f21028 cc10506	Sussex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 30th July, 1st, 2nd August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Points	Sussex 4; Middlesex 12
Umpires	E Cooke, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 33/2 (Brown 6*, Delisle 12*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 138/9 (Webb 22*, Marlar 1*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Bennett	13
DV Smith	c Titmus b Young	90
ASM Oakman	c Dewes b Young	50
JM Parks	c Edrich b Bennett	53
KG Suttle	lbw b Warr	15
GHG Doggart	b Bennett	12
G Cox	lbw b Bennett	5
*RG Marlar	c Bennett b Warr	3
+RT Webb	b Warr	8
AE James	b Bennett	4
NI Thomson	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 98.4 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-142, 3-165, 4-225, 5-241, 6-246, 7-251, 8-253, 9-263, 10-265 (98.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	24.4	4	48	3	-	-
Tilly	15	0	53	0	-	-
Bennett	21	2	75	5	-	-
Titmus	16	4	32	0	-	-
Young	22	8	45	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Thomson	4
JG Dewes	c Langridge b James	9
SM Brown	c Webb b Smith	55
GPS Delisle	c Parks b Thomson	6
*WJ Edrich	c Langridge b James	28
D Bennett	c Langridge b James	10
FJ Titmus	b James	0
JJ Warr	b Smith	3
HW Tilly	b Smith	3
+LH Compton	not out	28
JA Young	b James	1
Extras	(13 b)	13
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-18, 3-35, 4-106, 5-118, 6-125, 7-128, 8-128, 9-155, 10-160 (77.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	25	10	33	2	-	-
James	33.2	12	67	5	-	-
Smith	17	3	39	3	-	-
Marlar	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Titmus b Warr	7
DV Smith	c Titmus b Bennett	35
ASM Oakman	c Titmus b Warr	4
JM Parks	b Bennett	18
KG Suttle	b Titmus	12
GHG Doggart	b Titmus	4
G Cox	b Titmus	10
+RT Webb	not out	34
NI Thomson	c Delisle b Warr	1
AE James	run out	6
*RG Marlar	b Bennett	39
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 4 w)	18
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-20, 3-62, 4-71, 5-76, 6-95, 7-106, 8-117, 9-130, 10-188 (55.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	18	1	66	3	-	-
Tilly	4	1	16	0	-	-
Bennett	15.4	2	56	3	-	-
Titmus	18	8	32	3	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Langridge b Thomson	27
JG Dewes	b Thomson	117
SM Brown	b Marlar	41
*WJ Edrich	b James	49
GPS Delisle	not out	45
D Bennett	not out	6
FJ Titmus	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
HW Tilly	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, 105.3 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-136, 3-231, 4-245

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	32	12	75	2	-	-
James	26	5	73	1	-	-
Smith	22	7	61	0	-	-
Marlar	25.3	9	76	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Parks (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> KG Suttle (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> FJ Titmus reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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