f20886 cc10391	Somerset v Sussex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome on 4th, 6th, 7th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 50 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Sussex 2
Umpires	JS Buller, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 21/2 (Oakman 2*, Webb 2*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 97/4 (Tremlett 27*, Lomax 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c and b James	5
FL Angell	c Langridge b James	21
J Lawrence	c Langridge b Marlar	2
PB Wight	lbw b James	25
MF Tremlett	b James	16
JG Lomax	st Webb b Oakman	1
Yawar Saeed	c Potter b Marlar	9
+HW Stephenson	run out	41
J Hilton	not out	31
JWJ McMahon	run out	24
B Lobb	b Marlar	9
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 83.4 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-21, 3-37, 4-67, 5-74, 6-74, 7-91, 8-131, 9-168, 10-189 (83.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	22	2	51	0	-	-
James	31	13	54	4	-	-
Marlar	20.4	3	56	3	-	-
Oakman	10	3	23	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	b Lobb	13
DV Smith	lbw b Lobb	4
ASM Oakman	c Tordoff b Lobb	26
+RT Webb	c Lomax b McMahon	8
JM Parks	lbw b Yawar Saeed	48
KG Suttle	c Lawrence b Yawar Saeed	52
G Cox	b Lobb	9
G Potter	c Stephenson b Lobb	2
NI Thomson	b Lawrence	10
AE James	not out	4
*RG Marlar	b Lawrence	9
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-17, 3-54, 4-58, 5-141, 6-154, 7-164, 8-176, 9-176, 10-189 (84.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	30	12	50	5	-	-
Lomax	13	4	36	0	-	-
McMahon	11	4	29	1	-	-
Lawrence	12.3	1	33	2	-	-
Hilton	6	2	12	0	-	-
Yawar Saeed	12	2	25	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	b James	0
FL Angell	c Langridge b Thomson	8
J Lawrence	c Smith b Thomson	4
PB Wight	c Oakman b James	58
MF Tremlett	b James	38
JG Lomax	c Cox b James	59
Yawar Saeed	st Webb b James	31
+HW Stephenson	c Langridge b Thomson	7
J Hilton	run out	0
JWJ McMahon	not out	1
B Lobb	st Webb b Thomson	9
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-8, 3-23, 4-97, 5-114, 6-178, 7-201, 8-207, 9-210, 10-220 (61 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	19	3	74	4	-	-
James	24	3	65	5	-	-
Marlar	10	0	48	0	-	-
Oakman	8	1	28	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b McMahon	18
DV Smith	c Angell b McMahon	23
ASM Oakman	c Stephenson b McMahon	0
KG Suttle	b Hilton	12
G Potter	c Lomax b McMahon	9
G Cox	run out	0
*RG Marlar	b Hilton	2
JM Parks	st Stephenson b McMahon	46
NI Thomson	b McMahon	21
AE James	st Stephenson b Lawrence	12
+RT Webb	not out	12
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-36, 3-53, 4-67, 5-69, 6-70, 7-74, 8-103, 9-132, 10-170 (68.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	12	2	23	0	-	-
Lomax	5	2	13	0	-	-
McMahon	23.2	6	66	6	-	-
Lawrence	12	2	35	1	-	-
Hilton	16	8	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> J Hilton (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> JWJ McMahon (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> JWJ McMahon (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> JG Langridge (2) passed 33500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 4-47)
--> B Lobb achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 4-47)
--> B Lobb achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings
--> NI Thomson reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> J Hilton reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> J Hilton reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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