f21090 cc10560	Surrey v Sussex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 24th, 25th, 26th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 8 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Sussex 0
Umpires	LH Gray, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 32/4 (Constable 10*, Barrington 4*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 12/2 (Smith 5*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Stewart b AV Bedser	5
DV Smith	c Surridge b Lock	21
ASM Oakman	c Stewart b Surridge	3
JM Parks	lbw b Lock	68
GHG Doggart	b Laker	10
KG Suttle	c Stewart b Lock	32
G Cox	c Stewart b Laker	48
+RT Webb	c Surridge b EA Bedser	9
NI Thomson	b Lock	35
*RG Marlar	st McIntyre b Lock	11
AE James	not out	1
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-23, 3-52, 4-75, 5-121, 6-155, 7-180, 8-221, 9-242, 10-245 (91 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	14	3	35	1	-	-
Surridge	10	4	23	1	-	-
Laker	28	7	77	2	-	-
Lock	24	7	70	5	-	-
EA Bedser	15	4	38	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
REC Pratt	st Webb b James	2
MJ Stewart	c Langridge b Thomson	2
PBH May	c Webb b Smith	13
EA Bedser	b Thomson	1
B Constable	c Langridge b Parks	77
KF Barrington	c Smith b Parks	39
+AJW McIntyre	c Thomson b Smith	81
JC Laker	not out	78
GAR Lock	lbw b Parks	19
*WS Surridge	b Marlar	21
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 129.4 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-15, 4-26, 5-99, 6-194, 7-242, 8-275, 9-343 (129.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	31	9	67	2	-	-
James	33	11	77	1	-	-
Smith	28	8	66	2	-	-
Marlar	18.4	2	57	1	-	-
Oakman	6	1	13	0	-	-
Parks	13	2	53	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c May b AV Bedser	0
DV Smith	lbw b AV Bedser	13
ASM Oakman	c May b AV Bedser	7
JM Parks	lbw b Lock	7
GHG Doggart	b AV Bedser	1
KG Suttle	c sub b Lock	27
G Cox	b Laker	14
+RT Webb	c Stewart b AV Bedser	7
NI Thomson	c and b Lock	3
*RG Marlar	not out	6
AE James	lbw b Lock	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-27, 4-27, 5-43, 6-60, 7-73, 8-84, 9-90, 10-90 (36 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	17	3	41	5	-	-
Surridge	1	0	1	0	-	-
Laker	1	0	7	1	-	-
Lock	17	8	36	4	-	-

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Notes
--> DV Smith (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> B Constable (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 67
--> G Cox (2) passed 22500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> NI Thomson reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JM Parks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 1-5)

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