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| Venue | Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough on 6th, 8th, 9th August 1955 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets | 
| Points | Northamptonshire 12; Essex 4 | 
| Umpires | TJ Bartley, D Davies | 
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 351/7 (Horsfall 44*, Greensmith 5*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 54/0 (Dodds 26*, Barker 28*) | 
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | lbw b Tyson | 1 | |||||
| G Barker | b Tribe | 30 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Subba Row b Wild | 72 | |||||
| CCP Williams | b Wild | 93 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | lbw b Wild | 57 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | b Wild | 28 | |||||
| R Smith | c Tribe b Broderick | 7 | |||||
| R Horsfall | not out | 44 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 5 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb, 2 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 117 overs) | 351 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-45, 3-193, 4-202, 5-261, 6-272, 7-328 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tyson | 18 | 3 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Webster | 20 | 7 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barrick | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tribe | 23 | 6 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Broderick | 23 | 11 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Subba Row | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wild | 23 | 4 | 98 | 4 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D Brookes | b Bailey | 9 | |||||
| AP Arnold | lbw b Preston | 18 | |||||
| L Livingston | c Horsfall b Ralph | 41 | |||||
| DW Barrick | c Insole b Ralph | 17 | |||||
| R Subba Row | not out | 90 | |||||
| GE Tribe | st Gibb b Greensmith | 31 | |||||
| V Broderick | c Williams b Greensmith | 10 | |||||
| +KV Andrew | b Greensmith | 1 | |||||
| J Wild | st Gibb b Smith | 25 | |||||
| J Webster | c Insole b Bailey | 3 | |||||
| FH Tyson | b Preston | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb, 2 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91.5 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-30, 3-82, 4-99, 5-161, 6-179, 7-187, 8-216, 9-252, 10-265 (91.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 17 | 3 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Preston | 12.5 | 1 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 15 | 3 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 26 | 10 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 21 | 3 | 74 | 3 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | b Tribe | 29 | |||||
| G Barker | lbw b Tribe | 51 | |||||
| R Horsfall | st Andrew b Broderick | 17 | |||||
| CCP Williams | b Tribe | 0 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | lbw b Broderick | 45 | |||||
| R Smith | not out | 101 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | not out | 0 | |||||
| TE Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| WT Greensmith | did not bat | ||||||
| LHR Ralph | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 72.2 overs) | 245 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-62, 2-97, 3-97, 4-101, 5-241 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Webster | 9 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barrick | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tribe | 27.2 | 8 | 80 | 3 | - | - | |
| Broderick | 20 | 7 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Subba Row | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wild | 10 | 3 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D Brookes | retired hurt | 14 | |||||
| AP Arnold | c Preston b Insole | 80 | |||||
| L Livingston | not out | 172 | |||||
| DW Barrick | b Bailey | 22 | |||||
| R Subba Row | c and b Insole | 14 | |||||
| GE Tribe | not out | 28 | |||||
| V Broderick | did not bat | ||||||
| +KV Andrew | did not bat | ||||||
| J Wild | did not bat | ||||||
| J Webster | did not bat | ||||||
| FH Tyson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 60.1 overs) | 334 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-183, 2-251, 3-288 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 21 | 3 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Preston | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 8 | 0 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 8 | 0 | 65 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 12 | 0 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barker | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Williams | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 66
--> CCP Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in County Championship matches
--> CCP Williams (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 36
--> R Subba Row (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> G Barker (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> G Barker (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 28
--> L Livingston (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 147
--> GE Tribe (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> J Wild achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-27)
--> J Wild achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-27)
--> GE Tribe reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> D Brookes retired hurt in the Northamptonshire second innings having scored 14 (team score 44/0)
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