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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 9th, 11th, 12th May 1953 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sussex won by an innings and 90 runs |
| Points | Somerset 0; Sussex 12 |
| Umpires | AE Boulton-Carter, JS Buller |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 164/2 (Cox 50*, Oakman 13*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 151/4 (Smith 43*, Stephenson 42*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Gimblett | b Thomson | 5 | |||||
| DL Kitson | b Thomson | 7 | |||||
| J Lawrence | c Webb b Thomson | 61 | |||||
| MF Tremlett | c Thomson b Oakman | 16 | |||||
| R Smith | c JG Langridge b Oakman | 4 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | b Wood | 22 | |||||
| *BG Brocklehurst | c Webb b Wood | 0 | |||||
| SS Rogers | c J Langridge b Wood | 0 | |||||
| HFT Buse | c JG Langridge b Wood | 5 | |||||
| TA Hall | c Parks b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| CG Mitchell | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75.2 overs) | 127 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-22, 3-58, 4-74, 5-121, 6-121, 7-121, 8-123, 9-123, 10-127 (75.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wood | 15.2 | 7 | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 17 | 6 | 25 | 4 | - | - | |
| James | 19 | 8 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 20 | 8 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Parks | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | c Lawrence b Mitchell | 90 | |||||
| *DS Sheppard | b Hall | 7 | |||||
| G Cox | b Tremlett | 53 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | lbw b Tremlett | 20 | |||||
| J Langridge | not out | 104 | |||||
| JM Parks | st Stephenson b Lawrence | 0 | |||||
| KG Suttle | b Lawrence | 103 | |||||
| AE James | not out | 19 | |||||
| NI Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Wood | did not bat | ||||||
| +RT Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 131 overs) | 402 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-144, 3-168, 4-187, 5-188, 6-337 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 8 | 2 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 26 | 8 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Buse | 21 | 0 | 76 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 26 | 3 | 102 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tremlett | 28 | 7 | 78 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 22 | 5 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Gimblett | c Oakman b Wood | 4 | |||||
| DL Kitson | b Thomson | 9 | |||||
| J Lawrence | run out | 34 | |||||
| MF Tremlett | b Wood | 17 | |||||
| R Smith | c Oakman b Thomson | 44 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Oakman b Wood | 48 | |||||
| *BG Brocklehurst | c JG Langridge b Thomson | 4 | |||||
| SS Rogers | st Webb b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| HFT Buse | lbw b Parks | 12 | |||||
| CG Mitchell | not out | 5 | |||||
| TA Hall | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91.4 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-18, 3-49, 4-82, 5-152, 6-157, 7-161, 8-173, 9-185 (91.4 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wood | 31 | 11 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 25 | 9 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| James | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 14 | 7 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parks | 18.4 | 6 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cox | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JG Langridge (1) passed 30500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> AE James (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> NI Thomson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
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