f21447 cc10726	Sussex v Surrey
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 25th, 26th, 27th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey won by 62 runs
Points	Sussex 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	WE Phillipson, FW Shipston
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 313/8 (Surridge 41*, AV Bedser 3*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 111/2 (Barrington 2*, REC Pratt 0*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	b Thomson	38
MJ Stewart	c Marlar b Smith	33
KF Barrington	b Thomson	95
B Constable	lbw b Smith	72
EA Bedser	c Foreman b Smith	0
REC Pratt	run out	1
+AJW McIntyre	lbw b Thomson	5
DE Pratt	b Smith	13
*WS Surridge	not out	41
AV Bedser	not out	3
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 126 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-71, 3-228, 4-230, 5-251, 6-251, 7-256, 8-290

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	30	7	71	3	-	-
James	30	11	69	0	-	-
Smith	31	8	73	4	-	-
Marlar	26	5	62	0	-	-
Parks	9	0	26	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Potter	c Surridge b EA Bedser	26
+RT Webb	c Surridge b EA Bedser	19
DV Smith	c REC Pratt b DE Pratt	86
JM Parks	lbw b Surridge	23
DJ Semmence	c Loader b DE Pratt	36
KG Suttle	c Stewart b DE Pratt	14
DJ Foreman	c REC Pratt b Loader	20
RH Willson	b AV Bedser	6
NI Thomson	c Clark b Loader	2
*RG Marlar	c REC Pratt b Loader	1
AE James	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 5 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 105 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-62, 3-97, 4-188, 5-201, 6-224, 7-236, 8-240, 9-242, 10-245 (105 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	20	4	45	3	-	-
AV Bedser	16	5	25	1	-	-
Surridge	21	6	46	1	-	-
EA Bedser	32	8	82	2	-	-
DE Pratt	16	5	36	3	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	c Semmence b Smith	50
MJ Stewart	run out	58
KF Barrington	lbw b Marlar	18
DE Pratt	c Potter b Marlar	5
+AJW McIntyre	b James	6
*WS Surridge	c Suttle b Marlar	2
EA Bedser	b James	36
B Constable	c Willson b Marlar	17
REC Pratt	c Foreman b Marlar	6
AV Bedser	not out	2
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 55.3 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-111, 3-120, 4-129, 5-140, 6-147, 7-183, 8-196, 9-205 (55.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	5	2	14	0	-	-
James	19.3	4	66	2	-	-
Smith	8	3	22	1	-	-
Marlar	23	1	98	5	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c REC Pratt b AV Bedser	46
G Potter	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	5
DJ Semmence	lbw b AV Bedser	0
JM Parks	c REC Pratt b AV Bedser	54
DJ Foreman	c Clark b EA Bedser	20
KG Suttle	c REC Pratt b EA Bedser	33
RH Willson	c Surridge b Loader	8
NI Thomson	not out	35
+RT Webb	c Surridge b EA Bedser	2
AE James	b EA Bedser	1
*RG Marlar	c Barrington b Loader	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-22, 3-97, 4-124, 5-140, 6-172, 7-172, 8-181, 9-191, 10-211 (60 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	14	4	47	2	-	-
AV Bedser	19	2	59	4	-	-
Surridge	4	0	9	0	-	-
EA Bedser	16	5	64	4	-	-
DE Pratt	7	0	25	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DV Smith (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> KG Suttle (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> DV Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> DE Pratt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 1-5)
--> AE James reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> EA Bedser reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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