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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 28th, 30th, 31st August 1954 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Sussex 0; Essex 4 |
| Umpires | F Chester, D Davies |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 5/1 (Langridge 0*, Webb 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 30/5 (Greensmith 5*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Langridge b James | 15 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c Webb b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| FH Vigar | b Thomson | 12 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Marlar | 52 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Oakman b Thomson | 83 | |||||
| B Taylor | c Doggart b James | 70 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | b Marlar | 7 | |||||
| MJ Bear | b Thomson | 9 | |||||
| R Smith | b Marlar | 4 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | lbw b Marlar | 3 | |||||
| JA Bailey | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 3 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106.2 overs) | 272 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-23, 3-31, 4-133, 5-229, 6-241, 7-252, 8-260, 9-266, 10-272 (106.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 29.2 | 9 | 59 | 4 | - | - | |
| James | 25 | 7 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 20 | 5 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 27 | 9 | 75 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cox | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parks | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | c Gibb b TE Bailey | 73 | |||||
| DV Smith | c Gibb b TE Bailey | 3 | |||||
| +RT Webb | b TE Bailey | 5 | |||||
| *GHG Doggart | c Gibb b JA Bailey | 11 | |||||
| JM Parks | b JA Bailey | 9 | |||||
| KG Suttle | lbw b TE Bailey | 75 | |||||
| G Cox | c Insole b Smith | 33 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | not out | 13 | |||||
| AE James | c TE Bailey b Smith | 0 | |||||
| NI Thomson | b JA Bailey | 2 | |||||
| RG Marlar | b JA Bailey | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 94.4 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-15, 3-34, 4-51, 5-158, 6-209, 7-217, 8-217, 9-228, 10-228 (94.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| TE Bailey | 25 | 8 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Smith | 23 | 8 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| JA Bailey | 24.4 | 4 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 16 | 4 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Suttle b James | 1 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | b Thomson | 7 | |||||
| FH Vigar | c Cox b James | 1 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | c Langridge b Marlar | 12 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | lbw b Marlar | 18 | |||||
| B Taylor | b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | b Thomson | 8 | |||||
| R Smith | b Thomson | 9 | |||||
| TE Bailey | not out | 79 | |||||
| MJ Bear | b Parks | 33 | |||||
| JA Bailey | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 91.5 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-7, 3-18, 4-30, 5-30, 6-45, 7-61, 8-69, 9-171 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 30 | 10 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| James | 16 | 6 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 28.5 | 8 | 75 | 3 | - | - | |
| Parks | 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Doggart | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | c Taylor b Smith | 4 | |||||
| DV Smith | lbw b TE Bailey | 48 | |||||
| *GHG Doggart | c Insole b Smith | 13 | |||||
| JM Parks | c JA Bailey b Smith | 38 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Dodds b Insole | 78 | |||||
| G Cox | b TE Bailey | 3 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | lbw b Insole | 14 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c TE Bailey b Insole | 0 | |||||
| RG Marlar | run out | 1 | |||||
| AE James | not out | 2 | |||||
| +RT Webb | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 43 overs) | 214 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-38, 3-94, 4-143, 5-159, 6-194, 7-194, 8-209, 9-212 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| TE Bailey | 17 | 2 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 17 | 2 | 86 | 3 | - | - | |
| JA Bailey | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 4 | 0 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> FH Vigar made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> FH Vigar made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> B Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> B Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in County Championship matches
--> B Taylor (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> JG Langridge (1) passed 33000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> G Cox (1) passed 21500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> TE Bailey (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 33
--> MJ Bear (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Bear (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> KG Suttle (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 67
--> JA Bailey reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
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