f955	Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Other First-Class matches in England 1854
Venue	Cricket Field Road, Horsham on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1854 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 6 wickets
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 129 all out
Close of play day 2	Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 60/4 (Fellows 5*, Balfour 0*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Challen	c Royston b Nixon	14
J Dean	b Grundy	17
E Napper	b Nixon	10
G Wells	c Balfour b Drake	14
W Napper	c A Marshall b Grundy	2
J Lillywhite	c Royston b Nixon	13
CG Taylor	c Drake b Grundy	8
J Wisden	c Royston b Adams	52
+T Box	c Adams b Royston	4
HM Curteis	b Grundy	19
HN Hoare	not out	5
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-43, 3-43, 4-48, 5-63, 6-76, 7-91, 8-120, 9-157, 10-165 (96.1 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grundy	35.1	14	51	4	-	-
Drake	11	1	42	1	-	-
Nixon	35	15	48	3	-	-
Royston	13	8	10	1	-	-
Adams	2	1	7	1	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Adams	run out	9
ET Drake	st Box b Dean	7
H Royston	c E Napper b Wisden	18
S Dakin	c Taylor b Wisden	13
W Fellows	c Hoare b Dean	19
E Balfour	b Wisden	36
J Grundy	c Box b Taylor	5
CH Hoare	run out	1
A Marshall	b Dean	8
F Marshall	b Dean	2
T Nixon	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 73.3 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-129 (73.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wisden	25	7	39	3	-	-
Dean	26.3	5	53	4	-	-
Taylor	12	7	10	1	-	-
Challen	4	2	2	0	-	-
Lillywhite	6	1	14	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Challen	c Balfour b Nixon	7
J Dean	b Nixon	6
E Napper	b Grundy	9
G Wells	c Adams b Drake	14
W Napper	st +Balfour b Nixon	1
J Lillywhite	c and b Grundy	3
CG Taylor	c and b Grundy	10
J Wisden	c Dakin b Nixon	3
+T Box	c Adams b Grundy	0
HM Curteis	b Nixon	6
HN Hoare	not out	0
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-64 (52.2 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grundy	18.1	8	26	4	-	-
Drake	8	3	12	1	-	-
Nixon	26.1	15	21	5	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Adams	c Taylor b Wisden	15
ET Drake	b Wisden	0
H Royston	c and b Wisden	18
S Dakin	c Box b Dean	17
W Fellows	not out	40
E Balfour	not out	7
J Grundy	did not bat
CH Hoare	did not bat
A Marshall	did not bat
F Marshall	did not bat
T Nixon	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 73.2 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wisden	35	16	42	3	-	-
Dean	27	11	38	1	-	-
Taylor	2.2	0	10	0	-	-
Challen	9	5	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> F Marshall made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HN Hoare made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> G Wells (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> E Balfour (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> G Wells (2) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> TM Adams reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> ET Drake reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> T Nixon reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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The result was attributable to the bad fielding of Sussex, in which department of the game they were very deficient. To fill the afternoon, a single wicket match was played
Balfour hit a ball 111 yards from hit to pitch.

 

 

 

 

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