f20240 cc10099	Sussex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 2nd, 3rd, 4th September 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by an innings and 12 runs
Points	Sussex 12; Lancashire 0
Umpires	D Davies, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 1/0 (Sheppard 1*, Langridge 0*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 340/5 (Parks 13*, Thomson 2*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Doggart b Thomson	23
JT Ikin	lbw b Marlar	23
W Place	c Doggart b Marlar	0
A Wharton	c Suttle b Marlar	12
*ND Howard	c Webb b Thomson	63
PT Marner	b Marlar	5
MJ Hilton	c Webb b James	5
+FD Parr	b Wood	7
JB Statham	b Wood	0
R Berry	not out	5
R Tattersall	b Thomson	5
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-46, 3-53, 4-66, 5-91, 6-104, 7-126, 8-136, 9-142, 10-152 (81.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	18	8	26	2	-	-
Thomson	24.3	10	41	3	-	-
Marlar	26	9	55	4	-	-
James	13	5	26	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	b Tattersall	20
JG Langridge	c Parr b Hilton	1
GHG Doggart	b Tattersall	100
G Cox	c Parr b Statham	96
KG Suttle	c Marner b Berry	89
JM Parks	not out	13
NI Thomson	not out	2
AE James	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-27, 3-167, 4-297, 5-338

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	26	10	52	1	-	-
Tattersall	33	7	84	2	-	-
Wharton	10	5	20	0	-	-
Hilton	18	1	55	1	-	-
Berry	24	4	80	1	-	-
Ikin	10	2	28	0	-	-
Marner	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Wood b James	18
JT Ikin	lbw b Marlar	18
W Place	st Webb b Marlar	19
A Wharton	c Wood b Marlar	31
*ND Howard	lbw b Marlar	0
PT Marner	c Sheppard b Marlar	8
MJ Hilton	run out	33
+FD Parr	run out	29
JB Statham	c Doggart b James	7
R Berry	b Marlar	0
R Tattersall	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-50, 3-78, 4-82, 5-92, 6-111, 7-157, 8-173, 9-176, 10-176 (60.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	10	4	19	0	-	-
Thomson	13	5	32	0	-	-
Marlar	21	5	74	6	-	-
James	16.2	4	38	2	-	-

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Notes
--> ND Howard made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> ND Howard (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> GHG Doggart (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> G Cox (1) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 58
--> NI Thomson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> RG Marlar reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> R Tattersall reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings

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