f21062 cc10535	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 13th, 15th, 16th August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 143 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Sussex 0
Umpires	H Elliott, WT Jones
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GW Washer (Sussex)
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 66/1 (Smith 25*, Oakman 24*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 189 all out

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b James	7
MJK Smith	run out	1
M Tompkin	b Oakman	12
*CH Palmer	c Langridge b Marlar	18
VE Jackson	c Sheppard b Oakman	35
RA Diment	lbw b Oakman	34
VS Munden	c Langridge b Oakman	20
JE Walsh	c Doggart b Oakman	0
+J Firth	c Marlar b Smith	30
CT Spencer	c Doggart b Smith	38
TJ Goodwin	not out	11
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-13, 3-32, 4-54, 5-81, 6-113, 7-113, 8-132, 9-190, 10-219 (97 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	14	4	24	2	-	-
James	23	10	42	1	-	-
Oakman	31	12	71	5	-	-
Marlar	28	7	65	1	-	-
Parks	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Firth b Jackson	12
DV Smith	c Lester b Jackson	25
ASM Oakman	c Jackson b Munden	32
JM Parks	lbw b Jackson	6
DS Sheppard	c Firth b Munden	5
G Cox	b Munden	47
GHG Doggart	b Jackson	15
KG Suttle	c Palmer b Jackson	21
+RT Webb	lbw b Munden	0
*RG Marlar	c Smith b Jackson	1
AE James	not out	0
Extras	(19 b, 6 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-68, 3-76, 4-88, 5-100, 6-139, 7-181, 8-181, 9-184, 10-189 (64.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	2	0	7	0	-	-
Goodwin	2	0	11	0	-	-
Jackson	28	9	83	6	-	-
Palmer	4	1	8	0	-	-
Munden	25.1	10	48	4	-	-
Walsh	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Doggart b Marlar	1
MJK Smith	c Sheppard b Oakman	2
M Tompkin	b James	90
*CH Palmer	c Sheppard b Smith	19
VE Jackson	c Langridge b Smith	24
RA Diment	lbw b Marlar	34
VS Munden	c Webb b Marlar	0
JE Walsh	lbw b James	2
+J Firth	st Webb b Smith	31
CT Spencer	b James	29
TJ Goodwin	not out	6
Extras	(25 b, 3 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-23, 3-88, 4-122, 5-164, 6-169, 7-180, 8-192, 9-246, 10-266 (92.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22.4	8	72	3	-	-
James	24	10	41	3	-	-
Oakman	17	4	35	1	-	-
Marlar	29	8	90	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Spencer b Goodwin	3
DV Smith	c Lester b Jackson	23
ASM Oakman	lbw b Jackson	20
DS Sheppard	b Jackson	53
G Cox	lbw b Palmer	3
KG Suttle	c Lester b Jackson	14
JM Parks	c Spencer b Jackson	6
GHG Doggart	c Walsh b Jackson	3
+RT Webb	lbw b Munden	13
*RG Marlar	c Walsh b Jackson	3
AE James	not out	3
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-29, 3-94, 4-109, 5-109, 6-128, 7-132, 8-132, 9-136, 10-153 (46.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	2	1	3	0	-	-
Goodwin	4	1	14	1	-	-
Jackson	19	3	69	7	-	-
Palmer	4	0	10	1	-	-
Munden	17.4	3	48	1	-	-

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Notes
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 35
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> DV Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 24
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> G Cox (1) passed 19000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> VS Munden reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> VS Munden reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> VE Jackson reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 7th wicket in the Sussex second innings

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