f21483 cc10758	Sussex v Somerset
	County Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 8th, 9th, 10th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 0; Somerset 4
Umpires	CS Elliott, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 392/6 (Tremlett 106*, Stephenson 41*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 116/5 (McCool 21*, Wight 10*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c Smith b Oakman	32
JG Lomax	c Sheppard b Marlar	32
DRW Silk	b Marlar	42
CL McCool	c Webb b Thomson	93
PB Wight	b Suttle	0
*MF Tremlett	not out	106
G Atkinson	lbw b Marlar	38
+HW Stephenson	not out	41
J Hilton	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-78, 3-181, 4-200, 5-213, 6-308

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	35	7	105	1	-	-
James	30	9	71	0	-	-
Smith	11	3	28	0	-	-
Marlar	36	11	121	3	-	-
Oakman	13	5	36	1	-	-
Suttle	9	1	23	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c and b Lobb	16
ASM Oakman	b McMahon	45
DS Sheppard	st Stephenson b McCool	41
JM Parks	lbw b McCool	38
GHG Doggart	c Stephenson b McCool	0
KG Suttle	c Silk b McCool	57
DJ Semmence	b McMahon	22
NI Thomson	c and b McMahon	12
+RT Webb	not out	23
*RG Marlar	c McMahon b McCool	0
AE James	c Silk b McMahon	5
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-84, 3-126, 4-126, 5-179, 6-234, 7-236, 8-252, 9-252, 10-275 (93 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	13	3	22	1	-	-
Lomax	5	0	17	0	-	-
Hilton	16	4	47	0	-	-
McMahon	32	5	97	4	-	-
McCool	27	5	76	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	b Suttle	23
JG Lomax	c Marlar b Smith	25
+HW Stephenson	run out	0
*MF Tremlett	c Suttle b Smith	3
G Atkinson	c Smith b Suttle	32
CL McCool	c Smith b Thomson	24
PB Wight	c Semmence b Thomson	29
DRW Silk	not out	14
J Hilton	not out	2
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-42, 3-46, 4-78, 5-87, 6-121, 7-142

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	19	4	43	2	-	-
James	4	2	8	0	-	-
Smith	17	4	42	2	-	-
Marlar	8	3	22	0	-	-
Suttle	12	2	37	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	not out	7
ASM Oakman	not out	1
DS Sheppard	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
GHG Doggart	did not bat
KG Suttle	did not bat
DJ Semmence	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	8

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	3	2	1	0	-	-
Lomax	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DRW Silk made his debut in County Championship matches
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> DS Sheppard (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> DRW Silk made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> DV Smith reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> NI Thomson reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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