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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 17th, 18th, 19th August 1896 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Lancashire won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | L Hall, M Sherwin |
| Close of play day 1 | Lancashire (1) 173/2 (Paul 37*, Tyldesley 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Lancashire (1) 252/4 (Paul 65*, Baker 1*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | b Briggs | 0 | |||||
| CB Fry | b Briggs | 24 | |||||
| EH Killick | b Mold | 22 | |||||
| J Vine | b Baker | 36 | |||||
| W Newham | c Thomas b Briggs | 0 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | lbw b Briggs | 5 | |||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | c MacLaren b Mold | 40 | |||||
| CF Butcher | b Mold | 2 | |||||
| +HR Butt | not out | 1 | |||||
| FW Tate | b Baker | 0 | |||||
| CR Etheridge | lbw b Mold | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 5 lb, 2 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 77.4 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-42, 3-63, 4-67, 5-77, 6-142, 7-144, 8-144, 9-144, 10-153 (77.4 ov) | |||||||
| Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Briggs | 28 | 10 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Mold | 35.4 | 17 | 51 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Bardswell | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Hallam | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Baker | 8 | 5 | 11 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sugg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lancashire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Ward | b Butcher | 73 | |||||
| *AC MacLaren | b Fry | 40 | |||||
| AG Paul | not out | 107 | |||||
| JT Tyldesley | run out | 33 | |||||
| FH Sugg | c Butt b Fry | 38 | |||||
| GR Baker | not out | 51 | |||||
| GR Bardswell | did not bat | ||||||
| J Briggs | did not bat | ||||||
| +R Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Hallam | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Mold | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 143 overs) | 345 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65, 2-143, 3-197, 4-251 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tate | 37 | 13 | 80 | 0 | - | - | |
| Etheridge | 28 | 7 | 82 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fry | 37 | 11 | 110 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Killick | 33 | 14 | 50 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Butcher | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | c Paul b Mold | 25 | |||||
| CB Fry | c Mold b Briggs | 2 | |||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | st Thomas b Sugg | 165 | |||||
| EH Killick | c Thomas b Mold | 6 | |||||
| W Newham | b Sugg | 10 | |||||
| J Vine | b Mold | 9 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | not out | 16 | |||||
| CF Butcher | b Mold | 0 | |||||
| +HR Butt | b Hallam | 14 | |||||
| FW Tate | not out | 7 | |||||
| CR Etheridge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 120 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-82, 3-106, 4-149, 5-201, 6-227, 7-229, 8-252 | |||||||
| Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Briggs | 41 | 12 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mold | 39 | 12 | 93 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hallam | 19 | 11 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Baker | 10 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sugg | 11 | 0 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |