f21103 cc10571	Sussex v Somerset
	County Championship 1955
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 31st August, 1st September 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 9 wickets
Points	Sussex 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	JS Buller, F Chester
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 66/2 (Walker 36*, Tremlett 0*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	b Lobb	12
DV Smith	c Stephenson b Lawrence	52
ASM Oakman	c Tordoff b Lomax	47
JM Parks	not out	205
G Cox	c Stephenson b Yawar Saeed	38
KG Suttle	c sub b Yawar Saeed	11
GHG Doggart	c Lomax b Lawrence	18
+RT Webb	c Wight b Lawrence	26
NI Thomson	run out	1
*RG Marlar	c Tordoff b Walker	38
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	464
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-112, 3-112, 4-214, 5-283, 6-321, 7-392, 8-402, 9-464 (82 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	14	1	90	1	-	-
Yawar Saeed	15	1	72	2	-	-
Lomax	9	0	48	1	-	-
Lawrence	27	0	159	3	-	-
McMahon	9	1	46	0	-	-
Walker	8	0	33	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Langridge b James	16
M Walker	c Langridge b James	38
J Lawrence	c Smith b Marlar	9
MF Tremlett	b Thomson	17
PB Wight	run out	61
*GG Tordoff	b James	12
+HW Stephenson	c Langridge b Marlar	4
JG Lomax	not out	47
Yawar Saeed	c Suttle b Smith	62
JWJ McMahon	c Parks b Thomson	5
B Lobb	c Oakman b Thomson	4
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-66, 3-81, 4-99, 5-129, 6-142, 7-180, 8-263, 9-277, 10-293 (88.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	25.2	6	80	3	-	-
James	36	9	105	3	-	-
Smith	10	4	25	1	-	-
Marlar	11	3	44	2	-	-
Oakman	6	1	21	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	b Marlar	22
M Walker	b James	22
J Lawrence	b Smith	19
MF Tremlett	c Oakman b Marlar	68
PB Wight	c Oakman b Smith	4
*GG Tordoff	c James b Marlar	7
+HW Stephenson	c Langridge b Smith	8
JG Lomax	c Langridge b Smith	0
Yawar Saeed	b Marlar	3
JWJ McMahon	c Doggart b Marlar	10
B Lobb	not out	2
Extras	(11 b, 12 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-73, 3-95, 4-102, 5-106, 6-125, 7-139, 8-152, 9-185, 10-188 (51.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	9	0	34	0	-	-
James	7	1	28	1	-	-
Smith	17	5	40	4	-	-
Marlar	18.2	2	63	5	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	not out	9
G Cox	c Walker b Tordoff	8
*RG Marlar	not out	1
DV Smith	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
KG Suttle	did not bat
GHG Doggart	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 5.2 overs)	18
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Cox)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	2.2	0	12	0	-	-
Tordoff	3	1	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JG Langridge made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JG Langridge made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Lawrence made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Lawrence made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GG Tordoff made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> Yawar Saeed made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> JM Parks (1) passed his previous highest score of 188 in First-Class matches
--> JM Parks (1) passed his previous highest score of 188 in County Championship matches
--> JM Parks (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 44
--> JM Parks (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 173
--> JG Lomax (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> FL Angell (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> MF Tremlett (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> G Cox (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7

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