f20158 cc10027	Northamptonshire v Sussex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 29th, 30th, 31st July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Sussex 0
Umpires	P Corrall, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 3/0 (Sheppard 0*, Langridge 2*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 300/6 (Suttle 104*, James 7*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c James b Wood	7
N Oldfield	retired hurt	17
L Livingston	not out	136
DW Barrick	not out	166
+BL Reynolds	did not bat
*FR Brown	did not bat
V Broderick	did not bat
DG Greasley	did not bat
GE Tribe	did not bat
FH Tyson	did not bat
RW Clarke	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 94 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Brookes)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	20	2	78	1	-	-
James	33	4	114	0	-	-
Marlar	31	2	80	0	-	-
Cox	8	1	37	0	-	-
Oakes	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	c Tribe b Brown	35
JG Langridge	c sub b Brown	75
GHG Doggart	c Tribe b Clarke	0
G Cox	c Tyson b Clarke	2
KG Suttle	not out	104
JM Parks	b Clarke	39
C Oakes	run out	19
AE James	not out	7
+RT Webb	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(6 wickets, 117 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-84, 3-90, 4-164, 5-223, 6-264

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	17	2	47	0	-	-
Clarke	25	7	72	3	-	-
Brown	33	10	54	2	-	-
Tribe	24	4	75	0	-	-
Broderick	18	5	33	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> DW Barrick (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 58
--> FR Brown reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> N Oldfield retired hurt in the Northamptonshire first innings having scored 17 (team score 31/1)

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