f20979 cc10462	Yorkshire v Sussex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Bramall Lane, Sheffield on 9th, 11th, 12th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Yorkshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Yorkshire 12; Sussex 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 7/2 (Lowson 1*, Watson 2*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 3/0 (Langridge 0*, Smith 2*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	b Illingworth	38
DV Smith	c Wilson b Wardle	54
ASM Oakman	c Wardle b Close	32
JM Parks	run out	69
KG Suttle	c Close b Platt	18
G Cox	lbw b Platt	0
AAK Lawrence	lbw b Platt	0
+RT Webb	not out	8
NI Thomson	b Yardley	0
AE James	b Yardley	8
*RG Marlar	b Platt	10
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 116.3 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-100, 3-164, 4-214, 5-214, 6-222, 7-225, 8-225, 9-235, 10-250 (116.3 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Platt	28.3	7	70	4	-	-
Close	17	4	54	1	-	-
Yardley	17	6	28	2	-	-
Illingworth	25	10	43	1	-	-
Wardle	29	17	42	1	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Lowson	run out	1
DEV Padgett	lbw b Thomson	0
WHH Sutcliffe	c Cox b James	89
W Watson	c Marlar b Thomson	163
JV Wilson	c Langridge b Marlar	16
DB Close	b Oakman	14
*NWD Yardley	c Lawrence b James	5
R Illingworth	run out	23
JH Wardle	c Oakman b Marlar	4
+JG Binks	b James	18
RK Platt	not out	1
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 133.3 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-155, 4-192, 5-209, 6-258, 7-270, 8-286, 9-332, 10-340 (133.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	41	9	111	2	-	-
James	36.3	16	52	3	-	-
Smith	10	4	32	0	-	-
Marlar	30	7	92	2	-	-
Oakman	16	3	47	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Close b Yardley	4
DV Smith	lbw b Yardley	26
ASM Oakman	b Yardley	3
JM Parks	not out	86
KG Suttle	lbw b Platt	2
AAK Lawrence	c Wilson b Wardle	10
G Cox	c Close b Wardle	2
+RT Webb	c Lowson b Wardle	6
NI Thomson	c Wilson b Wardle	5
AE James	c Wilson b Wardle	2
*RG Marlar	c and b Close	4
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-33, 3-42, 4-47, 5-75, 6-81, 7-127, 8-137, 9-153, 10-158 (86 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Platt	27	7	43	1	-	-
Close	11	4	18	1	-	-
Yardley	18	9	34	3	-	-
Illingworth	9	2	24	0	-	-
Wardle	21	10	31	5	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Lowson	not out	32
DEV Padgett	b Oakman	14
JV Wilson	c Webb b Oakman	22
W Watson	not out	1
WHH Sutcliffe	did not bat
DB Close	did not bat
*NWD Yardley	did not bat
R Illingworth	did not bat
JH Wardle	did not bat
+JG Binks	did not bat
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 24 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-61

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	2	1	5	0	-	-
James	3	0	16	0	-	-
Marlar	9	2	24	0	-	-
Oakman	10	3	24	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RK Platt made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RK Platt made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DV Smith (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> JM Parks (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 26
--> W Watson (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 78
--> JG Binks (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> JG Binks (1) equalled his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> JM Parks (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 86
--> NWD Yardley reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> JH Wardle reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> WHH Sutcliffe retired not out in the Yorkshire first innings having scored 47 (team score 130/2) - he returned when the score was 270/7

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