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County Championship, 1955Sussex v Somerset
 New County Ground, Hove, Brighton
 31 August, 1 September 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Sussex won by 9 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: JS Buller and F Chester
 
Close of play:
Day 1: 
Sussex 1st innings
JG Langridge                             b Lobb                12
DV Smith              c Stephenson       b Lawrence            52
ASM Oakman            c Tordoff          b Lomax               47
JM Parks              not out                                 205
G Cox                 c Stephenson       b Yawar Saeed         38
KG Suttle             c sub              b Yawar Saeed         11
GHG Doggart           c Lomax            b Lawrence            18
+RT Webb              c Wight            b Lawrence            26
NI Thomson            run out                                   1
*RG Marlar            c Tordoff          b Walker              38
Extras                (b 5, lb 9, w 1, nb 1)                   16
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 82 overs)          464
DNB: AE James.
FoW: 1-24, 2-112, 3-112, 4-214, 5-283,
     6-321, 7-392, 8-402, 9-464.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lobb                        14      1     90      1
Yawar Saeed                 15      1     72      2
Lomax                        9      0     48      1
Lawrence                    27      0    159      3
McMahon                      9      1     46      0
Walker                       8      0     33      1
Somerset 1st innings
FL Angell             c Langridge        b James               16
M Walker              c Langridge        b James               38
J Lawrence            c Smith            b Marlar               9
MF Tremlett                              b Thomson             17
PB Wight              run out                                  61
*GG Tordoff                              b James               12
+HW Stephenson        c Langridge        b Marlar               4
JG Lomax              not out                                  47
Yawar Saeed           c Suttle           b Smith               62
JWJ McMahon           c Parks            b Thomson              5
B Lobb                c Oakman           b Thomson              4
Extras                (b 12, lb 5, nb 1)                       18
Total                 (all out, 88.2 overs)                   293
FoW: 1-41, 2-66, 3-81, 4-99, 5-129,
     6-142, 7-180, 8-263, 9-277, 10-293.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomson                     25.2    6     80      3
James                       36      9    105      3
Smith                       10      4     25      1
Marlar                      11      3     44      2
Oakman                       6      1     21      0
Somerset 2nd innings (following on)
FL Angell                                b Marlar              22
M Walker                                 b James               22
J Lawrence                               b Smith               19
MF Tremlett           c Oakman           b Marlar              68
PB Wight              c Oakman           b Smith                4
*GG Tordoff           c James            b Marlar               7
+HW Stephenson        c Langridge        b Smith                8
JG Lomax              c Langridge        b Smith                0
Yawar Saeed                              b Marlar               3
JWJ McMahon           c Doggart          b Marlar              10
B Lobb                not out                                   2
Extras                (b 11, lb 12)                            23
Total                 (all out, 51.2 overs)                   188
FoW: 1-40, 2-73, 3-95, 4-102, 5-106,
     6-125, 7-139, 8-152, 9-185, 10-188.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomson                      9      0     34      0
James                        7      1     28      1
Smith                       17      5     40      4
Marlar                      18.2    2     63      5
Sussex 2nd innings (target: 18 runs)
JG Langridge          not out                                   9
G Cox                 c Walker           b Tordoff              8
*RG Marlar            not out                                   1
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (1 wicket, 5.2 overs)                    18
DNB: DV Smith, ASM Oakman, JM Parks, KG Suttle, GHG Doggart,
     +RT Webb, NI Thomson, AE James.
FoW: 1-17.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lawrence                     2.2    0     12      0
Tordoff                      3      1      6      1
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