f20850 cc10364	Sussex v Essex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	The Manor Sports Ground, Worthing on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 6 wickets
Points	Sussex 12; Essex 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 37/2 (Langridge 17*, Marlar 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 103/8 (Preston 2*, Bailey 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	run out	89
PA Gibb	c Lawrence b Oakman	31
G Barker	c Lawrence b Thomson	48
R Horsfall	c Suttle b Thomson	0
*DJ Insole	c Lawrence b Thomson	11
WT Greensmith	c Potter b Thomson	0
+B Taylor	c Lawrence b James	0
R Smith	c and b James	21
KC Preston	c Langridge b James	1
JA Bailey	not out	5
P Cousens	c Webb b James	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-168, 3-168, 4-175, 5-178, 6-183, 7-183, 8-185, 9-212, 10-212 (78.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	18	4	51	4	-	-
James	24.5	7	56	4	-	-
Oakman	21	5	55	1	-	-
Marlar	15	2	44	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Greensmith	31
DV Smith	c Bailey b Smith	18
+RT Webb	c Greensmith b Bailey	0
*RG Marlar	b Greensmith	22
ASM Oakman	c and b Smith	20
KG Suttle	lbw b Preston	30
G Cox	c Gibb b Greensmith	25
G Potter	b Preston	7
AAK Lawrence	b Preston	9
NI Thomson	not out	9
AE James	b Greensmith	9
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-35, 3-71, 4-72, 5-96, 6-149, 7-149, 8-163, 9-172, 10-183 (80.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	18	7	36	3	-	-
Bailey	14	2	41	1	-	-
Smith	21	8	45	2	-	-
Greensmith	21.5	8	40	4	-	-
Cousens	3	1	13	0	-	-
Insole	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b James	7
PA Gibb	c Marlar b James	4
G Barker	c Marlar b Potter	35
R Horsfall	b Marlar	5
*DJ Insole	c Webb b Oakman	18
WT Greensmith	c Langridge b Oakman	6
+B Taylor	b Oakman	4
KC Preston	b Marlar	3
R Smith	c Langridge b Oakman	9
JA Bailey	b Marlar	1
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(15 b)	15
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-16, 3-29, 4-77, 5-83, 6-93, 7-100, 8-103, 9-106, 10-107 (51.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	9	4	20	0	-	-
James	13	5	26	2	-	-
Oakman	10	4	17	4	-	-
Marlar	15.4	8	22	3	-	-
Potter	4	1	7	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Dodds b Smith	43
DV Smith	lbw b Preston	0
ASM Oakman	c Preston b Smith	37
G Potter	not out	27
KG Suttle	c Preston b Smith	15
G Cox	not out	11
+RT Webb	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
AAK Lawrence	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 71.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-72, 3-83, 4-109

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	12	2	26	1	-	-
Bailey	17	8	24	0	-	-
Smith	18	7	32	3	-	-
Greensmith	13	3	28	0	-	-
Cousens	10	6	18	0	-	-
Dodds	1.1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> P Cousens made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> P Cousens made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches

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