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County Championship, 1955Sussex v Kent
 Central Recreation Ground, Hastings
 16,18,19 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Sussex won by 9 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: AJB Fowler and WFF Price
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Kent 1st innings
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                (b 4, lb 5, nb 1)                        10
Total                 (all out, 43.1 overs)                    66
FoW: 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-41, 5-45, 6-45, 7-59, 8-59, 9-59, 10-66.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomson                     19.1    8     18      4
James                       11      4     25      1
Smith                       13      8     13      5
Sussex 1st innings
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
Extras                (b 6)                                     6
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 90 overs)          299
DNB: AE James.
FoW: 1-0, 2-118, 3-155, 4-232, 5-267, 6-295, 7-296, 8-299, 9-299.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
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
Kent 2nd innings
AE Fagg               c Oakman           b James               20
AH Phebey             c Oakman           b Thomson              2
JM Allan              c Webb             b Oakman              20
RC Wilson             not out                                   2
J Pettiford           c Sheppard         b Smith               90
JF Pretlove           c Langridge        b Oakman               8
AC Shirreff           c Webb             b Thomson             55
+DG Ufton             c Parks            b Thomson             18
G Smith               c Parks            b Thomson              4
*DVP Wright           c Parks            b Thomson             13
JCT Page                                 b Smith                6
Extras                (b 8, lb 12, nb 1)                       21
Total                 (all out, 107.4 overs)                  259
FoW: 1-18, 2-24, 3-46, 4-73, 5-175,
     6-225, 7-229, 8-243, 9-253, 10-259.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
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
Sussex 2nd innings (target: 27 runs)
G Cox                 c Shirreff         b Smith                4
DV Smith              not out                                  15
ASM Oakman            not out                                   8
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (1 wicket, 9.2 overs)                    27
DNB: JG Langridge, JM Parks, DS Sheppard, KG Suttle, NI Thomson,
     +RT Webb, *RG Marlar, AE James.
FoW: 1-6.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shirreff                     4.2    1     13      0
Smith                        5      0     14      1
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