f22648 cc11278	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 6th, 7th, 8th May 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 21 runs
Points	Essex 12; Sussex 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	LH Gray, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 67/3 (Lenham 37*, Smith 5*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 161/8 (Ralph 1*, Preston 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Thomson	41
G Barker	c Parks b Thomson	1
LA Savill	c Bell b Thomson	14
*DJ Insole	lbw b Oakman	4
TE Bailey	run out	11
MJ Bear	not out	24
+B Taylor	b Oakman	11
WT Greensmith	lbw b Oakman	5
LHR Ralph	st Parks b Bell	4
KC Preston	c Smith b Bates	2
PJ Phelan	b Thomson	4
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-57, 3-60, 4-75, 5-83, 6-97, 7-103, 8-112, 9-121, 10-135 (75.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	21.3	11	16	4	-	-
Bates	19	4	41	1	-	-
James	10	4	23	0	-	-
Oakman	13	6	26	3	-	-
Bell	12	5	15	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Savill b Preston	7
LJ Lenham	c and b Greensmith	55
KG Suttle	b Greensmith	16
+JM Parks	lbw b Greensmith	2
DV Smith	st Taylor b Phelan	30
GC Cooper	b Greensmith	1
NI Thomson	c and b Phelan	8
RV Bell	lbw b Preston	30
AE James	c and b Greensmith	1
*RG Marlar	c Taylor b Greensmith	0
DL Bates	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-52, 3-56, 4-107, 5-110, 6-111, 7-146, 8-150, 9-150, 10-150 (76.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	10	3	15	0	-	-
Preston	17	8	25	2	-	-
Ralph	8	3	15	0	-	-
Phelan	20	1	55	2	-	-
Greensmith	21.1	8	40	6	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Bates	0
G Barker	b Bates	21
LA Savill	b Marlar	30
*DJ Insole	c Parks b Thomson	43
+B Taylor	c Parks b Thomson	2
TE Bailey	c Parks b Bates	37
MJ Bear	c Bates b Oakman	10
WT Greensmith	b James	9
LHR Ralph	not out	7
KC Preston	c James b Bates	10
PJ Phelan	b Bates	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-32, 3-96, 4-96, 5-103, 6-121, 7-142, 8-156, 9-170, 10-174 (92.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	26	8	43	2	-	-
Bates	22.5	9	42	5	-	-
James	5	2	5	1	-	-
Oakman	16	5	27	1	-	-
Bell	12	4	18	0	-	-
Marlar	11	1	34	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	b Preston	7
LJ Lenham	lbw b Bailey	0
KG Suttle	c Savill b Preston	3
+JM Parks	c Barker b Ralph	50
DV Smith	b Bailey	2
GC Cooper	b Bailey	0
NI Thomson	c Dodds b Bailey	0
RV Bell	lbw b Bailey	34
AE James	c and b Preston	15
*RG Marlar	c and b Bailey	3
DL Bates	not out	22
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-8, 3-15, 4-18, 5-20, 6-20, 7-89, 8-100, 9-108, 10-138 (66 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24	11	34	6	-	-
Preston	14	4	29	3	-	-
Ralph	9	1	24	1	-	-
Greensmith	19	4	49	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> RV Bell (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> RV Bell (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> B Taylor (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RV Bell (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> RV Bell (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> RV Bell (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> DL Bates (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in County Championship matches
--> DL Bates (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Phelan reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 1300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings

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