f21030 cc10508	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Sussex 4
Umpires	JS Buller, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 48/3 (Langridge 14*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 34/1 (Dodds 21*, Gibb 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Thomson	18
G Barker	c Langridge b Thomson	11
TE Bailey	c Marlar b James	3
CCP Williams	c Langridge b James	21
*DJ Insole	c Doggart b James	48
PA Gibb	b Smith	27
WT Greensmith	c Oakman b Smith	9
+B Taylor	b Marlar	1
LHR Ralph	not out	14
R Smith	c Webb b Thomson	28
KC Preston	b James	3
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 83.4 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-34, 3-34, 4-90, 5-103, 6-139, 7-140, 8-140, 9-181, 10-188 (83.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	31	6	69	3	-	-
James	28.4	4	72	4	-	-
Smith	13	4	29	2	-	-
Marlar	8	4	9	1	-	-
Oakman	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c and b Insole	101
DV Smith	b Bailey	0
ASM Oakman	c Gibb b Ralph	32
+RT Webb	c Preston b Ralph	2
JM Parks	b Ralph	98
KG Suttle	c Insole b Bailey	15
GHG Doggart	c Gibb b Greensmith	84
G Cox	not out	22
*RG Marlar	b Bailey	0
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 12 lb)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 120.2 overs)	373
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-46, 3-48, 4-174, 5-207, 6-303, 7-372, 8-373 (120.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	38.2	13	86	3	-	-
Preston	21	2	69	0	-	-
Ralph	22	3	69	3	-	-
Smith	18	3	59	0	-	-
Greensmith	5	1	35	1	-	-
Insole	16	2	36	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Langridge b Thomson	36
G Barker	c Doggart b Marlar	9
PA Gibb	b James	28
CCP Williams	c sub b James	10
*DJ Insole	run out	1
TE Bailey	not out	63
WT Greensmith	b Oakman	3
+B Taylor	c Parks b Oakman	15
LHR Ralph	c Langridge b Thomson	39
R Smith	c Webb b James	4
KC Preston	c Webb b Smith	9
Extras	(17 b, 6 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 122 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-64, 3-90, 4-91, 5-96, 6-107, 7-131, 8-213, 9-226, 10-240 (122 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	37	9	59	2	-	-
James	27	9	59	3	-	-
Smith	6	4	2	1	-	-
Marlar	21	5	47	1	-	-
Oakman	22	14	29	2	-	-
Parks	9	2	21	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Dodds b Preston	9
KG Suttle	b Bailey	17
JM Parks	not out	17
G Cox	c Gibb b Bailey	0
ASM Oakman	not out	7
JG Langridge	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
GHG Doggart	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 6 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-44, 3-44

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	3	0	26	2	-	-
Preston	3	0	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> JG Langridge (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> GHG Doggart (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 17
--> B Taylor (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> JM Parks (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> DV Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings

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