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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 30th July, 1st, 2nd August 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Middlesex won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Sussex 4; Middlesex 12 |
| Umpires | E Cooke, N Oldfield |
| Close of play day 1 | Middlesex (1) 33/2 (Brown 6*, Delisle 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (2) 138/9 (Webb 22*, Marlar 1*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | lbw b Bennett | 13 | |||||
| DV Smith | c Titmus b Young | 90 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | c Dewes b Young | 50 | |||||
| JM Parks | c Edrich b Bennett | 53 | |||||
| KG Suttle | lbw b Warr | 15 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | b Bennett | 12 | |||||
| G Cox | lbw b Bennett | 5 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | c Bennett b Warr | 3 | |||||
| +RT Webb | b Warr | 8 | |||||
| AE James | b Bennett | 4 | |||||
| NI Thomson | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 7 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 98.4 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-142, 3-165, 4-225, 5-241, 6-246, 7-251, 8-253, 9-263, 10-265 (98.4 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Warr | 24.4 | 4 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tilly | 15 | 0 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 21 | 2 | 75 | 5 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 16 | 4 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Young | 22 | 8 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JDB Robertson | lbw b Thomson | 4 | |||||
| JG Dewes | c Langridge b James | 9 | |||||
| SM Brown | c Webb b Smith | 55 | |||||
| GPS Delisle | c Parks b Thomson | 6 | |||||
| *WJ Edrich | c Langridge b James | 28 | |||||
| D Bennett | c Langridge b James | 10 | |||||
| FJ Titmus | b James | 0 | |||||
| JJ Warr | b Smith | 3 | |||||
| HW Tilly | b Smith | 3 | |||||
| +LH Compton | not out | 28 | |||||
| JA Young | b James | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 77.2 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-18, 3-35, 4-106, 5-118, 6-125, 7-128, 8-128, 9-155, 10-160 (77.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 25 | 10 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| James | 33.2 | 12 | 67 | 5 | - | - | |
| Smith | 17 | 3 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | c Titmus b Warr | 7 | |||||
| DV Smith | c Titmus b Bennett | 35 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | c Titmus b Warr | 4 | |||||
| JM Parks | b Bennett | 18 | |||||
| KG Suttle | b Titmus | 12 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | b Titmus | 4 | |||||
| G Cox | b Titmus | 10 | |||||
| +RT Webb | not out | 34 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c Delisle b Warr | 1 | |||||
| AE James | run out | 6 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | b Bennett | 39 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 12 lb, 4 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 55.4 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-20, 3-62, 4-71, 5-76, 6-95, 7-106, 8-117, 9-130, 10-188 (55.4 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Warr | 18 | 1 | 66 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tilly | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 15.4 | 2 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 18 | 8 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Middlesex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JDB Robertson | c Langridge b Thomson | 27 | |||||
| JG Dewes | b Thomson | 117 | |||||
| SM Brown | b Marlar | 41 | |||||
| *WJ Edrich | b James | 49 | |||||
| GPS Delisle | not out | 45 | |||||
| D Bennett | not out | 6 | |||||
| FJ Titmus | did not bat | ||||||
| JJ Warr | did not bat | ||||||
| HW Tilly | did not bat | ||||||
| +LH Compton | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Young | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 105.3 overs) | 294 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55, 2-136, 3-231, 4-245 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 32 | 12 | 75 | 2 | - | - | |
| James | 26 | 5 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 22 | 7 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 25.3 | 9 | 76 | 1 | - | - | |