f19987 cc9896	Middlesex v Sussex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 25th, 26th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 101 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Sussex 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 14/0 (Sheppard 10*, JG Langridge 4*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 386/6 (J Langridge 50*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	run out	11
SM Brown	b James	68
*WJ Edrich	c Sheppard b Oakman	48
DCS Compton	not out	143
AW Thompson	b Oakman	8
HPH Sharp	b James	29
D Bennett	not out	36
+LH Compton	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 126 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-132, 3-132, 4-144, 5-222

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	16	3	41	0	-	-
Bates	19	5	48	0	-	-
James	36	6	94	2	-	-
Oakman	41	13	107	2	-	-
Parks	4	0	14	0	-	-
Cox	10	3	39	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	c LH Compton b Titmus	46
JG Langridge	c Titmus b Moss	91
G Cox	b Bennett	34
ASM Oakman	lbw b Titmus	34
JM Parks	b Bennett	0
KG Suttle	c LH Compton b Bennett	114
J Langridge	not out	50
DJ Wood	st LH Compton b Bennett	1
DL Bates	b Moss	0
AE James	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 139 overs)	386
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-175, 3-179, 4-179, 5-274, 6-369, 7-385, 8-386 (139 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	30	7	92	2	-	-
Bennett	21	3	59	4	-	-
DCS Compton	28	4	78	0	-	-
Titmus	37	11	81	2	-	-
Young	18	6	48	0	-	-
Robertson	5	2	12	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	c Wood b Oakman	54
HPH Sharp	c Sheppard b Oakman	39
DCS Compton	c Webb b James	16
AW Thompson	b James	39
D Bennett	b James	29
+LH Compton	b James	28
FJ Titmus	not out	14
*WJ Edrich	c and b Oakman	14
JA Young	not out	0
JDB Robertson	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-98, 3-111, 4-153, 5-194, 6-207, 7-234

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	9	0	31	0	-	-
Bates	6	2	23	0	-	-
James	34	12	79	4	-	-
Oakman	31	7	100	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	c sub b Young	32
JG Langridge	b Bennett	7
G Cox	b Bennett	1
KG Suttle	c Sharp b DCS Compton	14
JM Parks	lbw b Young	15
ASM Oakman	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	0
J Langridge	not out	17
AE James	c Young b DCS Compton	1
+RT Webb	lbw b Young	0
DL Bates	b Moss	1
DJ Wood	c Bennett b DCS Compton	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 42.1 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-19, 3-53, 4-59, 5-61, 6-73, 7-74, 8-74, 9-88, 10-100 (42.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	10	2	23	1	-	-
Bennett	6	4	9	2	-	-
DCS Compton	15.1	5	37	4	-	-
Young	11	3	23	3	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 46
--> D Bennett (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> KG Suttle (1) equalled his previous highest score of 114 in First-Class matches
--> KG Suttle (1) equalled his previous highest score of 114 in County Championship matches
--> HPH Sharp (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> DCS Compton reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> D Bennett reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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