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| Venue | The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 4th, 6th, 7th July 1959 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Sussex won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Sussex 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0 |
| Umpires | D Davies, H Elliott |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 372/9 (Harris 1*; 115.3 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 71/1 (Wight 28*, Greetham 34*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | c Oakman b Thomson | 79 | |||||
| JG Lomax | b Dexter | 9 | |||||
| PB Wight | run out | 106 | |||||
| CL McCool | c Oakman b Dexter | 108 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | lbw b Thomson | 17 | |||||
| WE Alley | b James | 25 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Dexter b James | 7 | |||||
| +PJ Eele | c Oakman b James | 12 | |||||
| BA Langford | b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| JH Harris | not out | 1 | |||||
| AGT Whitehead | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 115.3 overs) | 372 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-157, 3-290, 4-323, 5-329, 6-343, 7-361, 8-370, 9-372 (115.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 29 | 3 | 86 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 19 | 1 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| James | 24.3 | 7 | 69 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 14 | 3 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Preston | 16 | 5 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 9 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Suttle | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ASM Oakman | c Alley b Lomax | 163 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | b Lomax | 7 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c and b Whitehead | 50 | |||||
| ER Dexter | not out | 117 | |||||
| DV Smith | c Eele b Whitehead | 10 | |||||
| DJ Mordaunt | c and b Whitehead | 0 | |||||
| DJ Preston | c Atkinson b Whitehead | 1 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c Atkinson b Whitehead | 5 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | st Eele b Whitehead | 18 | |||||
| +JM Parks | did not bat | ||||||
| AE James | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 115 overs) | 378 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-137, 3-286, 4-326, 5-326, 6-336, 7-355, 8-378 (115 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Harris | 13 | 4 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 22 | 3 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| Alley | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 15 | 4 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 23 | 7 | 81 | 0 | - | - | |
| Whitehead | 28 | 6 | 74 | 6 | - | - | |
| Greetham | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | lbw b Dexter | 0 | |||||
| PB Wight | c and b Marlar | 74 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | b James | 56 | |||||
| JG Lomax | b James | 32 | |||||
| CL McCool | c and b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| WE Alley | c Oakman b Marlar | 13 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | b James | 27 | |||||
| +PJ Eele | c and b Marlar | 2 | |||||
| BA Langford | c Smith b James | 7 | |||||
| JH Harris | not out | 0 | |||||
| AGT Whitehead | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 4 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 77.1 overs) | 226 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-109, 3-161, 4-161, 5-183, 6-216, 7-219, 8-223, 9-226 (77.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 6 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| James | 27.1 | 5 | 62 | 4 | - | - | |
| Preston | 8 | 4 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 31 | 3 | 90 | 4 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | c Eele b Lomax | 20 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | b Harris | 5 | |||||
| KG Suttle | lbw b Alley | 4 | |||||
| ER Dexter | not out | 91 | |||||
| DJ Mordaunt | c Lomax b Whitehead | 27 | |||||
| +JM Parks | not out | 61 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| NI Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| *RG Marlar | did not bat | ||||||
| AE James | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 45.1 overs) | 221 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-29, 3-39, 4-85 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Harris | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 8 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alley | 11 | 1 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCool | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 10 | 2 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Whitehead | 10 | 0 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tremlett | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> G Atkinson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> G Atkinson (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> CL McCool (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 108
--> CL McCool (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> CL McCool (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 163
--> ER Dexter (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in County Championship matches
--> ER Dexter (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> CHM Greetham (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> CHM Greetham (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> CHM Greetham (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> MF Tremlett (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> JM Parks (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> AGT Whitehead achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 2-15)
--> AGT Whitehead achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings
--> JG Lomax reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> AGT Whitehead achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 2-15)
--> AGT Whitehead achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings
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