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| Venue | Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 16th, 18th, 19th July 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sussex won by 9 wickets |
| Points | Sussex 12; Kent 0 |
| Umpires | AJB Fowler, WFF Price |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 212/3 (Parks 50*, Sheppard 28*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (2) 171/4 (Pettiford 63*, Shirreff 53*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Fagg | lbw b Thomson | 1 | |||||
| AH Phebey | c Oakman b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| JM Allan | lbw b James | 0 | |||||
| RC Wilson | c Webb b Thomson | 17 | |||||
| J Pettiford | c Webb b Smith | 20 | |||||
| JF Pretlove | not out | 9 | |||||
| AC Shirreff | lbw b Smith | 0 | |||||
| +DG Ufton | c James b Smith | 8 | |||||
| G Smith | c Langridge b Smith | 0 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| JCT Page | b Thomson | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 43.1 overs) | 66 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-41, 5-45, 6-45, 7-59, 8-59, 9-59, 10-66 (43.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 19.1 | 8 | 18 | 4 | - | - | |
| James | 11 | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 13 | 8 | 13 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | c Smith b Shirreff | 0 | |||||
| DV Smith | lbw b Shirreff | 65 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | lbw b Allan | 65 | |||||
| JM Parks | c Fagg b Shirreff | 59 | |||||
| DS Sheppard | lbw b Wright | 52 | |||||
| KG Suttle | not out | 43 | |||||
| G Cox | lbw b Wright | 9 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c Fagg b Smith | 0 | |||||
| +RT Webb | c Pretlove b Wright | 0 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | c Shirreff b Wright | 0 | |||||
| AE James | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 90 overs) | 299 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-118, 3-155, 4-232, 5-267, 6-295, 7-296, 8-299, 9-299 (90 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shirreff | 28 | 5 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 27 | 6 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wright | 15 | 3 | 59 | 4 | - | - | |
| Allan | 14 | 8 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pretlove | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Page | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Fagg | c Oakman b James | 20 | |||||
| AH Phebey | c Oakman b Thomson | 2 | |||||
| JM Allan | c Webb b Oakman | 20 | |||||
| JF Pretlove | c Langridge b Oakman | 8 | |||||
| J Pettiford | c Sheppard b Smith | 90 | |||||
| AC Shirreff | c Webb b Thomson | 55 | |||||
| +DG Ufton | c Parks b Thomson | 18 | |||||
| G Smith | c Suttle b Thomson | 4 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | c Parks b Thomson | 13 | |||||
| JCT Page | b Smith | 6 | |||||
| RC Wilson | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 12 lb, 1 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107.4 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-24, 3-46, 4-73, 5-175, 6-225, 7-229, 8-243, 9-253, 10-259 (107.4 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 40.4 | 9 | 94 | 5 | - | - | |
| James | 31 | 14 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 13 | 4 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 13 | 5 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 10 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cox | c Shirreff b Smith | 4 | |||||
| DV Smith | not out | 15 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | not out | 8 | |||||
| JG Langridge | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Parks | did not bat | ||||||
| DS Sheppard | did not bat | ||||||
| KG Suttle | did not bat | ||||||
| NI Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| +RT Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| *RG Marlar | did not bat | ||||||
| AE James | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 9.2 overs) | 27 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Cox) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shirreff | 4.2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> DVP Wright (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> DV Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 5-35)
--> DV Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 5-35)
--> DVP Wright reached 1900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> DVP Wright reached 1500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
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