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| Venue | Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 21st, 23rd, 24th July 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sussex won by 141 runs |
| Points | Sussex 12; Kent 0 |
| Umpires | WE Phillipson, FW Shipston |
| Scorers | ERS Hoskin (Kent), GW Washer (Sussex) |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 102/7 (Pettiford 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (2) 6/0 (Phebey 4*, Wilson 1*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | c and b Page | 43 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | c Evans b Wright | 33 | |||||
| DS Sheppard | c Allan b Page | 42 | |||||
| JM Parks | c Halfyard b Allan | 17 | |||||
| DJ Semmence | b Allan | 0 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Evans b Page | 12 | |||||
| DJ Foreman | b Allan | 1 | |||||
| NI Thomson | b Allan | 0 | |||||
| +RT Webb | c Phebey b Page | 0 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | b Allan | 4 | |||||
| AE James | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 67.1 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-70, 2-100, 3-137, 4-139, 5-139, 6-146, 7-146, 8-151, 9-156, 10-156 (67.1 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Page | 30.1 | 10 | 68 | 4 | - | - | |
| Allan | 25 | 13 | 45 | 5 | - | - | |
| Wright | 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Phebey | c James b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | b Marlar | 25 | |||||
| RC Wilson | c Webb b Oakman | 50 | |||||
| JM Allan | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| AE Fagg | c Suttle b James | 14 | |||||
| SE Leary | b Thomson | 1 | |||||
| J Pettiford | b Thomson | 8 | |||||
| +TG Evans | b Thomson | 3 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | c Suttle b Thomson | 5 | |||||
| JCT Page | c and b Smith | 7 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.1 overs) | 123 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-56, 3-65, 4-95, 5-95, 6-98, 7-102, 8-108, 9-115, 10-123 (72.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 12 | 3 | 29 | 5 | - | - | |
| James | 21 | 11 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 18.1 | 7 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 16 | 7 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | c Fagg b Allan | 22 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | b Page | 9 | |||||
| DS Sheppard | run out | 0 | |||||
| JM Parks | b Allan | 39 | |||||
| DJ Semmence | st Evans b Pettiford | 35 | |||||
| KG Suttle | b Pettiford | 35 | |||||
| DJ Foreman | b Halfyard | 55 | |||||
| NI Thomson | b Allan | 72 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | c Evans b Halfyard | 4 | |||||
| +RT Webb | not out | 0 | |||||
| AE James | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 107.1 overs) | 276 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-28, 3-47, 4-81, 5-129, 6-158, 7-270, 8-272, 9-276 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Page | 44 | 14 | 107 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allan | 28.1 | 13 | 66 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pettiford | 25 | 8 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Phebey | c Marlar b Thomson | 4 | |||||
| RC Wilson | b Smith | 18 | |||||
| JM Allan | b Thomson | 1 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | c Semmence b Smith | 14 | |||||
| AE Fagg | lbw b Marlar | 36 | |||||
| SE Leary | b Marlar | 35 | |||||
| J Pettiford | not out | 26 | |||||
| +TG Evans | b Marlar | 25 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | c Semmence b Marlar | 4 | |||||
| JCT Page | b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61.5 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-24, 3-24, 4-45, 5-94, 6-136, 7-164, 8-168, 9-168 (61.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 15 | 7 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| James | 13 | 5 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 14 | 4 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 11.5 | 3 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 8 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JM Parks (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 31
--> NI Thomson (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in County Championship matches
--> NI Thomson (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in First-Class matches
--> JM Allan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 5-60)
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