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	6	2	23	1	-	-
McHugh	6	3	17	2	-	-
Young	1.5	0	19	1	-	-
Crapp	1	0	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GJ Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GJ Smith made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> JB Mortimore (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> GEE Lambert reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Smith reached 1250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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