f23891 cc11944	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 29th, 31st July, 1st August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 2); Sussex 0
Umpires	WH Copson, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 142/5 (Bailey 10*, Ralph 4*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 220/5 (Smith 30*, Cooper 4*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Preston b Knight	1
RJ Langridge	c Ralph b Preston	37
LJ Lenham	c Knight b Ralph	18
KG Suttle	c Ralph b Preston	2
+JM Parks	c Ralph b Preston	5
*DV Smith	b Bailey	12
GC Cooper	c Taylor b Bailey	7
NI Thomson	c Milner b Preston	0
RV Bell	c Barker b Ralph	32
FR Pountain	lbw b Bailey	0
DL Bates	not out	8
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-26, 3-43, 4-51, 5-68, 6-82, 7-82, 8-82, 9-82, 10-123 (65 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24	9	34	3	-	-
Knight	7	2	16	1	-	-
Preston	25	3	62	4	-	-
Ralph	9	4	10	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Bates	21
GJ Smith	c Langridge b Thomson	28
DJ Insole	c Langridge b Pountain	29
J Milner	c Smith b Thomson	0
BR Knight	b Bates	43
*TE Bailey	c Thomson b Bates	15
LHR Ralph	c Parks b Thomson	4
WT Greensmith	c Suttle b Bates	1
+B Taylor	c Cooper b Pountain	57
PJ Phelan	c Lenham b Pountain	11
KC Preston	not out	13
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-55, 3-58, 4-98, 5-130, 6-146, 7-150, 8-153, 9-181, 10-233 (79.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	30	8	76	3	-	-
Bates	27	6	70	4	-	-
Pountain	13.2	0	49	3	-	-
Smith	9	2	27	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Milner b Preston	87
RJ Langridge	c Taylor b Bailey	1
LJ Lenham	c Taylor b Preston	18
KG Suttle	run out	46
+JM Parks	c Barker b Phelan	15
*DV Smith	b Preston	47
GC Cooper	lbw b Bailey	10
NI Thomson	not out	33
RV Bell	run out	20
FR Pountain	c Ralph b Phelan	1
DL Bates	b Greensmith	2
Extras	(13 b, 12 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 124.2 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-35, 3-126, 4-166, 5-199, 6-241, 7-243, 8-284, 9-288, 10-305 (124.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	31	6	74	2	-	-
Knight	8	1	31	0	-	-
Preston	33	13	55	3	-	-
Ralph	22	2	71	0	-	-
Phelan	27	7	47	2	-	-
Greensmith	3.2	2	2	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Parks b Bates	6
GJ Smith	not out	103
DJ Insole	c and b Smith	60
J Milner	not out	23
BR Knight	did not bat
*TE Bailey	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 53.1 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-159

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	13	4	30	0	-	-
Bates	15	0	57	1	-	-
Pountain	2	0	8	0	-	-
Smith	9	2	38	1	-	-
Bell	8	1	34	0	-	-
Suttle	5	1	22	0	-	-
Langridge	1.1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BR Knight (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> DV Smith (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 34
--> J Milner (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> FR Pountain achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-28)
--> FR Pountain achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-50)
--> PJ Phelan reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> DL Bates reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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