f20219 cc10081	Sussex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 22nd, 24th, 25th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 10 wickets
Points	Sussex 12; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	FS Lee, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 181/1 (Sheppard 128*, Doggart 29*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 113 all out

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Emmett	c Langridge b Marlar	9
DM Young	b Wood	17
TW Graveney	c Webb b Marlar	5
*JF Crapp	c and b Marlar	17
+AE Wilson	st Webb b Marlar	2
RB Nicholls	b Marlar	0
CJ Scott	c Doggart b Thomson	2
JVC Griffiths	b Marlar	13
DA Allen	lbw b Wood	5
C Cook	not out	5
FP McHugh	b Marlar	1
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 54.1 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-26, 3-36, 4-43, 5-43, 6-48, 7-60, 8-77, 9-83, 10-84 (54.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	14	10	6	1	-	-
Wood	14	6	28	2	-	-
Marlar	26.1	14	42	7	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	not out	128
JG Langridge	c Wilson b McHugh	23
GHG Doggart	not out	29
G Cox	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
DV Smith	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 77 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-98 (Langridge)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McHugh	14	1	39	1	-	-
Scott	19	4	40	0	-	-
Cook	17	8	31	0	-	-
Griffiths	19	5	46	0	-	-
Allen	8	2	24	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Emmett	c Smith b James	36
DM Young	b James	4
TW Graveney	c James b Thomson	2
*JF Crapp	c Parks b Thomson	9
+AE Wilson	c Langridge b Thomson	3
RB Nicholls	b Marlar	8
CJ Scott	c Sheppard b James	4
JVC Griffiths	c Webb b James	5
DA Allen	not out	11
C Cook	b James	1
FP McHugh	b James	6
Extras	(21 b, 3 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-36, 3-59, 4-65, 5-69, 6-73, 7-89, 8-102, 9-105, 10-113 (65.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	25	15	22	3	-	-
Wood	2	0	9	0	-	-
Marlar	22	10	39	1	-	-
James	16.3	6	19	6	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	not out	14
JG Langridge	not out	0
GHG Doggart	did not bat
G Cox	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
DV Smith	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(no wicket, 6.3 overs)	17

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McHugh	1	0	2	0	-	-
Cook	3	3	0	0	-	-
Allen	2.3	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DS Sheppard (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 87
--> AE James reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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