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| Venue | The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 22nd, 23rd, 24th August 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Hampshire won by 48 runs |
| Points | Sussex 0; Hampshire 12 |
| Umpires | RSM Lay, EA Roberts |
| Close of play day 1 | Hampshire (1) 196/6 (Eagar 17*, Harrison 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Hampshire (2) 69/0 (Gray 22*, Marshall 47*) |
| Hampshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JR Gray | lbw b Smith | 51 | |||||
| RE Marshall | b Thomson | 7 | |||||
| H Horton | c Potter b Smith | 30 | |||||
| AWH Rayment | c Oakman b Smith | 14 | |||||
| PJ Sainsbury | b Oakman | 30 | |||||
| ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie | b Suttle | 33 | |||||
| *EDR Eagar | b Smith | 84 | |||||
| +L Harrison | b Thomson | 11 | |||||
| D Shackleton | c Potter b Thomson | 14 | |||||
| VHD Cannings | b Thomson | 4 | |||||
| MD Burden | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 100.5 overs) | 293 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-82, 3-107, 4-108, 5-164, 6-180, 7-245, 8-279, 9-285, 10-293 (100.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 25 | 8 | 58 | 4 | - | - | |
| James | 12 | 5 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 11 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Suttle | 12 | 4 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 24.5 | 8 | 68 | 4 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 16 | 5 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | b Cannings | 25 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | c Harrison b Cannings | 6 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | c Harrison b Sainsbury | 35 | |||||
| JM Parks | b Shackleton | 36 | |||||
| RH Willson | lbw b Shackleton | 0 | |||||
| KG Suttle | b Shackleton | 12 | |||||
| G Potter | b Shackleton | 0 | |||||
| NI Thomson | b Shackleton | 3 | |||||
| AE James | b Shackleton | 12 | |||||
| +DN Mantell | not out | 9 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | c Sainsbury b Shackleton | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.2 overs) | 154 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-43, 3-100, 4-109, 5-110, 6-112, 7-116, 8-133, 9-138, 10-154 (72.2 ov) | |||||||
| Hampshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shackleton | 26.2 | 6 | 48 | 7 | - | - | |
| Cannings | 22 | 9 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gray | 10 | 4 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sainsbury | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Burden | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hampshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JR Gray | b Thomson | 30 | |||||
| RE Marshall | c Marlar b Thomson | 47 | |||||
| ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie | c Willson b Thomson | 13 | |||||
| AWH Rayment | not out | 5 | |||||
| H Horton | not out | 4 | |||||
| PJ Sainsbury | did not bat | ||||||
| *EDR Eagar | did not bat | ||||||
| +L Harrison | did not bat | ||||||
| D Shackleton | did not bat | ||||||
| VHD Cannings | did not bat | ||||||
| MD Burden | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 26 overs) | 102 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-70, 2-91, 3-94 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 13 | 1 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| James | 12 | 0 | 64 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | c Harrison b Shackleton | 1 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | b Sainsbury | 8 | |||||
| AE James | c Sainsbury b Cannings | 0 | |||||
| G Potter | run out | 29 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | c Marshall b Sainsbury | 0 | |||||
| JM Parks | c Sainsbury b Shackleton | 58 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Shackleton b Rayment | 54 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | b Burden | 0 | |||||
| RH Willson | not out | 23 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c Gray b Rayment | 7 | |||||
| +DN Mantell | c Gray b Cannings | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.2 overs) | 193 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-3, 3-17, 4-17, 5-91, 6-105, 7-106, 8-178, 9-185, 10-193 (81.2 ov) | |||||||
| Hampshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shackleton | 17 | 7 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cannings | 4.2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gray | 4 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sainsbury | 30 | 17 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Burden | 11 | 3 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eagar | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rayment | 7 | 2 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DN Mantell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GHG Doggart (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> NI Thomson reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Hampshire second innings
--> PJ Sainsbury reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> VHD Cannings reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings
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