f27438 cc13661	Sussex v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Essex won by an innings and 74 runs
Points	Sussex 1 (Bowling 1); Essex 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Aspinall, C Petrie
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 408/6 (Fletcher 228*, Turner 7*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 95/3 (Bates 0*, Griffith 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Parks b A Buss	1
BEA Edmeades	b Marlar	79
G Barker	b Lewis	7
KWR Fletcher	not out	228
BL Irvine	lbw b Greig	20
KD Boyce	lbw b Bates	35
*+B Taylor	c Bates b MA Buss	2
S Turner	not out	7
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	29
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 133 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-40, 3-219, 4-292, 5-373, 6-386

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Buss	7	1	17	1	-	-
Bates	24	6	71	1	-	-
Lewis	33	9	75	1	-	-
Marlar	25	4	80	1	-	-
Greig	24	5	89	1	-	-
MA Buss	12	4	29	1	-	-
Suttle	8	2	18	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	b Boyce	11
KG Suttle	b Hobbs	30
LJ Lenham	lbw b Boyce	14
AW Greig	c Taylor b East	18
*MG Griffith	b East	5
GC Cooper	c Fletcher b East	29
+JM Parks	not out	37
EJ Lewis	c Fletcher b Turner	6
RG Marlar	c Boyce b Turner	0
DL Bates	c and b East	3
A Buss	absent hurt
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-44, 3-61, 4-70, 5-83, 6-132, 7-145, 8-145, 9-160 (62.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	12	1	35	2	-	-
Lever	6	2	15	0	-	-
East	22.4	4	59	4	-	-
Hobbs	14	5	23	1	-	-
Turner	8	3	21	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Turner b Hobbs	14
KG Suttle	lbw b East	45
LJ Lenham	lbw b Turner	25
AW Greig	c sub b Turner	1
DL Bates	lbw b East	25
*MG Griffith	b Hobbs	14
GC Cooper	not out	32
+JM Parks	c Irvine b East	6
EJ Lewis	b Hobbs	0
RG Marlar	c Barker b Hobbs	1
A Buss	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 85.3 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-88, 3-92, 4-107, 5-107, 6-153, 7-167, 8-168, 9-174 (85.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	5	0	9	0	-	-
Lever	2	0	3	0	-	-
East	32	13	60	3	-	-
Hobbs	32.3	10	71	4	-	-
Turner	14	5	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Marlar made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RG Marlar made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 131 in County Championship matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 131 in First-Class matches
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> LJ Lenham (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> KG Suttle (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 26
--> RE East reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> RNS Hobbs reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> MA Buss retired hurt in the Sussex second innings having scored 14 (team had lost 0 wickets) and later returned

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