f21301 cc10614	Sussex v Essex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	The Manor Sports Ground, Worthing on 26th, 28th, 29th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 45 runs
Points	Sussex 12; Essex 4
Umpires	RSM Lay, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 34/0 (Dodds 26*, Barker 8*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 278/7 (GJ Smith 2*, R Smith 3*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c and b Preston	87
AAK Lawrence	c and b R Smith	9
DA Stripp	c GJ Smith b Preston	14
JM Parks	c GJ Smith b Greensmith	0
G Potter	c Bailey b Dodds	22
KG Suttle	c Insole b R Smith	93
RH Willson	b Bailey	6
NI Thomson	run out	23
+RT Webb	c Taylor b Preston	16
*RG Marlar	c Bear b Preston	31
AE James	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-102, 3-103, 4-113, 5-182, 6-241, 7-241, 8-271, 9-311, 10-315 (92.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	20	4	66	1	-	-
Preston	20.3	5	48	4	-	-
Ralph	11	3	34	0	-	-
R Smith	18	2	71	2	-	-
Greensmith	16	2	59	1	-	-
Dodds	4	1	20	1	-	-
GJ Smith	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Marlar b Thomson	26
G Barker	c Potter b James	81
+B Taylor	run out	38
*DJ Insole	c Smith b Marlar	73
TE Bailey	c Smith b Marlar	30
MJ Bear	b James	3
GJ Smith	not out	19
WT Greensmith	b James	0
R Smith	not out	21
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 12 lb)	29
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 148 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-108, 3-209, 4-266, 5-273, 6-273, 7-273

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	27	10	59	1	-	-
James	43	24	57	3	-	-
Marlar	38	8	107	2	-	-
Smith	25	16	30	0	-	-
Parks	7	3	19	0	-	-
Stripp	5	2	8	0	-	-
Willson	3	1	11	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	run out	24
*RG Marlar	c Ralph b Bailey	8
KG Suttle	b Preston	15
JM Parks	b Preston	7
RH Willson	b Bailey	34
AAK Lawrence	b Preston	6
G Potter	c Barker b Preston	8
DA Stripp	b Bailey	8
NI Thomson	c Greensmith b Preston	7
+RT Webb	c Taylor b Bailey	0
AE James	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 46.5 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-48, 3-48, 4-57, 5-79, 6-104, 7-109, 8-119, 9-119, 10-126 (46.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	17.5	7	37	4	-	-
Preston	23	7	60	5	-	-
Greensmith	6	1	20	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Potter b Thomson	20
G Barker	c sub b Thomson	0
+B Taylor	c sub b Smith	21
*DJ Insole	b Smith	28
TE Bailey	lbw b Smith	0
MJ Bear	b Smith	1
GJ Smith	not out	3
WT Greensmith	lbw b Thomson	1
R Smith	b Thomson	0
LHR Ralph	c Lawrence b Marlar	0
KC Preston	c Potter b Marlar	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 40.2 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-22, 3-58, 4-58, 5-62, 6-75, 7-76, 8-76, 9-76, 10-76 (40.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	14	8	13	4	-	-
James	5	1	23	0	-	-
Marlar	8.2	2	23	2	-	-
Smith	13	7	15	4	-	-

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Notes
--> DA Stripp made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DA Stripp made his debut in County Championship matches
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 54
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> RH Willson (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches

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