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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Leicestershire 0; Sussex 4 |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, AE Pothecary |
| Scorers | FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GW Washer (Sussex) |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (1) 1/0 (Hallam 1*, Smith 0*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | lbw b van Geloven | 15 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | b Spencer | 54 | |||||
| DS Sheppard | c Spencer b van Geloven | 0 | |||||
| JM Parks | c and b Jackson | 25 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | c Spencer b Jackson | 0 | |||||
| KG Suttle | b Spencer | 33 | |||||
| RH Willson | c Smithson b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| NI Thomson | run out | 10 | |||||
| +RT Webb | b Jackson | 6 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| AE James | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66.4 overs) | 152 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28, 2-31, 3-70, 4-72, 5-136, 6-136, 7-137, 8-152, 9-152, 10-152 (66.4 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 10.4 | 0 | 34 | 4 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 7 | 1 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 27 | 8 | 47 | 3 | - | - | |
| Munden | 16 | 4 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | b Thomson | 10 | |||||
| PT Smith | lbw b Marlar | 10 | |||||
| J van Geloven | c James b Marlar | 60 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | hit wkt b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c Parks b Smith | 1 | |||||
| GA Smithson | b Marlar | 9 | |||||
| FG Foulds | b Oakman | 0 | |||||
| RA Diment | b Thomson | 1 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Oakman b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| +J Firth | c Sheppard b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| CT Spencer | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56 overs) | 94 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-40, 3-44, 4-47, 5-76, 6-77, 7-89, 8-89, 9-94, 10-94 (56 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 11 | 2 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| James | 13 | 8 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 21 | 10 | 26 | 5 | - | - | |
| Smith | 7 | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | c Hallam b van Geloven | 19 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Diment b Spencer | 5 | |||||
| DS Sheppard | not out | 45 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | c Palmer b van Geloven | 7 | |||||
| JM Parks | not out | 20 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | did not bat | ||||||
| RH Willson | did not bat | ||||||
| NI Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| +RT Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| *RG Marlar | did not bat | ||||||
| AE James | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 13 overs) | 97 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-25, 3-37 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 5 | 0 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | b James | 12 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | c Thomson b James | 47 | |||||
| J van Geloven | b James | 0 | |||||
| VE Jackson | b Marlar | 16 | |||||
| GA Smithson | hit wkt b Parks | 10 | |||||
| VS Munden | not out | 18 | |||||
| FG Foulds | lbw b James | 0 | |||||
| RA Diment | c Oakman b Thomson | 1 | |||||
| PT Smith | not out | 0 | |||||
| +J Firth | did not bat | ||||||
| CT Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 28.4 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-15, 3-38, 4-73, 5-95, 6-96, 7-107 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 4.4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| James | 7 | 2 | 11 | 4 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 12 | 4 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Parks | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> FG Foulds made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FG Foulds made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FG Foulds made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J van Geloven (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> NI Thomson reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> NI Thomson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> AE James reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
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