| f20874 | |
| Venue | Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africans won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | E Cooke, JJ Hills |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africans (1) 390/3 (Mansell 86*, McLean 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 242/4 (Insole 113*, TE Bailey 55*) |
| South Africans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DJ McGlew | c Smith b Preston | 118 | |||||
| WR Endean | lbw b Greensmith | 64 | |||||
| HJ Keith | c and b Smith | 94 | |||||
| PNF Mansell | b TE Bailey | 99 | |||||
| RA McLean | not out | 101 | |||||
| PL Winslow | not out | 20 | |||||
| +CAR Duckworth | did not bat | ||||||
| ARA Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| PS Heine | did not bat | ||||||
| VI Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| NAT Adcock | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 142 overs) | 503 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-137, 2-221, 3-331, 4-456 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| TE Bailey | 32 | 3 | 102 | 1 | - | - | |
| Preston | 25 | 2 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 27 | 5 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| JA Bailey | 32 | 4 | 117 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 20 | 1 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Insole | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | run out | 8 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | b Adcock | 12 | |||||
| G Barker | lbw b Smith | 4 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Mansell b Murray | 42 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Smith | 129 | |||||
| TE Bailey | b Murray | 107 | |||||
| BR Knight | c and b Smith | 0 | |||||
| R Smith | c Endean b Adcock | 24 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | c Adcock b Heine | 4 | |||||
| KC Preston | not out | 4 | |||||
| JA Bailey | c Endean b Mansell | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 7 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 141.5 overs) | 350 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-20, 3-30, 4-81, 5-265, 6-267, 7-302, 8-332, 9-345, 10-350 (141.5 ov) | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 28 | 8 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Heine | 26 | 4 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 38 | 10 | 138 | 3 | - | - | |
| Murray | 30 | 11 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Keith | 9 | 5 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 9.5 | 4 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| McLean | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | run out | 21 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c Heine b Smith | 4 | |||||
| G Barker | c Endean b Murray | 5 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Duckworth b Mansell | 12 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | not out | 22 | |||||
| TE Bailey | not out | 11 | |||||
| BR Knight | run out | 13 | |||||
| R Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| WT Greensmith | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 41 overs) | 89 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-25, 3-43, 4-43, 5-67 | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adcock | 10 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Heine | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 6 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Murray | 11 | 7 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mansell | 9 | 5 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
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