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County Championship, 1955Sussex v Essex
 Manor Sports Ground, Worthing
 21,23,24 May 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Sussex won by 6 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: HG Baldwin and WFF Price
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds              run out                                  89
PA Gibb               c Lawrence         b Oakman              31
G Barker              c Lawrence         b Thomson             48
R Horsfall            c Suttle           b Thomson              0
*DJ Insole            c Lawrence         b Thomson             11
WT Greensmith         c Potter           b Thomson              0
+B Taylor             c Lawrence         b James                0
R Smith                              c & b James               21
KC Preston            c Langridge        b James                1
JA Bailey             not out                                   5
P Cousens             c Webb             b James                0
Extras                (b 3, lb 3)                               6
Total                 (all out, 78.5 overs)                   212
FoW: 1-86, 2-168, 3-168, 4-175, 5-178,
     6-183, 7-183, 8-185, 9-212, 10-212.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomson                     18      4     51      4
James                       24.5    7     56      4
Oakman                      21      5     55      1
Marlar                      15      2     44      0
Sussex 1st innings
JG Langridge          lbw                b Greensmith          31
DV Smith              c Bailey           b Smith               18
+RT Webb              c Greensmith       b Bailey               0
*RG Marlar                               b Greensmith          22
ASM Oakman                           c & b Smith               20
KG Suttle             lbw                b Preston             30
G Cox                 c Gibb             b Greensmith          25
G Potter                                 b Preston              7
AAK Lawrence                             b Preston              9
NI Thomson            not out                                   9
AE James                                 b Greensmith           9
Extras                (b 2, lb 1)                               3
Total                 (all out, 80.5 overs)                   183
FoW: 1-30, 2-35, 3-71, 4-72, 5-96,
     6-149, 7-149, 8-163, 9-172, 10-183.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     18      7     36      3
Bailey                      14      2     41      1
Smith                       21      8     45      2
Greensmith                  21.5    8     40      4
Cousens                      3      1     13      0
Insole                       3      1      5      0
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds              lbw                b James                7
PA Gibb               c Marlar           b James                4
G Barker              c Marlar           b Potter              35
R Horsfall                               b Marlar               5
*DJ Insole            c Webb             b Oakman              18
WT Greensmith         c Langridge        b Oakman               6
+B Taylor                                b Oakman               4
R Smith               c Langridge        b Oakman               9
KC Preston                               b Marlar               3
JA Bailey                                b Marlar               1
P Cousens             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 15)                                   15
Total                 (all out, 51.4 overs)                   107
FoW: 1-11, 2-16, 3-29, 4-77, 5-83,
     6-93, 7-100, 8-103, 9-106, 10-107.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomson                      9      4     20      0
James                       13      5     26      2
Oakman                      10      4     17      4
Marlar                      15.4    8     22      3
Potter                       4      1      7      1
Sussex 2nd innings (target: 137 runs)
JG Langridge          c Dodds            b Smith               43
DV Smith              lbw                b Preston              0
ASM Oakman            c Preston          b Smith               37
KG Suttle             c Preston          b Smith               15
G Cox                 not out                                  11
G Potter              not out                                  27
Extras                (b 3, lb 1)                               4
Total                 (4 wickets, 71.1 overs)                 137
DNB: +RT Webb, *RG Marlar, AAK Lawrence, NI Thomson, AE James.
FoW: 1-0, 2-72, 3-83, 4-109.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Preston                     12      2     26      1
Bailey                      17      8     24      0
Smith                       18      7     32      3
Greensmith                  13      3     28      0
Cousens                     10      6     18      0
Dodds                        1.1    0      5      0
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