f22844 cc11420	Sussex v Kent
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 18th, 20th, 21st July 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 0; Kent 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	WFF Price, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 269/7 (Smith 54*, James 1*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 31/0 (Oakman 21*, Lenham 10*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Catt b Brown	30
LJ Lenham	c Catt b Halfyard	96
KG Suttle	run out	16
ER Dexter	c Phebey b Halfyard	0
+JM Parks	b Sayer	36
DV Smith	not out	54
*RG Marlar	c Catt b Halfyard	4
NI Thomson	c Wilson b Brown	25
AE James	not out	1
RT Webb	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 101 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-66, 3-66, 4-123, 5-212, 6-216, 7-263

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sayer	29	7	71	1	-	-
Halfyard	35	7	87	3	-	-
Brown	20	4	55	2	-	-
Page	10	1	40	0	-	-
Wilkinson	7	3	9	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	b Thomson	19
RC Wilson	lbw b Thomson	62
SE Leary	b Dexter	74
*MC Cowdrey	b James	37
PH Jones	c Marlar b Thomson	9
+AW Catt	c Parks b James	29
RW Wilkinson	b Thomson	31
DJ Halfyard	lbw b James	1
DM Sayer	not out	4
A Brown	c Smith b James	9
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 91.3 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-129, 3-198, 4-202, 5-214, 6-258, 7-259, 8-270, 9-285 (91.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	29	8	57	4	-	-
Bates	12	2	47	0	-	-
Dexter	12	3	51	1	-	-
James	18.3	6	53	4	-	-
Smith	4	1	16	0	-	-
Marlar	16	4	51	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Catt b Halfyard	34
LJ Lenham	b Sayer	11
KG Suttle	b Brown	25
ER Dexter	b Halfyard	8
+JM Parks	not out	77
DV Smith	b Page	40
*RG Marlar	run out	4
NI Thomson	not out	22
AE James	did not bat
RT Webb	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-55, 3-65, 4-91, 5-182, 6-191

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sayer	22	8	41	1	-	-
Halfyard	27	7	78	2	-	-
Brown	14	3	47	1	-	-
Page	7	0	41	1	-	-
Wilkinson	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	st +Webb b James	0
RC Wilson	c Marlar b Thomson	14
SE Leary	not out	47
*MC Cowdrey	not out	44
PH Jones	did not bat
+AW Catt	did not bat
RW Wilkinson	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
DM Sayer	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 37 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-19

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	10	1	24	1	-	-
Bates	4	2	3	0	-	-
Dexter	2	0	3	0	-	-
James	8	2	19	1	-	-
Marlar	7	1	27	0	-	-
Parks	3	0	17	0	-	-
Oakman	2	0	10	0	-	-
Lenham	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Parks (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> NI Thomson reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> DJ Halfyard reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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