f20834 cc10351	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	AJB Fowler, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 72/2 (May 25*, Constable 3*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 174/8 (Bailey 33*, Preston 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Surridge b Bedser	0
+PA Gibb	c May b Bedser	0
G Barker	c Lock b Loader	3
R Horsfall	lbw b Loader	3
*DJ Insole	b Loader	17
TE Bailey	lbw b Laker	21
B Taylor	b Lock	75
R Smith	c and b Laker	0
WT Greensmith	not out	0
KC Preston	lbw b Lock	0
P Cousens	b Lock	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 33 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-3, 4-14, 5-27, 6-120, 7-120, 8-126, 9-126, 10-126 (33 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	8	0	40	2	-	-
Loader	8	3	23	3	-	-
Lock	9	2	28	3	-	-
Laker	8	2	28	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	c Horsfall b Greensmith	26
DGW Fletcher	c Barker b Bailey	13
PBH May	c and b Greensmith	25
B Constable	run out	4
KF Barrington	b Insole	39
+AJW McIntyre	st Gibb b Cousens	24
JC Laker	b Insole	11
*WS Surridge	c and b Insole	9
GAR Lock	b Insole	16
PJ Loader	not out	3
AV Bedser	lbw b Insole	2
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-53, 3-73, 4-73, 5-116, 6-144, 7-153, 8-158, 9-177, 10-179 (70 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	22	8	46	1	-	-
Smith	2	0	8	0	-	-
Preston	18	9	33	0	-	-
Cousens	9	3	33	1	-	-
Greensmith	12	5	30	2	-	-
Insole	7	2	22	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Lock b Bedser	6
+PA Gibb	c McIntyre b Lock	19
G Barker	st McIntyre b Laker	22
R Horsfall	c Surridge b Lock	69
*DJ Insole	c Lock b Laker	1
TE Bailey	not out	48
B Taylor	c and b Lock	0
WT Greensmith	c May b Lock	0
R Smith	lbw b Lock	0
KC Preston	b Laker	5
P Cousens	b Lock	5
Extras	(17 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 81.5 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-61, 3-63, 4-77, 5-172, 6-172, 7-174, 8-174, 9-183, 10-202 (81.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	6	2	14	1	-	-
Loader	5	1	16	0	-	-
Lock	28.5	13	48	6	-	-
Laker	31	11	67	3	-	-
Clark	11	1	30	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	c Dodds b Preston	20
DGW Fletcher	b Bailey	0
PBH May	b Bailey	59
B Constable	lbw b Preston	0
KF Barrington	lbw b Greensmith	23
+AJW McIntyre	not out	41
JC Laker	not out	2
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 45.4 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-25, 3-25, 4-87, 5-112

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	15	6	34	2	-	-
Preston	15	2	62	2	-	-
Cousens	6	2	23	0	-	-
Greensmith	4	1	6	1	-	-
Insole	5.4	2	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> B Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in County Championship matches
--> B Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> G Barker (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> AJW McIntyre (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> DJ Insole achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-19)
--> DJ Insole achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings
--> DJ Insole achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-24)
--> DJ Insole achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings
--> JC Laker reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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