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| Venue | Kennington Oval, Kennington on 11th, 13th, 14th June 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Surrey won by 62 runs |
| Points | Surrey 12; Essex 0 |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, GS Mobey |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 23/1 (Dodds 8*, Barker 10*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 30/3 (Barker 18*) |
| Surrey first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DGW Fletcher | b Bailey | 55 | |||||
| TH Clark | c and b Smith | 35 | |||||
| MJ Stewart | c Gibb b Preston | 15 | |||||
| B Constable | c Taylor b Preston | 56 | |||||
| REC Pratt | lbw b Insole | 8 | |||||
| +AJW McIntyre | run out | 3 | |||||
| JC Laker | c and b Insole | 21 | |||||
| GAR Lock | b Bailey | 34 | |||||
| PJ Loader | b Preston | 1 | |||||
| AV Bedser | b Preston | 1 | |||||
| *WS Surridge | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 90.1 overs) | 243 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55, 2-104, 3-106, 4-127, 5-130, 6-160, 7-219, 8-224, 9-226, 10-243 (90.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 24.1 | 5 | 68 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 24 | 5 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 21 | 2 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Insole | 12 | 1 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Fletcher b Bedser | 20 | |||||
| PA Gibb | b Loader | 1 | |||||
| G Barker | b Bedser | 23 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c McIntyre b Bedser | 13 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | c Stewart b Clark | 34 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c McIntyre b Bedser | 16 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c Fletcher b Clark | 6 | |||||
| R Smith | c Pratt b Clark | 19 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | c Surridge b Laker | 0 | |||||
| KC Preston | not out | 3 | |||||
| JA Bailey | b Laker | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.4 overs) | 143 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-52, 3-52, 4-75, 5-101, 6-118, 7-125, 8-140, 9-143, 10-143 (62.4 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bedser | 23 | 8 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Loader | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Laker | 18.4 | 2 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lock | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clark | 7 | 1 | 11 | 3 | - | - | |
| Surrey second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DGW Fletcher | c Gibb b Smith | 1 | |||||
| TH Clark | c Dodds b Preston | 38 | |||||
| MJ Stewart | run out | 4 | |||||
| B Constable | c Gibb b Preston | 28 | |||||
| REC Pratt | lbw b Preston | 7 | |||||
| +AJW McIntyre | c Greensmith b Preston | 12 | |||||
| JC Laker | b Preston | 1 | |||||
| GAR Lock | c Horsfall b Greensmith | 0 | |||||
| PJ Loader | not out | 9 | |||||
| AV Bedser | c Barker b Greensmith | 2 | |||||
| *WS Surridge | c Bear b Greensmith | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42.4 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-13, 3-61, 4-78, 5-83, 6-92, 7-92, 8-96, 9-103, 10-109 (42.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 16 | 5 | 37 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Insole | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 11.4 | 2 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Clark b Loader | 3 | |||||
| PA Gibb | c Constable b Bedser | 0 | |||||
| G Barker | lbw b Bedser | 31 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Stewart b Laker | 4 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | lbw b Laker | 41 | |||||
| +B Taylor | b Clark | 27 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c Lock b Laker | 0 | |||||
| R Smith | c Loader b Clark | 27 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 1 | |||||
| KC Preston | lbw b Laker | 0 | |||||
| JA Bailey | run out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61 overs) | 147 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-3, 3-30, 4-55, 5-112, 6-118, 7-121, 8-145, 9-146, 10-147 (61 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bedser | 12 | 4 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Loader | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Laker | 19 | 2 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lock | 11 | 6 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clark | 12 | 5 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> G Barker (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> AV Bedser reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TH Clark reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey second innings
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