f20998 cc10475	Sussex v Kent
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 16th, 18th, 19th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 9 wickets
Points	Sussex 12; Kent 0
Umpires	AJB Fowler, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 212/3 (Parks 50*, Sheppard 28*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 171/4 (Pettiford 63*, Shirreff 53*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Thomson	1
AH Phebey	c Oakman b Thomson	0
JM Allan	lbw b James	0
RC Wilson	c Webb b Thomson	17
J Pettiford	c Webb b Smith	20
JF Pretlove	not out	9
AC Shirreff	lbw b Smith	0
+DG Ufton	c James b Smith	8
G Smith	c Langridge b Smith	0
*DVP Wright	b Smith	0
JCT Page	b Thomson	1
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 43.1 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-41, 5-45, 6-45, 7-59, 8-59, 9-59, 10-66 (43.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	19.1	8	18	4	-	-
James	11	4	25	1	-	-
Smith	13	8	13	5	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Smith b Shirreff	0
DV Smith	lbw b Shirreff	65
ASM Oakman	lbw b Allan	65
JM Parks	c Fagg b Shirreff	59
DS Sheppard	lbw b Wright	52
KG Suttle	not out	43
G Cox	lbw b Wright	9
NI Thomson	c Fagg b Smith	0
+RT Webb	c Pretlove b Wright	0
*RG Marlar	c Shirreff b Wright	0
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-118, 3-155, 4-232, 5-267, 6-295, 7-296, 8-299, 9-299 (90 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shirreff	28	5	92	3	-	-
Smith	27	6	83	1	-	-
Wright	15	3	59	4	-	-
Allan	14	8	24	1	-	-
Pretlove	3	1	10	0	-	-
Page	3	0	25	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Oakman b James	20
AH Phebey	c Oakman b Thomson	2
JM Allan	c Webb b Oakman	20
JF Pretlove	c Langridge b Oakman	8
J Pettiford	c Sheppard b Smith	90
AC Shirreff	c Webb b Thomson	55
+DG Ufton	c Parks b Thomson	18
G Smith	c Suttle b Thomson	4
*DVP Wright	c Parks b Thomson	13
JCT Page	b Smith	6
RC Wilson	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 107.4 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-24, 3-46, 4-73, 5-175, 6-225, 7-229, 8-243, 9-253, 10-259 (107.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	40.4	9	94	5	-	-
James	31	14	56	1	-	-
Smith	13	4	29	2	-	-
Oakman	13	5	24	2	-	-
Marlar	10	3	35	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cox	c Shirreff b Smith	4
DV Smith	not out	15
ASM Oakman	not out	8
JG Langridge	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
DS Sheppard	did not bat
KG Suttle	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	(1 wicket, 9.2 overs)	27
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Cox)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shirreff	4.2	1	13	0	-	-
Smith	5	0	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RC Wilson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> DVP Wright (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> DV Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 5-35)
--> DV Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 5-35)
--> DVP Wright reached 1900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> DVP Wright reached 1500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings

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