f21754 cc10859	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 1st, 3rd, 4th June 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 99 runs
Points	Sussex 4 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 12
Umpires	AE Pothecary, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 82/4 (Potter 7*, Webb 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 205/1 (Hallam 119*, van Geloven 31*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Suttle b Thomson	5
MR Hallam	b Bates	24
J van Geloven	c Webb b Bates	2
*CH Palmer	b Bates	7
LR Gardner	c Bates b Marlar	33
RA Diment	c Webb b James	67
+J Firth	c Webb b James	11
JS Savage	c Webb b James	5
RC Smith	c Lenham b James	4
CT Spencer	b Bates	9
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 77.3 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-23, 3-44, 4-45, 5-135, 6-157, 7-162, 8-166, 9-171, 10-179 (77.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	18.3	5	56	4	-	-
Thomson	16	7	25	1	-	-
Smith	9	3	21	0	-	-
James	20	10	32	4	-	-
Marlar	8	2	25	1	-	-
Suttle	6	4	8	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	b Goodwin	23
LJ Lenham	c Firth b Goodwin	25
KG Suttle	b Goodwin	1
JM Parks	c van Geloven b Goodwin	20
G Potter	c Hallam b Goodwin	23
+RT Webb	c Spencer b Savage	28
DJ Foreman	lbw b Spencer	43
NI Thomson	c and b Goodwin	15
*RG Marlar	b van Geloven	33
AE James	not out	20
DL Bates	c Goodwin b Spencer	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 88.5 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-50, 3-62, 4-78, 5-119, 6-127, 7-165, 8-208, 9-242, 10-242 (88.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	29.5	6	78	2	-	-
Goodwin	35	8	90	6	-	-
Palmer	16	8	30	0	-	-
Savage	7	2	17	1	-	-
van Geloven	1	0	16	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b James	52
MR Hallam	c Webb b Bates	146
J van Geloven	c Parks b Thomson	33
*CH Palmer	c Marlar b Thomson	33
LR Gardner	not out	10
RA Diment	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
RC Smith	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 89.5 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-114, 2-223, 3-248, 4-278 (89.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	14	1	86	1	-	-
Thomson	18.5	2	63	2	-	-
Smith	5	1	14	0	-	-
James	25	13	32	1	-	-
Marlar	16	3	54	0	-	-
Suttle	11	5	25	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Firth b Spencer	17
LJ Lenham	c Savage b Goodwin	12
KG Suttle	c Hallam b Savage	25
JM Parks	c Firth b Spencer	0
DJ Foreman	c Spencer b Goodwin	3
G Potter	c Firth b Spencer	7
NI Thomson	b Savage	8
+RT Webb	lbw b Lester	7
AE James	c Hallam b Smith	5
DL Bates	c and b Smith	21
*RG Marlar	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 42.1 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-40, 3-42, 4-47, 5-66, 6-68, 7-81, 8-81, 9-111, 10-116 (42.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	4	35	3	-	-
Goodwin	10	2	33	2	-	-
Savage	11	5	30	2	-	-
Lester	6	2	7	1	-	-
Smith	2.1	2	0	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Webb (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> DJ Foreman (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 27
--> MR Hallam (2) passed his previous highest score of 126 in first-class matches
--> MR Hallam (2) passed his previous highest score of 126 in County Championship matches
--> DL Bates (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in first-class matches
--> CT Spencer reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> CT Spencer reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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