f21767 cc10867	Middlesex v Sussex
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 8th, 10th, 11th June 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Middlesex won by 54 runs
Points	Middlesex 14 (Batting 2); Sussex 0
Umpires	RSM Lay, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 16/0 (Smith 6*, Lenham 10*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 299/9 (James 7*, Bates 7*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Bates b James	119
RA Gale	b Smith	126
*WJ Edrich	b Smith	16
DCS Compton	run out	7
FJ Titmus	c Marlar b Bates	11
GPS Delisle	not out	29
+JT Murray	b James	62
D Bennett	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
RJ Hurst	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	375
Fall of wickets:
1-209, 2-265, 3-266, 4-282, 5-284, 6-375 (98 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	21	3	100	0	-	-
Bates	25	7	67	1	-	-
James	25	7	85	2	-	-
Smith	21	5	88	2	-	-
Marlar	6	0	30	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Moss b Titmus	149
LJ Lenham	lbw b Hurst	44
KG Suttle	c Warr b Titmus	59
JM Parks	b Bennett	7
DJ Foreman	b Bennett	0
RH Willson	run out	3
NI Thomson	lbw b Titmus	1
+RT Webb	b Moss	19
AE James	not out	7
*RG Marlar	lbw b Titmus	0
DL Bates	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 93 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-129, 3-183, 4-196, 5-207, 6-228, 7-260, 8-289, 9-289

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	28	4	94	1	-	-
Warr	22	3	61	0	-	-
Bennett	23	4	59	2	-	-
Compton	4	1	23	0	-	-
Hurst	3	2	4	1	-	-
Titmus	13	1	55	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Smith b Suttle	65
RA Gale	b Bates	4
*WJ Edrich	c Thomson b Marlar	37
DCS Compton	c Lenham b James	27
FJ Titmus	b Suttle	1
GPS Delisle	b Suttle	0
+JT Murray	lbw b Marlar	4
D Bennett	not out	17
JJ Warr	not out	1
RJ Hurst	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 53 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-107, 3-107, 4-108, 5-108, 6-113, 7-151

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	13	4	27	0	-	-
Bates	6	0	32	1	-	-
James	8	3	24	1	-	-
Marlar	10	1	29	2	-	-
Suttle	16	4	44	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Compton b Bennett	68
LJ Lenham	c Hurst b Titmus	26
KG Suttle	b Titmus	10
JM Parks	c Murray b Moss	37
DJ Foreman	c Bennett b Hurst	22
RH Willson	c Compton b Hurst	0
NI Thomson	c Compton b Moss	11
*RG Marlar	c and b Hurst	0
+RT Webb	not out	3
AE James	c Titmus b Moss	0
DL Bates	st Murray b Hurst	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-92, 3-114, 4-161, 5-168, 6-179, 7-180, 8-182, 9-182, 10-183 (48.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	8	3	32	3	-	-
Warr	12	0	42	0	-	-
Bennett	9	0	40	1	-	-
Hurst	5.5	1	28	4	-	-
Titmus	14	5	35	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Middlesex (1) ?/? (Robertson ?*, [unknown] ?*)
--> RA Gale (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in First-Class matches
--> RA Gale (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RA Gale (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in County Championship matches
--> RA Gale (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> GPS Delisle (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> JT Murray (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> DV Smith retired not out in the Sussex first innings having scored 57 (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 129/2

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