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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 28th, 29th, 30th August 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sussex won by 232 runs |
| Umpires | JG Langridge, AE Pothecary |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 52/2 (Wight 14*, Silk 15*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (2) 160/3 (Willson 77*, Cox 6*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE James | b Lobb | 16 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | lbw b McMahon | 17 | |||||
| RH Willson | c Stephenson b Lobb | 0 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | b Lobb | 42 | |||||
| Nawab of Pataudi | c Stephenson b Whitehead | 27 | |||||
| G Cox | run out | 74 | |||||
| DJ Semmence | c Alley b Tremlett | 33 | |||||
| +RT Webb | b Lobb | 4 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | b Lobb | 2 | |||||
| RV Bell | not out | 23 | |||||
| DL Bates | c Lobb b McMahon | 14 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 100 overs) | 269 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-23, 3-49, 4-88, 5-127, 6-197, 7-214, 8-222, 9-238, 10-269 (100 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Biddulph | 16 | 4 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Silk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lobb | 22 | 1 | 61 | 5 | - | - | |
| Langford | 13 | 3 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 21 | 5 | 72 | 2 | - | - | |
| Whitehead | 17 | 4 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wight | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tremlett | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | b James | 3 | |||||
| WE Alley | b James | 20 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Doggart b Bell | 47 | |||||
| DRW Silk | c Webb b Bell | 24 | |||||
| BA Langford | c Doggart b Marlar | 24 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Willson b Marlar | 7 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | b Marlar | 53 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | st Webb b Bell | 6 | |||||
| B Lobb | c Pataudi b Bell | 21 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | not out | 12 | |||||
| AGT Whitehead | b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.4 overs) | 219 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-25, 3-89, 4-100, 5-107, 6-167, 7-186, 8-186, 9-217, 10-219 (95.4 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bates | 14 | 4 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| James | 16 | 5 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bell | 33 | 14 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 28.4 | 5 | 76 | 4 | - | - | |
| Doggart | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lenham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE James | c McMahon b Langford | 8 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | c Wight b Langford | 26 | |||||
| RH Willson | not out | 113 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | c Wight b Langford | 34 | |||||
| G Cox | not out | 100 | |||||
| Nawab of Pataudi | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Semmence | did not bat | ||||||
| +RT Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| *RG Marlar | did not bat | ||||||
| RV Bell | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Bates | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 2 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 90 overs) | 297 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-64, 3-148 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Biddulph | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Silk | 3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lobb | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 32 | 6 | 106 | 3 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 19 | 5 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Whitehead | 13 | 2 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wight | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tremlett | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | c Pataudi b Bell | 22 | |||||
| DRW Silk | c Doggart b Bell | 3 | |||||
| B Lobb | b Bell | 2 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Cox b Bell | 13 | |||||
| BA Langford | lbw b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| WE Alley | c Cox b Bell | 13 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Lenham b Bell | 30 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Doggart b Bell | 26 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | c Bates b Marlar | 5 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | c Bell b Marlar | 0 | |||||
| AGT Whitehead | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 39 overs) | 115 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-22, 3-27, 4-28, 5-49, 6-54, 7-90, 8-113, 9-114, 10-115 (39 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bates | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| James | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bell | 17 | 6 | 36 | 7 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 15 | 1 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JWJ McMahon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Nawab of Pataudi (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Semmence (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> RV Bell (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> RH Willson (2) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> RH Willson (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RV Bell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 5-80)
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