f20926 cc10420	Essex v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 22nd, 23rd, 24th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 142 runs
Points	Essex 0; Warwickshire 12
Umpires	FS Lee, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 37/2 (Gibb 18*, Greensmith 0*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 80/3 (Gardner 35*, HE Dollery 17*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Preston b Ralph	12
TW Cartwright	c Taylor b R Smith	30
AVG Wolton	b Preston	4
RE Hitchcock	c Barker b R Smith	1
*HE Dollery	b Ralph	156
+RT Spooner	b Ralph	4
A Townsend	lbw b Insole	22
JD Bannister	c Gibb b Insole	2
KR Dollery	b Preston	29
RG Thompson	not out	1
WE Hollies	c Gibb b Ralph	0
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 103.4 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-24, 3-32, 4-57, 5-70, 6-132, 7-144, 8-263, 9-269, 10-269 (103.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	29	11	46	2	-	-
R Smith	27	3	88	2	-	-
Ralph	25.4	11	55	4	-	-
Insole	12	3	30	2	-	-
Greensmith	9	2	26	0	-	-
GJ Smith	1	0	16	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Hitchcock b Bannister	4
G Barker	lbw b Hollies	14
+PA Gibb	c Spooner b KR Dollery	76
WT Greensmith	lbw b Thompson	19
R Horsfall	c Gardner b Bannister	15
*DJ Insole	c HE Dollery b KR Dollery	11
B Taylor	c Hitchcock b Hollies	12
LHR Ralph	b Bannister	10
R Smith	b KR Dollery	0
GJ Smith	not out	29
KC Preston	c and b Hollies	1
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 101.2 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-37, 3-84, 4-112, 5-132, 6-157, 7-157, 8-157, 9-198, 10-199 (101.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	24	7	49	3	-	-
Thompson	17	7	32	1	-	-
KR Dollery	23	4	51	3	-	-
Hollies	29.2	17	36	3	-	-
Hitchcock	5	1	12	0	-	-
Townsend	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c and b Preston	74
TW Cartwright	b Preston	5
AVG Wolton	lbw b Preston	9
RE Hitchcock	c Taylor b Greensmith	12
*HE Dollery	c and b R Smith	65
+RT Spooner	c Insole b R Smith	0
A Townsend	not out	18
JD Bannister	c Ralph b Preston	9
KR Dollery	not out	5
RG Thompson	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-37, 3-54, 4-165, 5-165, 6-177, 7-189

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	23	3	64	4	-	-
R Smith	16	1	57	2	-	-
Ralph	4	0	27	0	-	-
Greensmith	21	4	49	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Spooner b Bannister	13
G Barker	c Spooner b Hollies	5
R Horsfall	st Spooner b Hollies	9
*DJ Insole	c Gardner b Hollies	4
B Taylor	c Gardner b Hollies	12
+PA Gibb	c Townsend b Hollies	16
LHR Ralph	c KR Dollery b Townsend	0
R Smith	b Hollies	32
WT Greensmith	not out	9
GJ Smith	c Hitchcock b Hollies	8
KC Preston	c Spooner b Hollies	10
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-20, 3-32, 4-33, 5-44, 6-49, 7-88, 8-101, 9-113, 10-132 (45.4 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	7	3	21	1	-	-
Thompson	2	0	4	0	-	-
KR Dollery	3	2	1	0	-	-
Hollies	22.4	11	42	8	-	-
Hitchcock	5	2	17	0	-	-
Townsend	6	0	33	1	-	-

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Notes
--> KR Dollery (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> GJ Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> GJ Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> HE Dollery (2) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> LHR Ralph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Warwickshire first innings (previous best was 3-56)
--> LHR Ralph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Warwickshire first innings (previous best was 3-56)
--> WE Hollies reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JD Bannister reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WE Hollies reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> KC Preston reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> JD Bannister reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> WE Hollies reached 2050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex second innings

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