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f21474 cc10749	Sussex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Middlesex won by 8 wickets
Points	Sussex 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	H Elliott, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 121/2 (Edrich 54, Hurst 2)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 151/8 (Parks 25*)

Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RT Webb	b Bennett	16
ASM Oakman	lbw b Bennett	16
DS Sheppard	b Bennett	0
JM Parks	b Warr	10
GHG Doggart	b Moss	17
KG Suttle	c Murray b Bennett	24
DJ Semmence	lbw b Bennett	20
DA Stripp	b Bennett	1
NI Thomson	c Hurst b Bennett	4
*RG Marlar	b Warr	0
AE James	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-29, 3-34, 4-52, 5-72, 6-92, 7-96, 8-100, 9-100, 10-120 (53.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	27	4	50	2	-	-
Moss	9	4	17	1	-	-
Bennett	17.4	6	47	7	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Oakman	60
JG Dewes	c Webb b Thomson	0
*WJ Edrich	b Oakman	61
RJ Hurst	c Webb b James	62
DCS Compton	run out	3
GPS Delisle	c Stripp b Oakman	19
FJ Titmus	c Oakman b Marlar	11
+JT Murray	c Oakman b Marlar	1
D Bennett	not out	36
JJ Warr	c Suttle b Marlar	1
AE Moss	not out	8
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-117, 3-138, 4-145, 5-181, 6-207, 7-209, 8-237, 9-238

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	28	11	44	1	-	-
James	39	16	91	1	-	-
Marlar	19	5	64	3	-	-
Stripp	6	0	23	0	-	-
Oakman	13	1	40	3	-	-

Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RT Webb	b Titmus	9
ASM Oakman	run out	27
DS Sheppard	lbw b Titmus	22
KG Suttle	c Robertson b Titmus	6
GHG Doggart	lbw b Hurst	26
JM Parks	c Warr b Bennett	50
DJ Semmence	c Moss b Hurst	3
DA Stripp	c Edrich b Compton	5
NI Thomson	lbw b Titmus	10
*RG Marlar	c Delisle b Bennett	0
AE James	not out	15
Extras	(21 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 93.5 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-52, 3-66, 4-84, 5-104, 6-114, 7-129, 8-151, 9-152, 10-197 (93.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	6	1	11	0	-	-
Bennett	12.5	1	37	2	-	-
Titmus	40	18	60	4	-	-
Compton	10	3	21	1	-	-
Hurst	25	10	44	2	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Webb b Suttle	11
JG Dewes	c Stripp b Marlar	4
+JT Murray	not out	21
D Bennett	not out	11
*WJ Edrich	did not bat
RJ Hurst	did not bat
DCS Compton	did not bat
GPS Delisle	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 18.4 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-16

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	2	0	9	0	-	-
Marlar	2	1	5	1	-	-
Stripp	7.4	2	17	0	-	-
Suttle	7	2	16	1	-	-

Notes
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 22000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> RJ Hurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> RJ Hurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in first-class matches
--> JM Parks (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 46
--> D Bennett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 6-32)
--> D Bennett reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> D Bennett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 6-32)