f21282 cc10599	Middlesex v Sussex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 19th, 21st May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Sussex won by an innings and 22 runs
Points	Middlesex 0; Sussex 12
Umpires	K McCanlis, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 26/0 (Robertson 17*, Murray 9*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Titmus b Warr	55
ASM Oakman	c Murray b Tilly	53
AAK Lawrence	lbw b Tilly	0
JM Parks	lbw b Tilly	92
DS Sheppard	c Murray b Warr	29
KG Suttle	c Bennett b Hurst	57
G Potter	c Murray b Tilly	19
NI Thomson	not out	47
*RG Marlar	b Tilly	2
+RT Webb	c Titmus b Warr	6
AE James	c Murray b Tilly	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 97.3 overs)	369
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-96, 3-142, 4-216, 5-252, 6-304, 7-320, 8-330, 9-369, 10-369 (97.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	24	0	93	3	-	-
Bennett	16	1	76	0	-	-
Tilly	26.3	5	94	6	-	-
Hurst	11	2	44	1	-	-
Titmus	12	6	18	0	-	-
Robins	7	0	32	0	-	-
Baldry	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Smith	63
+JT Murray	b James	9
*WJ Edrich	c Thomson b James	35
D Bennett	c and b Smith	0
DO Baldry	b Thomson	7
FJ Titmus	c Webb b James	3
PH Parfitt	c Oakman b Thomson	12
JJ Warr	b Smith	1
RVC Robins	c Lawrence b Smith	18
HW Tilly	b Thomson	14
RJ Hurst	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 62.5 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-111, 3-111, 4-111, 5-114, 6-127, 7-138, 8-138, 9-165, 10-175 (62.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	21.5	2	53	3	-	-
James	19	5	47	3	-	-
Marlar	3	1	11	0	-	-
Smith	19	5	52	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Thomson	2
+JT Murray	b James	0
*WJ Edrich	c Smith b James	14
D Bennett	b Smith	47
DO Baldry	c Parks b Marlar	16
FJ Titmus	c Suttle b Marlar	12
PH Parfitt	c Webb b Marlar	0
JJ Warr	c Smith b Marlar	16
RVC Robins	not out	24
HW Tilly	lbw b Parks	16
RJ Hurst	lbw b Parks	12
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-18, 3-28, 4-70, 5-102, 6-104, 7-108, 8-125, 9-158, 10-172 (62 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	9	3	25	1	-	-
James	9	1	24	2	-	-
Marlar	20	5	54	4	-	-
Smith	18	7	36	1	-	-
Parks	6	0	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DV Smith (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 20000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 33500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> RJ Hurst (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> HW Tilly achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 4-49)
--> HW Tilly achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings
--> JJ Warr reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> HW Tilly achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 4-68)
--> HW Tilly achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings
--> DV Smith reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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