f20948 cc10436	Lancashire v Sussex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 29th, 30th June, 1st July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 0; Sussex 4
Umpires	P Corrall, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 12/0 (Langridge 7, Smith 3)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 116/2 (Ikin 67, Jordan 3)

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	c Sheppard b Thomson	4
A Wharton	c Webb b Marlar	33
GA Edrich	c Smith b Bates	8
KJ Grieves	c and b Bates	7
J Dyson	c Sheppard b Marlar	12
*W Place	b Cooper	13
R Collins	c Smith b Cooper	11
+J Jordan	b Cooper	1
MJ Hilton	c Cox b Marlar	0
F Goodwin	run out	2
R Tattersall	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-25, 3-37, 4-63, 5-66, 6-81, 7-82, 8-83, 9-89, 10-96 (57.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	19	5	25	1	-	-
Bates	18	5	28	2	-	-
Marlar	13	5	25	3	-	-
Cooper	7.4	3	13	3	-	-

Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Collins	22
DV Smith	b Goodwin	27
DS Sheppard	b Goodwin	27
JM Parks	c Hilton b Tattersall	63
KG Suttle	run out	28
G Cox	c Collins b Hilton	1
GC Cooper	c Place b Hilton	11
NI Thomson	c Hilton b Tattersall	1
+RT Webb	not out	11
DL Bates	b Tattersall	0
*RG Marlar	c Grieves b Tattersall	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 87.1 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-75, 3-92, 4-135, 5-137, 6-177, 7-184, 8-185, 9-185, 10-197 (87.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	11	1	39	2	-	-
Wharton	2	1	2	0	-	-
Tattersall	25.1	11	40	4	-	-
Hilton	33	13	62	2	-	-
Collins	16	1	49	1	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	c Suttle b Marlar	76
J Dyson	c Bates b Smith	42
GA Edrich	lbw b Bates	0
+J Jordan	st Webb b Bates	13
KJ Grieves	not out	57
*W Place	c Bates b Marlar	15
R Collins	c Cox b Bates	10
MJ Hilton	not out	11
A Wharton	did not bat
F Goodwin	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb)	19
Total	(6 wickets, 110.2 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-107, 2-108, 3-136, 4-136, 5-191, 6-209

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	31.2	11	61	0	-	-
Bates	24	7	47	3	-	-
Marlar	30	10	59	2	-	-
Cooper	14	5	42	0	-	-
Smith	11	5	15	1	-	-

Notes
--> A Wharton (1) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> GC Cooper made his debut in first-class matches
--> GC Cooper made his debut in County Championship matches
--> W Place made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> W Place made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MJ Hilton reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> RG Marlar reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire second innings