f20599 cc10275	Sussex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 31st July, 2nd, 3rd August 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 8 wickets
Points	Sussex 12; Middlesex 4
Umpires	AE Pothecary, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 271 all out
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 59/3 (Robertson 34*, Delisle 5*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Dewes	c Potter b Marlar	28
JDB Robertson	lbw b Thomson	6
*WJ Edrich	b Oakman	61
DCS Compton	st Webb b Marlar	39
GPS Delisle	c Langridge b Thomson	36
D Bennett	c Wood b Thomson	48
FJ Titmus	b Wood	29
+LH Compton	lbw b Wood	4
RJ Hurst	lbw b Thomson	1
JJ Warr	not out	0
AE Moss	b Wood	4
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 116.4 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-79, 3-140, 4-148, 5-224, 6-245, 7-254, 8-267, 9-267, 10-271 (116.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	27.4	7	67	3	-	-
Thomson	27	3	62	4	-	-
Marlar	36	15	73	2	-	-
Oakman	14	6	21	1	-	-
Potter	12	1	33	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	b Titmus	13
DS Sheppard	c Edrich b Moss	106
*GHG Doggart	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	61
JM Parks	b Warr	24
KG Suttle	b Warr	1
G Potter	b Warr	2
ASM Oakman	b Warr	2
NI Thomson	b Moss	5
RG Marlar	b Warr	0
+RT Webb	c Robertson b Titmus	9
DJ Wood	not out	16
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 95.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-168, 3-207, 4-207, 5-210, 6-213, 7-214, 8-218, 9-218, 10-246 (95.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	19	2	56	2	-	-
Warr	15	5	21	5	-	-
Titmus	29.2	10	66	2	-	-
Bennett	3	1	6	0	-	-
DCS Compton	18	2	50	1	-	-
Hurst	11	2	40	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Doggart b Thomson	45
JG Dewes	lbw b Wood	6
*WJ Edrich	b Thomson	11
DCS Compton	c Marlar b Thomson	0
GPS Delisle	c Thomson b Marlar	56
D Bennett	c Webb b Oakman	3
FJ Titmus	b Oakman	0
+LH Compton	c Webb b Wood	4
RJ Hurst	c Webb b Oakman	0
JJ Warr	not out	2
AE Moss	b Oakman	4
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-36, 3-36, 4-97, 5-106, 6-106, 7-126, 8-137, 9-137, 10-147 (71.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	14	4	28	2	-	-
Thomson	23	9	37	3	-	-
Marlar	23	9	47	1	-	-
Oakman	11.4	7	19	4	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS Sheppard	c Robertson b Hurst	76
JG Langridge	b Robertson	63
*GHG Doggart	not out	19
JM Parks	not out	6
KG Suttle	did not bat
G Potter	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(2 wickets, 60.2 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-129, 2-150

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	5	1	23	0	-	-
Warr	13	3	31	0	-	-
Titmus	8	1	18	0	-	-
DCS Compton	15	4	44	0	-	-
Hurst	8	2	26	1	-	-
Robertson	8	1	19	1	-	-
Edrich	3.2	2	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 31000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 13
--> JM Parks (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> DS Sheppard (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> DS Sheppard (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 34
--> DS Sheppard (2) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 68
--> JG Langridge (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 51
--> JG Langridge (2) passed 29000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 45
--> JJ Warr reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> DCS Compton reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings

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