f21361 cc10660	Sussex v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Cricket Field Road, Horsham on 20th, 21st, 22nd June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Sussex 4; Warwickshire 12
Umpires	P Corrall, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 16/1 (Gardner 6*, Wolton 0*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 59/5 (Suttle 6*, Stripp 10*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Spooner b Bannister	22
ASM Oakman	b Bannister	16
DJ Foreman	b Hollies	65
JM Parks	c Hitchcock b Thompson	26
AAK Lawrence	c Spooner b Weeks	0
KG Suttle	b Thompson	45
DA Stripp	c Wolton b Weeks	0
NI Thomson	b Thompson	17
+DW Manville	lbw b Thompson	2
*RG Marlar	not out	0
AE James	b Thompson	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-43, 3-97, 4-99, 5-157, 6-164, 7-191, 8-200, 9-201, 10-201 (90.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	17.5	8	26	5	-	-
Bannister	19	4	54	2	-	-
Hollies	23	9	41	1	-	-
Weeks	22	11	40	2	-	-
Townsend	5	1	15	0	-	-
Hitchcock	4	1	17	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b Smith	14
CW Leach	b Thomson	10
AVG Wolton	c and b Marlar	51
A Townsend	c Lawrence b Marlar	37
RE Hitchcock	c Lawrence b James	0
NF Horner	lbw b James	6
+RT Spooner	b Smith	42
RT Weeks	b Marlar	0
JD Bannister	c and b Marlar	2
RG Thompson	lbw b Marlar	1
*WE Hollies	not out	6
Extras	(20 b, 5 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 110 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-30, 3-109, 4-109, 5-139, 6-141, 7-156, 8-174, 9-188, 10-194 (110 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	18	8	20	1	-	-
James	27	12	47	2	-	-
Stripp	10	3	24	0	-	-
Marlar	29	11	35	5	-	-
Smith	19	11	27	2	-	-
Oakman	4	1	7	0	-	-
Parks	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Wolton b Thompson	1
ASM Oakman	c Spooner b Hollies	22
DJ Foreman	lbw b Thompson	0
JM Parks	lbw b Thompson	0
AAK Lawrence	lbw b Townsend	15
KG Suttle	c Weeks b Bannister	15
DA Stripp	c Leach b Hollies	21
NI Thomson	lbw b Bannister	0
+DW Manville	c Weeks b Bannister	0
*RG Marlar	c Hollies b Bannister	2
AE James	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-38, 5-46, 6-79, 7-79, 8-79, 9-81, 10-81 (47.4 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	6	2	12	3	-	-
Bannister	16	7	23	4	-	-
Hollies	14.4	8	20	2	-	-
Weeks	3	1	6	0	-	-
Townsend	6	1	11	1	-	-
Hitchcock	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Thomson	1
CW Leach	lbw b James	2
AVG Wolton	not out	53
A Townsend	c Manville b Smith	6
RE Hitchcock	c Suttle b Smith	0
NF Horner	lbw b Marlar	8
+RT Spooner	lbw b Thomson	17
RT Weeks	not out	4
JD Bannister	did not bat
RG Thompson	did not bat
*WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(6 wickets, 38.4 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-12, 3-19, 4-19, 5-42, 6-87

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	11.4	2	32	2	-	-
James	9	2	18	1	-	-
Marlar	12	4	23	1	-	-
Smith	6	1	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DW Manville made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DW Manville made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DJ Foreman (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> A Townsend (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> DA Stripp (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> DA Stripp (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> NI Thomson reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> RG Marlar reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> RG Thompson completed a hat-trick in the Sussex second innings (Smith, Foreman, Parks)
--> NI Thomson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> RG Marlar reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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