f21437 cc10713	Worcestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 18th, 19th, 20th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 0; Sussex 4
Umpires	K McCanlis, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 2/0 (Webb 2*, Potter 0*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 232/5 (Suttle 46*, Foreman 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Foreman b Thomson	5
LF Outschoorn	c Foreman b James	5
G Dews	b James	132
DW Richardson	c Parks b Mercer	38
MJ Horton	b James	14
RG Broadbent	c and b James	1
*RO Jenkins	lbw b Bates	2
+R Booth	lbw b James	32
GH Chesterton	b Bates	9
R Berry	b James	0
LJ Coldwell	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 112.1 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-111, 4-159, 5-175, 6-192, 7-217, 8-244, 9-244, 10-257 (112.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	25	10	54	1	-	-
James	39	16	73	6	-	-
Bates	17.1	4	34	2	-	-
Foreman	10	3	30	0	-	-
Mercer	9	2	25	1	-	-
Parks	12	5	29	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RT Webb	c Broadbent b Coldwell	42
G Potter	c Richardson b Horton	39
*DS Sheppard	c Dews b Jenkins	59
JM Parks	c Booth b Coldwell	42
DJ Semmence	c Horton b Jenkins	0
KG Suttle	not out	67
DJ Foreman	not out	8
WN Mercer	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 115.3 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-120, 3-159, 4-159, 5-255

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	20	5	52	2	-	-
Chesterton	35	10	71	0	-	-
Horton	24	7	49	1	-	-
Berry	25	13	43	0	-	-
Jenkins	11.3	2	42	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Potter b Thomson	0
LF Outschoorn	c Potter b Thomson	6
G Dews	b Bates	4
DW Richardson	c and b James	61
MJ Horton	c Thomson b Bates	15
+R Booth	c Thomson b Bates	13
RG Broadbent	not out	43
*RO Jenkins	b Thomson	1
GH Chesterton	b Thomson	0
R Berry	c Semmence b Mercer	11
LJ Coldwell	c Sheppard b Mercer	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-21, 4-52, 5-88, 6-113, 7-138, 8-138, 9-161, 10-161 (64 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	24	9	62	4	-	-
James	19	9	34	1	-	-
Bates	14	4	42	3	-	-
Mercer	3	1	2	2	-	-
Parks	1	0	9	0	-	-
Suttle	1	0	4	0	-	-
Potter	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RT Webb	not out	3
WN Mercer	not out	6
G Potter	did not bat
*DS Sheppard	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
DJ Semmence	did not bat
KG Suttle	did not bat
DJ Foreman	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 4 overs)	9

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	2	2	0	0	-	-
Outschoorn	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WN Mercer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WN Mercer made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> G Dews (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> GH Chesterton (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> RO Jenkins reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> MJ Horton reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> AE James reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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