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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 8th, 9th, 10th August 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Sussex 0; Somerset 4 |
| Umpires | CS Elliott, H Elliott |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 392/6 (Tremlett 106*, Stephenson 41*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 116/5 (McCool 21*, Wight 10*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | c Smith b Oakman | 32 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Sheppard b Marlar | 32 | |||||
| DRW Silk | b Marlar | 42 | |||||
| CL McCool | c Webb b Thomson | 93 | |||||
| PB Wight | b Suttle | 0 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | not out | 106 | |||||
| G Atkinson | lbw b Marlar | 38 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | not out | 41 | |||||
| J Hilton | did not bat | ||||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 7 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 134 overs) | 394 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60, 2-78, 3-181, 4-200, 5-213, 6-308 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 35 | 7 | 105 | 1 | - | - | |
| James | 30 | 9 | 71 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 11 | 3 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 36 | 11 | 121 | 3 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 13 | 5 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Suttle | 9 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | c and b Lobb | 16 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | b McMahon | 45 | |||||
| DS Sheppard | st Stephenson b McCool | 41 | |||||
| JM Parks | lbw b McCool | 38 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | c Stephenson b McCool | 0 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Silk b McCool | 57 | |||||
| DJ Semmence | b McMahon | 22 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c and b McMahon | 12 | |||||
| +RT Webb | not out | 23 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | c McMahon b McCool | 0 | |||||
| AE James | c Silk b McMahon | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-84, 3-126, 4-126, 5-179, 6-234, 7-236, 8-252, 9-252, 10-275 (93 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 13 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 16 | 4 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 32 | 5 | 97 | 4 | - | - | |
| McCool | 27 | 5 | 76 | 5 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | b Suttle | 23 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Marlar b Smith | 25 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | run out | 0 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Suttle b Smith | 3 | |||||
| G Atkinson | c Smith b Suttle | 32 | |||||
| CL McCool | c Smith b Thomson | 24 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Semmence b Thomson | 29 | |||||
| DRW Silk | not out | 14 | |||||
| J Hilton | not out | 2 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 60 overs) | 154 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-42, 3-46, 4-78, 5-87, 6-121, 7-142 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 19 | 4 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| James | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 17 | 4 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 8 | 3 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Suttle | 12 | 2 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | not out | 7 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | not out | 1 | |||||
| DS Sheppard | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Parks | did not bat | ||||||
| GHG Doggart | did not bat | ||||||
| KG Suttle | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Semmence | 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 | (no wicket, 5 overs) | 8 | |||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DRW Silk made his debut in County Championship matches
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> DS Sheppard (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> DRW Silk made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> DV Smith reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> NI Thomson reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
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