f4552	Sussex v Australians
	Australia in England 1896
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 13th, 14th, 15th August 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 6 wickets
Umpires	L Hall, J Phillips
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 89/1 (Donnan 44*, Giffen 26*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 87/1 (Fry 36*, Ranjitsinhji 25*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Fry	c Giffen b Trott	15
FW Marlow	b Trott	10
KS Ranjitsinhji	c Trott b Trumble	25
*WL Murdoch	b Trumble	15
W Newham	c Trumble b Trott	2
EH Killick	c Johns b Trumble	54
G Bean	retired hurt	18
JC Hartley	c Eady b Jones	0
+HR Butt	b Trumble	1
FW Tate	b Trott	37
CR Etheridge	not out	17
Extras	(23 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-42, 3-52, 4-79, 5-79, 6-120, 7-123, 8-157, 9-221 (83.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trumble	35	13	75	4	-	-
Trott	21.1	3	61	4	-	-
Jones	20	8	34	1	-	-
Giffen	7	2	24	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Darling	b Etheridge	6
H Donnan	c Ranjitsinhji b Etheridge	51
G Giffen	c Butt b Killick	84
H Graham	c Fry b Killick	60
CJ Eady	c Butt b Killick	4
*GHS Trott	b Hartley	52
C Hill	c Murdoch b Killick	22
H Trumble	c Murdoch b Fry	0
+JJ Kelly	not out	41
E Jones	b Etheridge	12
AE Johns	c Etheridge b Killick	12
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 165.2 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-110, 3-201, 4-205, 5-212, 6-254, 7-260, 8-310, 9-323, 10-352 (165.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Etheridge	55	21	105	3	-	-
Fry	35	15	60	1	-	-
Killick	28.2	8	71	5	-	-
Tate	20	10	30	0	-	-
Hartley	22	5	65	1	-	-
Ranjitsinhji	1	0	1	0	-	-
Murdoch	4	2	12	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Fry	c Trumble b Donnan	92
FW Marlow	c Giffen b Trott	26
KS Ranjitsinhji	run out	74
*WL Murdoch	c Trumble b Donnan	8
W Newham	lbw b Trumble	8
EH Killick	c Kelly b Trumble	4
G Bean	c and b Trumble	1
JC Hartley	b Trumble	0
FW Tate	c and b Trumble	0
CR Etheridge	b Trumble	0
+HR Butt	not out	30
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 89.2 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-161, 3-180, 4-201, 5-211, 6-213, 7-213, 8-213, 9-219, 10-248 (89.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trumble	34.2	11	69	6	-	-
Trott	12	0	57	1	-	-
Jones	3	0	25	0	-	-
Giffen	11	2	36	0	-	-
Donnan	29	13	56	2	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Darling	c Fry b Killick	46
H Donnan	b Killick	17
G Giffen	c Fry b Killick	0
H Graham	not out	24
*GHS Trott	c Butt b Fry	22
C Hill	not out	4
CJ Eady	did not bat
H Trumble	did not bat
+JJ Kelly	did not bat
E Jones	did not bat
AE Johns	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 43 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-67, 3-68, 4-115

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Etheridge	11	5	24	0	-	-
Fry	13	3	26	1	-	-
Killick	10	1	42	3	-	-
Tate	9	1	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CR Etheridge made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FW Tate (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> G Giffen (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> G Giffen (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 74
--> GHS Trott (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> G Bean retired hurt in the Sussex first innings having scored 18 (team had lost 5 wickets)

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