f21239 cc10572	Warwickshire v Sussex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 2nd, 3rd, 4th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 8 wickets
Points	Warwickshire 0; Sussex 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, JS Buller
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 18/0 (Smith 7*, Oakman 11*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 309/4 (Parks 108*, Suttle 5*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b Thomson	103
NF Horner	b Thomson	2
AVG Wolton	c Webb b Parks	101
+RT Spooner	c and b Parks	12
RE Hitchcock	c and b James	9
PH Bromley	b Thomson	0
A Townsend	c Foreman b Thomson	27
RT Weeks	c Parks b Thomson	5
RG Carter	b Smith	10
RG Thompson	c Parks b Thomson	7
*WE Hollies	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 113.1 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-174, 3-196, 4-212, 5-221, 6-230, 7-253, 8-266, 9-278, 10-279 (113.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	26.1	9	51	6	-	-
James	26	7	63	1	-	-
Smith	22	6	39	1	-	-
Semmence	2	0	14	0	-	-
Oakman	18	4	50	0	-	-
Marlar	14	2	33	0	-	-
Parks	5	0	26	2	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	b Thompson	35
ASM Oakman	b Hollies	62
AAK Lawrence	lbw b Wolton	49
JM Parks	c and b Thompson	114
DJ Semmence	st Spooner b Townsend	36
KG Suttle	lbw b Thompson	12
DJ Foreman	not out	1
*RG Marlar	c Wolton b Thompson	0
NI Thomson	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-109, 3-198, 4-300, 5-318, 6-323, 7-323 (119 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carter	26	5	91	0	-	-
Thompson	24	3	64	4	-	-
Townsend	19	1	54	1	-	-
Hollies	30	13	48	1	-	-
Weeks	10	2	27	0	-	-
Hitchcock	5	1	12	0	-	-
Wolton	5	2	13	1	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b James	0
NF Horner	c Semmence b James	1
AVG Wolton	c Suttle b Marlar	40
+RT Spooner	lbw b Smith	14
RE Hitchcock	c Oakman b Marlar	27
A Townsend	c Oakman b Marlar	26
PH Bromley	b Marlar	1
RT Weeks	b Marlar	20
RG Carter	not out	16
RG Thompson	c Smith b Marlar	5
*WE Hollies	b Marlar	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-5, 3-42, 4-63, 5-105, 6-106, 7-127, 8-150, 9-156, 10-158 (61 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	11	4	33	0	-	-
James	13	9	13	2	-	-
Smith	5	1	18	1	-	-
Oakman	12	3	36	0	-	-
Marlar	20	3	50	7	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	b Hollies	33
ASM Oakman	b Carter	6
KG Suttle	not out	61
JM Parks	not out	12
AAK Lawrence	did not bat
DJ Semmence	did not bat
DJ Foreman	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 22.2 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-92

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carter	5	1	29	1	-	-
Thompson	9	0	40	0	-	-
Townsend	2.2	0	13	0	-	-
Hollies	6	0	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Semmence made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DJ Semmence made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PH Bromley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PH Bromley made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JM Parks (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> RG Carter (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> RG Marlar reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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