f23869 cc11925	Sussex v Essex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 19th, 20th, 21st July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 4 (Batting 2); Essex 0
Umpires	LH Gray, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 64/2 (Taylor 18*, Milner 29*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 170/4 (Parks 43*, Smith 32*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	st Taylor b Ralph	19
RJ Langridge	run out	19
LJ Lenham	b Edmeades	74
KG Suttle	c Smith b Ralph	49
+JM Parks	c Taylor b Ralph	78
*DV Smith	not out	59
GC Cooper	b Preston	20
NI Thomson	did not bat
RV Bell	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 98.3 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-41, 3-117, 4-227, 5-267, 6-334 (98.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	20.3	3	73	1	-	-
Ralph	23	4	62	3	-	-
Edmeades	17	2	47	1	-	-
Hobbs	17	5	59	0	-	-
Greensmith	21	3	77	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Oakman b Bates	6
MJ Bear	b Thomson	11
+B Taylor	c Parks b Bates	19
J Milner	lbw b Suttle	63
BR Knight	c Parks b Bates	3
WT Greensmith	run out	9
GJ Smith	lbw b Marlar	12
BEA Edmeades	not out	24
LHR Ralph	c sub b Suttle	53
RNS Hobbs	st Parks b Bell	7
*KC Preston	b Thomson	15
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-23, 3-77, 4-91, 5-106, 6-123, 7-123, 8-193, 9-200, 10-225 (92.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	19.4	7	43	2	-	-
Bates	25	6	64	3	-	-
Bell	18	10	23	1	-	-
Marlar	23	7	66	1	-	-
Suttle	7	2	26	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	lbw b Edmeades	26
RJ Langridge	b Ralph	2
LJ Lenham	b Preston	52
KG Suttle	b Ralph	8
+JM Parks	c Taylor b Edmeades	43
*DV Smith	not out	63
NI Thomson	st Taylor b Ralph	3
RV Bell	run out	0
DL Bates	b Edmeades	8
GC Cooper	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 68.4 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-58, 3-67, 4-111, 5-173, 6-192, 7-198, 8-214 (68.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	19	4	56	1	-	-
Ralph	28	6	62	3	-	-
Edmeades	21.4	2	87	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Oakman b Bell	49
GJ Smith	c sub b Marlar	41
MJ Bear	c Bell b Bates	31
LHR Ralph	c Smith b Bell	46
J Milner	run out	9
WT Greensmith	c Parks b Bates	56
+B Taylor	c sub b Bell	40
BR Knight	c Oakman b Thomson	1
BEA Edmeades	c Suttle b Bell	10
RNS Hobbs	not out	12
*KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 93 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-97, 3-167, 4-174, 5-185, 6-248, 7-258, 8-273, 9-291

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	15	6	27	1	-	-
Bates	22	4	68	2	-	-
Bell	33	9	103	4	-	-
Marlar	13	1	71	1	-	-
Suttle	4	2	8	0	-	-
Smith	6	0	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> LJ Lenham (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 61
--> DV Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 21
--> GC Cooper (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 6
--> G Barker (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> J Milner (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 49
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) equalled his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> JM Parks (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 15
--> G Barker (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> LHR Ralph (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> RNS Hobbs (2) equalled his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> RNS Hobbs (2) equalled his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> LHR Ralph reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> BEA Edmeades achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex second innings (previous best was 1-26)
--> BEA Edmeades achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex second innings (previous best was 1-47)

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