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| Venue | The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 22nd, 24th, 25th August 1953 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sussex won by 10 wickets |
| Points | Sussex 12; Gloucestershire 0 |
| Umpires | FS Lee, A Skelding |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 181/1 (Sheppard 128*, Doggart 29*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Gloucestershire (2) 113 all out |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Emmett | c Langridge b Marlar | 9 | |||||
| DM Young | b Wood | 17 | |||||
| TW Graveney | c Webb b Marlar | 5 | |||||
| *JF Crapp | c and b Marlar | 17 | |||||
| +AE Wilson | st Webb b Marlar | 2 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| CJ Scott | c Doggart b Thomson | 2 | |||||
| JVC Griffiths | b Marlar | 13 | |||||
| DA Allen | lbw b Wood | 5 | |||||
| C Cook | not out | 5 | |||||
| FP McHugh | b Marlar | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (8 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.1 overs) | 84 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-26, 3-36, 4-43, 5-43, 6-48, 7-60, 8-77, 9-83, 10-84 (54.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wood | 14 | 6 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 26.1 | 14 | 42 | 7 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DS Sheppard | not out | 128 | |||||
| JG Langridge | c Wilson b McHugh | 23 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | not out | 29 | |||||
| G Cox | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Parks | did not bat | ||||||
| DV Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| AE James | did not bat | ||||||
| NI Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| +RT Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Marlar | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Wood | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 77 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-98 (Langridge) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McHugh | 14 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Scott | 19 | 4 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 17 | 8 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 19 | 5 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allen | 8 | 2 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Emmett | c Smith b James | 36 | |||||
| DM Young | b James | 4 | |||||
| TW Graveney | c James b Thomson | 2 | |||||
| *JF Crapp | c Parks b Thomson | 9 | |||||
| +AE Wilson | c Langridge b Thomson | 3 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | b Marlar | 8 | |||||
| CJ Scott | c Sheppard b James | 4 | |||||
| JVC Griffiths | c Webb b James | 5 | |||||
| DA Allen | not out | 11 | |||||
| C Cook | b James | 1 | |||||
| FP McHugh | b James | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (21 b, 3 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.3 overs) | 113 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-36, 3-59, 4-65, 5-69, 6-73, 7-89, 8-102, 9-105, 10-113 (65.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 25 | 15 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wood | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 22 | 10 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| James | 16.3 | 6 | 19 | 6 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DS Sheppard | not out | 14 | |||||
| JG Langridge | not out | 0 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | did not bat | ||||||
| G Cox | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Parks | did not bat | ||||||
| DV Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| AE James | did not bat | ||||||
| NI Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| +RT Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Marlar | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Wood | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 6.3 overs) | 17 | |||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McHugh | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allen | 2.3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DS Sheppard (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 87
--> AE James reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
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