f21317	Sussex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 2nd, 4th, 5th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HG Baldwin, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 220/7 (Mackay 69*, Johnson 12*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 86/2 (Sheppard 23*, Parks 9*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	b James	20
JW Burke	b Smith	19
RN Harvey	b Thomson	60
KD Mackay	c Lawrence b Thomson	73
PJP Burge	lbw b Marlar	1
KR Miller	b James	26
R Benaud	c and b Smith	1
+GRA Langley	b James	5
*IWG Johnson	run out	13
WPA Crawford	not out	2
JW Wilson	c Parks b Thomson	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 123 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-49, 3-116, 4-119, 5-163, 6-168, 7-185, 8-225, 9-225, 10-231 (123 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	35	13	52	3	-	-
James	33	7	63	3	-	-
Smith	27	11	37	2	-	-
Marlar	25	8	65	1	-	-
Oakman	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Miller b Crawford	22
ASM Oakman	b Miller	30
DS Sheppard	b Wilson	97
JM Parks	c Miller b Johnson	35
AAK Lawrence	retired ill	16
KG Suttle	c Harvey b Crawford	12
RH Willson	c Benaud b Wilson	0
NI Thomson	c Harvey b Miller	3
+RT Webb	b Crawford	4
*RG Marlar	c Langley b Benaud	64		44	6	5
AE James	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 103.1 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-67, 3-134, 4-210, 5-210, 6-215, 7-229, 8-229, 9-298 (103.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	28	8	64	2	-	-
Crawford	31	9	88	3	-	-
Johnson	13	3	40	1	-	-
Wilson	23	9	73	2	-	-
Benaud	6.1	3	16	1	-	-
Mackay	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	not out	0
JW Rutherford	not out	8
RN Harvey	did not bat
KD Mackay	did not bat
PJP Burge	did not bat
KR Miller	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
+GRA Langley	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
WPA Crawford	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 3 overs)	8

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Suttle	2	2	0	0	-	-
Sheppard	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DS Sheppard (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JM Parks (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> RG Marlar (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> KR Miller reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> AAK Lawrence retired ill in the Sussex first innings having scored 16 (team score 207/3)

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