f20005 cc9908	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 30th May, 1st, 2nd June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Sussex 4
Umpires	H Elliott, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 25/1 (Avery 4*, Gibb 7*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 290/6 (Insole 123*, Vigar 37*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	c Gibb b Bailey	71
JG Langridge	lbw b Bailey	54
GHG Doggart	c Dodds b Greensmith	50
KG Suttle	b Smith	14
JM Parks	c Dodds b Greensmith	97
J Langridge	c Gibb b Smith	44
ASM Oakman	not out	41
NI Thomson	c Preston b Smith	2
AE James	not out	19
DL Bates	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-134, 2-141, 3-171, 4-213, 5-338, 6-344, 7-346

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	28	3	68	2	-	-
Preston	13	1	70	0	-	-
Smith	41	11	128	3	-	-
Greensmith	34	10	126	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c James b Thomson	13
AV Avery	lbw b James	9
+PA Gibb	c Sheppard b Thomson	45
R Horsfall	run out	19
*DJ Insole	c and b Oakman	126
TE Bailey	b James	1
R Smith	c J Langridge b Oakman	34
FH Vigar	c JG Langridge b Oakman	47
C Griffiths	c Suttle b Oakman	8
WT Greensmith	c JG Langridge b Oakman	13
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-52, 3-86, 4-93, 5-94, 6-148, 7-295, 8-304, 9-315, 10-324 (98 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	20	2	73	2	-	-
Bates	22	3	86	0	-	-
James	34	10	89	2	-	-
Oakman	20	5	47	5	-	-
Parks	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	not out	58
JG Langridge	not out	34
GHG Doggart	did not bat
KG Suttle	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
J Langridge	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, declared, 24 overs)	93

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	12	3	30	0	-	-
Preston	7	1	35	0	-	-
Greensmith	5	0	27	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Parks b James	0
AV Avery	not out	9
+PA Gibb	not out	2
R Horsfall	did not bat
*DJ Insole	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
C Griffiths	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 10 overs)	14
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Dodds)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	5	1	7	0	-	-
James	5	2	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Langridge made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 82
--> R Smith (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> DS Sheppard (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> R Smith reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings

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