f20972 cc10452	Sussex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 6th, 7th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by an innings and 173 runs
Points	Sussex 12; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	E Cooke, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 443/7 (Thomson 12*, Marlar 19*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Rochford b Lambert	14
DV Smith	lbw b Wells	69
ASM Oakman	c Rochford b Cook	31
JM Parks	run out	54
KG Suttle	b Milton	104
AAK Lawrence	c Crapp b Cook	63
G Cox	b Cook	49
NI Thomson	not out	12
*RG Marlar	not out	19
+RT Webb	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(19 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	28
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 132 overs)	443
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-116, 3-124, 4-232, 5-322, 6-408, 7-415

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	28	4	98	1	-	-
McHugh	34	4	97	0	-	-
Milton	19	6	50	1	-	-
Wells	32	6	99	1	-	-
Cook	17	3	63	3	-	-
Mortimore	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Smith	6
CA Milton	lbw b James	37
JF Crapp	st Webb b Cox	101
*GM Emmett	c Webb b James	0
W Knightley-Smith	b James	0
GEE Lambert	c Cox b James	3
JB Mortimore	c Lawrence b Cox	5
+P Rochford	lbw b Smith	1
C Cook	b Smith	0
BD Wells	not out	0
FP McHugh	c Lawrence b Cox	0
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-85, 3-89, 4-95, 5-127, 6-162, 7-165, 8-165, 9-169, 10-169 (79.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	20	4	50	0	-	-
James	26	11	34	4	-	-
Smith	21	10	19	3	-	-
Marlar	5	0	23	0	-	-
Cox	4.4	2	7	3	-	-
Oakman	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Webb b Thomson	2
CA Milton	c Langridge b Thomson	34
JF Crapp	c Webb b James	10
*GM Emmett	c Webb b Thomson	9
W Knightley-Smith	not out	23
GEE Lambert	b Thomson	3
JB Mortimore	c Cox b James	8
+P Rochford	lbw b Smith	1
C Cook	st Webb b Smith	2
BD Wells	c Suttle b Thomson	2
FP McHugh	b Smith	2
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-45, 3-58, 4-59, 5-63, 6-74, 7-83, 8-95, 9-98, 10-101 (46 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	20	5	41	5	-	-
James	16	4	39	2	-	-
Smith	7	1	12	3	-	-
Cox	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DV Smith (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> AAK Lawrence (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> AAK Lawrence (1) equalled his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> G Cox (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> CA Milton (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> CA Milton (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> BD Wells (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> W Knightley-Smith made his debut for Gloucestershire in County Championship matches
--> W Knightley-Smith made his debut for Gloucestershire in First-Class matches
--> GEE Lambert reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> AE James reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> AE James reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> NI Thomson reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> NI Thomson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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