f20102 cc9976	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 4th, 6th, 7th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	GS Mobey, AED Smith
Scorers	W Goodenough (Leicestershire), GW Washer (Sussex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 253/6 (Smithson 5*, Walsh 14*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 60/2 (Langridge 36*, James 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Sheppard b Thomson	44
MR Hallam	b Wood	0
M Tompkin	lbw b Cox	86
*CH Palmer	run out	72
VE Jackson	c Webb b James	20
VS Munden	c Suttle b Cox	1
GA Smithson	b Thomson	21
JE Walsh	b Thomson	45
+J Firth	not out	5
CT Spencer	not out	2
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 142 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-97, 3-179, 4-214, 5-223, 6-233, 7-293, 8-309

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	27	12	57	1	-	-
Thomson	35	11	75	3	-	-
Oakman	25	15	39	0	-	-
James	38	13	85	1	-	-
Cox	17	5	40	2	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	b Goodwin	3
JG Langridge	c Jackson b Walsh	71
G Cox	b Goodwin	21
AE James	c Lester b Walsh	18
KG Suttle	c and b Munden	115
JM Parks	c Goodwin b Spencer	22
DV Smith	b Jackson	26
ASM Oakman	run out	10
NI Thomson	c Smithson b Goodwin	2
DJ Wood	run out	5
+RT Webb	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 139.4 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-58, 3-105, 4-116, 5-165, 6-209, 7-267, 8-291, 9-296, 10-296 (139.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	33	4	95	1	-	-
Goodwin	36.4	15	83	3	-	-
Palmer	9	7	9	0	-	-
Walsh	26	8	56	2	-	-
Jackson	27	14	32	1	-	-
Munden	8	4	18	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	not out	3
MR Hallam	not out	0
M Tompkin	did not bat
*CH Palmer	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
GA Smithson	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 2 overs)	3

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parks	1	0	3	0	-	-
Sheppard	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 70
--> KG Suttle (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in First-Class matches
--> KG Suttle (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in County Championship matches
--> G Cox reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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