f20585 cc10264	Lancashire v Sussex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 28th, 29th, 30th July 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 4; Sussex 0
Umpires	H Elliott, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 123/4 (Ikin 57*, S Smith 39*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c CS Smith b Statham	14
DS Sheppard	b Statham	22
*GHG Doggart	c Wharton b CS Smith	0
JM Parks	c Statham b Tattersall	37
KG Suttle	b Hilton	11
G Potter	b Hilton	0
ASM Oakman	run out	0
NI Thomson	c Wharton b Tattersall	7
+RT Webb	not out	3
RG Marlar	c Tattersall b Hilton	0
DJ Wood	b Tattersall	6
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-39, 3-61, 4-84, 5-86, 6-86, 7-86, 8-98, 9-98, 10-105 (44.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	14	1	41	2	-	-
CS Smith	10	3	27	1	-	-
Tattersall	11.2	2	21	3	-	-
Hilton	9	5	11	3	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*W Place	c Langridge b Wood	3
A Wharton	c Webb b Oakman	12
GA Edrich	c Langridge b Wood	0
KJ Grieves	c Oakman b Wood	0
JT Ikin	b Oakman	90
S Smith	c Webb b Oakman	48
CS Smith	st Webb b Oakman	6
MJ Hilton	b Wood	1
+A Wilson	c Oakman b Wood	6
JB Statham	b Thomson	21
R Tattersall	not out	21
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-11, 4-24, 5-153, 6-168, 7-173, 8-173, 9-184, 10-225 (88.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	8.1	2	17	1	-	-
Wood	30	8	68	5	-	-
Marlar	22	11	37	0	-	-
Oakman	28	6	86	4	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Wilson b Wharton	42
DS Sheppard	c Place b Hilton	81
*GHG Doggart	not out	21
JM Parks	lbw b Hilton	2
KG Suttle	did not bat
G Potter	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 66.1 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-150, 3-159 (66.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	9	4	10	0	-	-
CS Smith	7	2	9	0	-	-
Tattersall	14	4	27	0	-	-
Hilton	15.1	9	30	2	-	-
Wharton	9	2	31	1	-	-
Grieves	12	2	39	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GHG Doggart (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JB Statham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings

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