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| Venue | The Manor Sports Ground, Worthing on 30th, 31st May, 1st June 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gloucestershire won by 152 runs |
| Points | Sussex 0; Gloucestershire 12 |
| Umpires | RSM Lay, AE Pothecary |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 17/0 (Smith 5*, Oakman 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Gloucestershire (2) 135/4 (Rochford 4*) |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TW Graveney | c and b Thomson | 38 | |||||
| W Knightley-Smith | c Semmence b Oakman | 23 | |||||
| *GM Emmett | lbw b Oakman | 105 | |||||
| JF Crapp | c Potter b Marlar | 19 | |||||
| CA Milton | c and b Marlar | 79 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | c and b Oakman | 9 | |||||
| DR Smith | b Marlar | 25 | |||||
| +P Rochford | b Marlar | 3 | |||||
| GJ Lake | c Marlar b Oakman | 0 | |||||
| BD Wells | c and b Marlar | 11 | |||||
| C Cook | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 104.2 overs) | 326 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54, 2-99, 3-180, 4-200, 5-226, 6-291, 7-301, 8-302, 9-319, 10-326 (104.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 18 | 2 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| James | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 14 | 3 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 32.2 | 7 | 90 | 5 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 36 | 5 | 108 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | c Milton b Cook | 64 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | c Emmett b Cook | 20 | |||||
| DJ Semmence | c Smith b Cook | 3 | |||||
| JM Parks | c and b Wells | 6 | |||||
| G Potter | c Milton b Wells | 8 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Cook b Graveney | 54 | |||||
| RH Willson | c Smith b Cook | 47 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c Graveney b Cook | 7 | |||||
| +RT Webb | lbw b Cook | 6 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | b Mortimore | 6 | |||||
| AE James | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.4 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44, 2-60, 3-84, 4-105, 5-109, 6-183, 7-196, 8-221, 9-221, 10-227 (83.4 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lake | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 33 | 9 | 82 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wells | 27 | 12 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 15.4 | 3 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Graveney | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TW Graveney | st Webb b Marlar | 60 | |||||
| W Knightley-Smith | c Semmence b Oakman | 10 | |||||
| *GM Emmett | lbw b Marlar | 55 | |||||
| JF Crapp | c Oakman b Marlar | 2 | |||||
| +P Rochford | lbw b Smith | 8 | |||||
| CA Milton | c Webb b Smith | 0 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | c Oakman b Marlar | 3 | |||||
| DR Smith | b Smith | 11 | |||||
| GJ Lake | not out | 10 | |||||
| C Cook | c Oakman b Marlar | 7 | |||||
| BD Wells | c and b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (15 b, 4 lb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.4 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-118, 3-122, 4-135, 5-144, 6-147, 7-147, 8-178, 9-185, 10-185 (62.4 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 18 | 8 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 28.4 | 3 | 86 | 6 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 13 | 3 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | st Rochford b Wells | 58 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | b Wells | 12 | |||||
| DJ Semmence | c and b Wells | 1 | |||||
| JM Parks | not out | 51 | |||||
| G Potter | c Emmett b Wells | 0 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Crapp b Cook | 4 | |||||
| RH Willson | c and b Cook | 0 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c Emmett b Cook | 2 | |||||
| +RT Webb | lbw b Wells | 0 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | lbw b Wells | 0 | |||||
| AE James | c Smith b Wells | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 46.4 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57, 2-67, 3-75, 4-85, 5-106, 6-108, 7-126, 8-126, 9-126, 10-132 (46.4 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lake | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 22 | 8 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wells | 20.4 | 6 | 73 | 7 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GJ Lake made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GJ Lake made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CA Milton (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 37
--> RH Willson (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> RH Willson (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> BD Wells reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
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