f20430 cc10142	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 29th, 31st May, 1st June 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Sussex 4
Umpires	JS Buller, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 105/4 (Insole 26*, Vigar 18*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 34/0 (Dodds 21*, Vigar 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c James b Marlar	25
AV Avery	run out	20
TE Bailey	c Doggart b Oakman	8
R Horsfall	c Doggart b Marlar	3
*DJ Insole	c Cox b Oakman	52
FH Vigar	c Doggart b Thomson	18
WT Greensmith	lbw b Marlar	17
R Smith	c and b Oakman	32
+B Taylor	b Marlar	0
JA Bailey	not out	1
KC Preston	b Marlar	2
Extras	(16 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-45, 3-49, 4-61, 5-113, 6-140, 7-192, 8-192, 9-192, 10-195 (87.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	13	4	31	1	-	-
James	18	6	39	0	-	-
Oakman	35	11	64	3	-	-
Marlar	21.3	5	44	5	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Smith	81
DV Smith	c TE Bailey b Smith	76
*GHG Doggart	not out	42
KG Suttle	not out	30
G Cox	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-165, 2-172

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	23	5	45	0	-	-
Preston	8	1	24	0	-	-
Smith	18	4	64	2	-	-
JA Bailey	10	3	26	0	-	-
Vigar	3	0	10	0	-	-
Greensmith	6	0	33	0	-	-
Insole	6	1	27	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Thomson	33
FH Vigar	c Webb b Thomson	8
R Horsfall	c Langridge b Thomson	0
AV Avery	lbw b James	11
*DJ Insole	b James	3
TE Bailey	b Parks	38
WT Greensmith	b James	55
R Smith	b James	34
+B Taylor	not out	10
JA Bailey	b James	0
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(15 b)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-49, 3-50, 4-53, 5-75, 6-160, 7-188, 8-207, 9-207 (88 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	22	4	60	3	-	-
James	28	14	43	5	-	-
Oakman	15	6	18	0	-	-
Marlar	16	4	36	0	-	-
Parks	7	0	35	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Taylor b TE Bailey	38
KG Suttle	c Preston b Smith	24
*GHG Doggart	b Smith	4
G Cox	b TE Bailey	2
JM Parks	st Taylor b Smith	3
ASM Oakman	c Insole b Vigar	13
AE James	not out	15
JG Langridge	c Avery b Vigar	0
NI Thomson	lbw b Smith	4
RG Marlar	not out	18
+RT Webb	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 35 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-61, 3-64, 4-69, 5-86, 6-90, 7-95, 8-108

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	11	3	35	2	-	-
Preston	5	0	22	0	-	-
Smith	9	2	32	4	-	-
Vigar	7	2	24	2	-	-
Greensmith	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Marlar reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings

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