f20062 cc9948	Kent v Sussex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 20th, 22nd June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sussex won by 10 wickets
Points	Kent 0; Sussex 12
Umpires	GS Mobey, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 169/2 (Sheppard 94*, Parks 51*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Oakman b Thomson	0
AF Woollett	c Webb b Wood	11
+TG Evans	c James b Wood	0
DG Ufton	c Parks b Thomson	0
R Mayes	b Thomson	17
BR Edrich	c James b Thomson	13
F Ridgway	b Oakman	34
RR Dovey	c Parks b James	0
*W Murray-Wood	run out	3
DVP Wright	not out	30
JCT Page	b James	6
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-17, 5-39, 6-42, 7-43, 8-50, 9-99, 10-116 (59.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	15	3	31	2	-	-
Thomson	15	8	24	4	-	-
Oakman	12	4	30	1	-	-
James	17.4	8	29	2	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	lbw b Ridgway	103
JG Langridge	c Evans b Ridgway	6
G Cox	c Evans b Wright	5
JM Parks	b Ridgway	51
C Oakes	c Edrich b Dovey	5
KG Suttle	st Evans b Page	14
ASM Oakman	c Page b Ridgway	10
NI Thomson	c Murray-Wood b Page	1
AE James	b Wright	1
DJ Wood	not out	14
+RT Webb	not out	2
Extras	(17 b, 9 lb)	26
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-43, 3-169, 4-178, 5-194, 6-208, 7-219, 8-220, 9-222

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	20	6	47	4	-	-
Dovey	27	9	41	1	-	-
Wright	20	4	48	2	-	-
Page	12	4	44	2	-	-
Murray-Wood	4	1	26	0	-	-
Edrich	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Sheppard b Wood	1
AF Woollett	lbw b Oakman	33
+TG Evans	c Webb b Wood	2
DG Ufton	b Wood	3
R Mayes	c Sheppard b Thomson	23
BR Edrich	lbw b James	6
F Ridgway	c Sheppard b James	34
RR Dovey	c Langridge b James	1
*W Murray-Wood	not out	6
DVP Wright	c Cox b James	18
JCT Page	c sub b Oakman	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-16, 3-20, 4-50, 5-63, 6-107, 7-109, 8-110, 9-132, 10-133 (74.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	14	3	35	3	-	-
Thomson	9	3	20	1	-	-
Oakman	19.5	10	34	2	-	-
James	32	16	38	4	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	not out	11
JG Langridge	not out	1
G Cox	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
C Oakes	did not bat
KG Suttle	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 2.5 overs)	12

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	1	0	2	0	-	-
Evans	1.5	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DVP Wright (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> DS Sheppard (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 63
--> DJ Wood reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings

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