f20972 cc10455	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 9th, 11th, 12th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 124 runs
Points	Essex 0; Northamptonshire 12
Umpires	WT Jones, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 72/7 (Smith 5*, Greensmith 0*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 192/5 (Barrick 43*, Broderick 5*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Brookes	run out	15
AP Arnold	lbw b Smith	1
L Livingston	c Taylor b Preston	13
DW Barrick	c Taylor b Greensmith	32
DG Greasley	b Greensmith	9
GE Tribe	c Ralph b Greensmith	64
V Broderick	b Greensmith	26
+KV Andrew	b Ralph	8
J Wild	c Taylor b Preston	16
J Webster	b Ralph	0
RW Clarke	not out	11
Extras	(16 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-28, 3-40, 4-71, 5-74, 6-141, 7-181, 8-183, 9-196, 10-220 (88.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	15.4	2	35	2	-	-
Smith	27	9	64	1	-	-
Ralph	14	7	21	2	-	-
Insole	5	2	9	0	-	-
Greensmith	27	10	66	4	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Clarke	6
G Barker	c Andrew b Webster	0
PA Gibb	lbw b Tribe	38
CCP Williams	c Livingston b Clarke	0
*DJ Insole	lbw b Webster	4
R Horsfall	run out	3
+B Taylor	b Tribe	10
R Smith	b Clarke	5
WT Greensmith	not out	16
LHR Ralph	st Andrew b Tribe	20
KC Preston	c Livingston b Broderick	30
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-14, 3-14, 4-23, 5-37, 6-65, 7-66, 8-76, 9-102, 10-139 (66.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	22	7	47	3	-	-
Webster	17	7	25	2	-	-
Tribe	22	8	47	3	-	-
Broderick	5.4	2	13	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Brookes	lbw b Smith	7
AP Arnold	c Barker b Preston	70
L Livingston	lbw b Greensmith	51
DW Barrick	not out	70
DG Greasley	c Barker b Preston	1
GE Tribe	c Taylor b Insole	10
V Broderick	b Preston	15
J Wild	c Smith b Preston	8
+KV Andrew	did not bat
J Webster	did not bat
RW Clarke	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 78.1 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-113, 3-149, 4-157, 5-186, 6-219, 7-237 (78.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	27.1	4	64	4	-	-
Smith	19	1	69	1	-	-
Ralph	10	1	30	0	-	-
Insole	11	5	28	1	-	-
Greensmith	11	1	41	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Wild	32
G Barker	c Clarke b Webster	5
PA Gibb	c Tribe b Broderick	28
CCP Williams	c and b Broderick	16
*DJ Insole	c Andrew b Broderick	33
R Horsfall	lbw b Broderick	13
+B Taylor	lbw b Tribe	6
R Smith	lbw b Tribe	5
WT Greensmith	not out	19
LHR Ralph	lbw b Wild	3
KC Preston	c Tribe b Broderick	25
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-51, 3-77, 4-108, 5-131, 6-134, 7-142, 8-143, 9-159, 10-194 (80 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	11	3	18	0	-	-
Webster	5	1	16	1	-	-
Tribe	20	10	32	2	-	-
Broderick	35	15	66	5	-	-
Wild	9	1	53	2	-	-

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Notes
--> KC Preston (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> R Horsfall (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> WT Greensmith reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> GE Tribe reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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