f21463 cc10740	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Sussex 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 1/0 (Hallam 1*, Smith 0*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	lbw b van Geloven	15
ASM Oakman	b Spencer	54
DS Sheppard	c Spencer b van Geloven	0
JM Parks	c and b Jackson	25
GHG Doggart	c Spencer b Jackson	0
KG Suttle	b Spencer	33
RH Willson	c Smithson b Spencer	0
NI Thomson	run out	10
+RT Webb	b Jackson	6
*RG Marlar	b Spencer	0
AE James	not out	0
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-31, 3-70, 4-72, 5-136, 6-136, 7-137, 8-152, 9-152, 10-152 (66.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	10.4	0	34	4	-	-
van Geloven	7	1	13	2	-	-
Palmer	6	3	11	0	-	-
Jackson	27	8	47	3	-	-
Munden	16	4	38	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Thomson	10
PT Smith	lbw b Marlar	10
J van Geloven	c James b Marlar	60
*CH Palmer	hit wkt b Marlar	0
VE Jackson	c Parks b Smith	1
GA Smithson	b Marlar	9
FG Foulds	b Oakman	0
RA Diment	b Thomson	1
VS Munden	c Oakman b Thomson	0
+J Firth	c Sheppard b Marlar	0
CT Spencer	not out	0
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-40, 3-44, 4-47, 5-76, 6-77, 7-89, 8-89, 9-94, 10-94 (56 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	11	2	23	3	-	-
James	13	8	16	0	-	-
Marlar	21	10	26	5	-	-
Smith	7	3	21	1	-	-
Oakman	4	2	5	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Hallam b van Geloven	19
KG Suttle	c Diment b Spencer	5
DS Sheppard	not out	45
ASM Oakman	c Palmer b van Geloven	7
JM Parks	not out	20
GHG Doggart	did not bat
RH Willson	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 13 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-25, 3-37

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	5	0	38	1	-	-
van Geloven	4	0	32	2	-	-
Palmer	2	0	16	0	-	-
Jackson	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b James	12
*CH Palmer	c Thomson b James	47
J van Geloven	b James	0
VE Jackson	b Marlar	16
GA Smithson	hit wkt b Parks	10
VS Munden	not out	18
FG Foulds	lbw b James	0
RA Diment	c Oakman b Thomson	1
PT Smith	not out	0
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, 28.4 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-15, 3-38, 4-73, 5-95, 6-96, 7-107

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	4.4	1	14	1	-	-
James	7	2	11	4	-	-
Marlar	12	4	43	1	-	-
Parks	5	0	36	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J van Geloven (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> FG Foulds made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 15500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> NI Thomson reached 500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> NI Thomson reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> AE James reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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