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| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 16th, 17th, 18th August 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Northamptonshire 4 (Batting 2); Sussex 0 |
| Umpires | JS Buller, AEG Rhodes |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 170/6 (Smith 21*, Thomson 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (2) 72/2 (Lenham 51*, Suttle 15*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ASM Oakman | c Andrew b Lightfoot | 27 | |||||
| RJ Langridge | c Andrew b Dilley | 9 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | b Dilley | 62 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Andrew b Lightfoot | 14 | |||||
| +JM Parks | c Andrew b Lightfoot | 22 | |||||
| *DV Smith | b Larter | 21 | |||||
| MA Buss | b Larter | 9 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c Lightfoot b Dilley | 26 | |||||
| FR Pountain | c Wild b Lightfoot | 21 | |||||
| RV Bell | not out | 2 | |||||
| DL Bates | c Lightfoot b Dilley | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 3 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88 overs) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-47, 3-67, 4-133, 5-141, 6-170, 7-171, 8-216, 9-222, 10-222 (88 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Larter | 21 | 3 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dilley | 32 | 8 | 63 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lightfoot | 25 | 6 | 64 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wild | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Milburn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scott | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MEJC Norman | c Smith b Oakman | 137 | |||||
| BL Reynolds | c and b Bell | 40 | |||||
| A Lightfoot | not out | 61 | |||||
| D Ramsamooj | did not bat | ||||||
| C Milburn | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Crump | did not bat | ||||||
| J Wild | did not bat | ||||||
| *+KV Andrew | did not bat | ||||||
| ME Scott | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Dilley | did not bat | ||||||
| JDF Larter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 83.2 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-93, 2-240 (83.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 11 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bates | 9 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pountain | 14 | 2 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 15 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bell | 11 | 4 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Suttle | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Buss | 12 | 3 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 7.2 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ASM Oakman | c Crump b Larter | 0 | |||||
| RJ Langridge | c Lightfoot b Dilley | 6 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | c Larter b Scott | 84 | |||||
| KG Suttle | run out | 31 | |||||
| +JM Parks | c Lightfoot b Dilley | 15 | |||||
| *DV Smith | c Lightfoot b Wild | 2 | |||||
| MA Buss | c Norman b Wild | 9 | |||||
| NI Thomson | not out | 39 | |||||
| FR Pountain | c and b Scott | 13 | |||||
| RV Bell | not out | 16 | |||||
| DL Bates | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 85 overs) | 221 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-21, 3-120, 4-123, 5-134, 6-146, 7-160, 8-173 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Larter | 13 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dilley | 13 | 2 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lightfoot | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wild | 25 | 7 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Scott | 29 | 12 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MEJC Norman | c Parks b Pountain | 23 | |||||
| BL Reynolds | c Pountain b Bell | 33 | |||||
| A Lightfoot | c Suttle b Thomson | 44 | |||||
| D Ramsamooj | c sub b Bell | 25 | |||||
| C Milburn | c Langridge b Suttle | 11 | |||||
| BS Crump | not out | 15 | |||||
| J Wild | b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| *+KV Andrew | not out | 6 | |||||
| ME Scott | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Dilley | did not bat | ||||||
| JDF Larter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 40 overs) | 162 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-66, 3-117, 4-140, 5-150, 6-150 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 9 | 3 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pountain | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bell | 11 | 3 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Suttle | 9 | 2 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> LJ Lenham (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed his previous highest score of 134 in County Championship matches
--> MEJC Norman (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> BL Reynolds (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> D Ramsamooj (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> JDF Larter reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> J Wild reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> RV Bell reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> NI Thomson reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
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