f22663 cc11289	Gloucestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 13th, 14th, 15th May 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 4 (Batting 2); Sussex 0
Umpires	WH Copson, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 40/3 (Oakman 23*, Suttle 1*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 136/3 (Graveney 32*, Hawkins 10*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Thomson	46
CA Milton	c Parks b Dexter	15
RB Nicholls	c Parks b Thomson	71
*TW Graveney	lbw b Thomson	74
DG Hawkins	b Thomson	0
JB Mortimore	b Thomson	10
DA Allen	c Smith b Oakman	21
AS Brown	b Marlar	65
DR Smith	b Thomson	32
+BJ Meyer	b Thomson	0
C Cook	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 105.4 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-64, 3-213, 4-213, 5-216, 6-227, 7-265, 8-348, 9-348, 10-350 (105.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	21	5	50	7	-	-
Bates	28	9	60	0	-	-
Marlar	16.4	1	68	1	-	-
Oakman	9	1	39	1	-	-
Dexter	12	2	47	1	-	-
Bell	16	5	43	0	-	-
Smith	3	0	28	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Meyer b Cook	93
LJ Lenham	c Hawkins b Smith	2
DV Smith	b Smith	10
RV Bell	lbw b Smith	0
KG Suttle	c Hawkins b Mortimore	34
+JM Parks	run out	4
ER Dexter	b Cook	2
GC Cooper	b Smith	35
NI Thomson	c Milton b Brown	26
DL Bates	not out	5
*RG Marlar	c Hawkins b Smith	17
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 106.1 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-27, 3-27, 4-126, 5-132, 6-145, 7-150, 8-211, 9-217, 10-238 (106.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	29.1	6	62	5	-	-
Brown	27	9	78	1	-	-
Cook	24	10	35	2	-	-
Mortimore	26	10	53	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Cooper b Bell	30
CA Milton	b Bates	53
RB Nicholls	lbw b Dexter	5
*TW Graveney	not out	69
DG Hawkins	c Cooper b Dexter	13
JB Mortimore	c Smith b Dexter	13
DA Allen	not out	5
AS Brown	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-68, 3-109, 4-146, 5-180

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	4	1	12	0	-	-
Bates	18	2	57	1	-	-
Marlar	8	0	27	0	-	-
Dexter	22	5	55	3	-	-
Bell	16	3	37	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	b Brown	11
LJ Lenham	c Milton b Cook	26
DV Smith	c Meyer b Cook	10
+JM Parks	lbw b Cook	6
KG Suttle	not out	74
ER Dexter	c and b Graveney	28
GC Cooper	not out	24
RV Bell	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 95 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-50, 3-51, 4-60, 5-124

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	16	3	33	0	-	-
Brown	15	4	43	1	-	-
Cook	25	13	35	3	-	-
Mortimore	22	9	37	0	-	-
Hawkins	12	5	21	0	-	-
Graveney	3	1	3	1	-	-
Nicholls	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AS Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in First-Class matches
--> AS Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> DR Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> RG Marlar (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> CA Milton (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> RV Bell reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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