f20868 cc10379	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 28th, 30th, 31st May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	P Corrall, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 85/2 (Gibb 37*, Horsfall 15*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Taylor b Greensmith	20
PE Richardson	lbw b Greensmith	53
LF Outschoorn	c Bailey b Insole	32
G Dews	c Gibb b Preston	5
RG Broadbent	c Gibb b Smith	47
JP Whitehead	c Gibb b Insole	6
MJ Horton	lbw b Greensmith	1
+H Yarnold	b Smith	15
*RTD Perks	b Smith	2
R Berry	not out	8
JA Flavell	c Taylor b Smith	6
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-88, 3-99, 4-136, 5-142, 6-143, 7-179, 8-181, 9-188, 10-198 (90 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	23	9	34	0	-	-
Preston	14	4	30	1	-	-
Smith	10	2	37	4	-	-
Greensmith	32	7	72	3	-	-
Insole	11	5	22	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Berry	27
PA Gibb	not out	72
G Barker	lbw b Berry	1
R Horsfall	b Horton	36
*DJ Insole	b Horton	15
TE Bailey	b Berry	4
+B Taylor	c Richardson b Berry	6
BR Knight	c Kenyon b Berry	22
R Smith	not out	4
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-62, 3-124, 4-148, 5-159, 6-165, 7-193

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	14	4	35	0	-	-
Flavell	8	1	23	0	-	-
Horton	33	10	66	2	-	-
Berry	34	11	63	5	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	not out	90
PE Richardson	run out	51
MJ Horton	not out	0
LF Outschoorn	did not bat
G Dews	did not bat
RG Broadbent	did not bat
JP Whitehead	did not bat
+H Yarnold	did not bat
*RTD Perks	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 43 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-142 (Richardson)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	13	2	31	0	-	-
Preston	11	2	25	0	-	-
Smith	10	2	34	0	-	-
Greensmith	5	0	26	0	-	-
Insole	4	0	25	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	not out	6
WT Greensmith	not out	18
TC Dodds	did not bat
PA Gibb	did not bat
R Horsfall	did not bat
*DJ Insole	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 12 overs)	25

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	2	1	3	0	-	-
Flavell	3	1	5	0	-	-
Horton	3	1	5	0	-	-
Berry	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BR Knight made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BR Knight made his debut in County Championship matches
--> R Smith reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> R Berry reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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