f21501 cc10773	Surrey v Sussex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 15th, 16th, 17th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey won by 7 wickets
Points	Surrey 12; Sussex 0
Umpires	D Davies, WT Jones
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 95/4 (Stewart 42*, Constable 2*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 23/0 (Constable 14*, Stewart 9*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Surridge b Laker	36
G Potter	lbw b Loader	7
DS Sheppard	c May b Bedser	16
JM Parks	c McIntyre b Bedser	59
GHG Doggart	b Bedser	4
KG Suttle	b Lock	31
DJ Semmence	b Bedser	4
+RT Webb	c Surridge b Lock	0
AE James	not out	0
*RG Marlar	st McIntyre b Lock	1
DL Bates	c Barrington b Lock	0
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-60, 3-83, 4-98, 5-154, 6-165, 7-168, 8-174, 9-175, 10-175 (79.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	7	0	16	1	-	-
Surridge	4	0	10	0	-	-
Laker	26	14	37	1	-	-
Lock	17.3	4	38	4	-	-
Bedser	25	6	57	4	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	c Doggart b Marlar	16
MJ Stewart	c sub b Suttle	44
KF Barrington	lbw b Suttle	19
PBH May	c Webb b Suttle	12
GAR Lock	c Webb b Marlar	4
B Constable	c Oakman b Marlar	4
EA Bedser	c James b Marlar	11
+AJW McIntyre	not out	49
JC Laker	c Suttle b Marlar	25
*WS Surridge	b Suttle	0
PJ Loader	c Suttle b Marlar	11
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-51, 3-80, 4-93, 5-99, 6-99, 7-122, 8-177, 9-179, 10-196 (81.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	2	1	6	0	-	-
James	6	1	9	0	-	-
Marlar	37.4	7	105	6	-	-
Suttle	33	12	66	4	-	-
Oakman	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Potter	st McIntyre b Laker	1
ASM Oakman	c Lock b Laker	16
DS Sheppard	c Barrington b Laker	10
GHG Doggart	lbw b Lock	52
KG Suttle	c May b Bedser	33
DJ Semmence	c McIntyre b Lock	0
JM Parks	lbw b Lock	4
+RT Webb	b Bedser	3
AE James	not out	1
DL Bates	c and b Lock	0
*RG Marlar	b Bedser	2
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-27, 3-27, 4-114, 5-114, 6-114, 7-121, 8-121, 9-121, 10-124 (62.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	7	1	13	0	-	-
Laker	22	7	47	3	-	-
Lock	21	9	36	4	-	-
Bedser	12.2	3	26	3	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Constable	b Marlar	43
MJ Stewart	c Oakman b Marlar	42
KF Barrington	c Webb b Marlar	2
PBH May	not out	5
EA Bedser	not out	10
TH Clark	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 42.5 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-87, 3-90

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	2	0	10	0	-	-
James	3.5	2	4	0	-	-
Marlar	21	4	59	3	-	-
Suttle	16	6	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PBH May (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> JC Laker (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> B Constable (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> EA Bedser reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> GAR Lock reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> GAR Lock reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> KG Suttle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 3-7)
--> RG Marlar reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> KG Suttle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 3-7)
--> JC Laker reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> EA Bedser reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> RG Marlar reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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