f21366 cc10662	Kent v Sussex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 0; Sussex 4
Umpires	LH Gray, FW Shipston
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 82/0 (Smith 34*, Oakman 47*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 110/3 (Phebey 45*, Ufton 0*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Wilson	run out	21
AH Phebey	b Thomson	7
AC Shirreff	b Stripp	11
AE Fagg	c Foreman b Thomson	9
AL Dixon	b Thomson	88
SE Leary	lbw b Thomson	56
+DG Ufton	not out	20
F Ridgway	c Lawrence b James	5
*DVP Wright	b Thomson	6
DJ Halfyard	c Stripp b Thomson	8
JCT Page	b James	2
Extras	(17 b, 4 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-44, 3-49, 4-74, 5-201, 6-210, 7-229, 8-242, 9-250, 10-254 (96 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	26	4	53	6	-	-
James	30	15	45	2	-	-
Stripp	10	0	32	1	-	-
Smith	18	2	58	0	-	-
Marlar	10	1	34	0	-	-
Parks	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Ufton b Wright	38
ASM Oakman	b Ridgway	142
DJ Foreman	b Wright	0
JM Parks	c Ufton b Halfyard	33
AAK Lawrence	c Shirreff b Halfyard	5
KG Suttle	c Ufton b Wright	1
DA Stripp	c Ufton b Halfyard	11
NI Thomson	lbw b Ridgway	6
+DW Manville	run out	8
*RG Marlar	b Halfyard	20
AE James	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-105, 3-176, 4-187, 5-193, 6-217, 7-230, 8-244, 9-270, 10-272 (79.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	20	5	66	2	-	-
Halfyard	20.2	6	73	4	-	-
Shirreff	19	3	51	0	-	-
Page	3	0	18	0	-	-
Wright	17	5	56	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	not out	87
AC Shirreff	b James	0
SE Leary	b Smith	26
AL Dixon	c and b Oakman	25
+DG Ufton	c Lawrence b Marlar	30
AE Fagg	b Thomson	24
RC Wilson	run out	1
F Ridgway	not out	13
*DVP Wright	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-54, 3-81, 4-147, 5-188, 6-196

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	20	5	43	1	-	-
James	18	4	43	1	-	-
Stripp	3	0	13	0	-	-
Smith	13	3	33	1	-	-
Marlar	16	5	36	1	-	-
Oakman	20	10	38	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	lbw b Ridgway	30
ASM Oakman	c Fagg b Halfyard	4
DJ Foreman	c Ufton b Ridgway	1
JM Parks	not out	40
AAK Lawrence	not out	9
KG Suttle	did not bat
DA Stripp	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
+DW Manville	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 27 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-64

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	11	1	33	2	-	-
Halfyard	7	0	37	1	-	-
Page	3	1	6	0	-	-
Wright	6	3	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DV Smith (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 112
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 26500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> DG Ufton (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> F Ridgway (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> NI Thomson reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings

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