f29642 cc14509	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 9th, 11th, 12th June 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Sussex 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	WL Budd, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 47/2 (Edmeades 21*, Cooke 1*; 27 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 6/0 (Morley 2*, Greenidge 1*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Morley	c Pont b Edmeades	5
GA Greenidge	c Saville b Turner	56
RM Prideaux	c Turner b Edmeades	4
PJ Graves	c Taylor b Turner	29
MA Buss	st Taylor b Hobbs	89
MG Griffith	c Taylor b Turner	25
+AW Mansell	run out	8
*A Buss	run out	15
J Spencer	lbw b Turner	3
J Denman	not out	5
UC Joshi	b Turner	1
Extras	(8 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-30, 3-92, 4-133, 5-211, 6-224, 7-225, 8-241, 9-248, 10-253 (86.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	3	65	0	-	-
Edmeades	8	0	16	2	-	-
Turner	21.1	4	52	5	-	-
Pont	9	0	28	0	-	-
Acfield	17	7	26	0	-	-
East	7	1	34	0	-	-
Hobbs	6	1	19	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Mansell b A Buss	0
BEA Edmeades	lbw b A Buss	76
GJ Saville	c Prideaux b Denman	24
RMO Cooke	run out	139
KR Pont	c Prideaux b Joshi	34
S Turner	lbw b A Buss	17
RE East	c Morley b Spencer	5
*+B Taylor	c Graves b A Buss	3
RNS Hobbs	not out	36
JK Lever	c Morley b MA Buss	12
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(10 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 131 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-40, 3-156, 4-244, 5-285, 6-296, 7-299, 8-320, 9-343

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	25	8	62	1	-	-
A Buss	23	6	51	4	-	-
MA Buss	25	8	77	1	-	-
Denman	27	5	85	1	-	-
Joshi	31	10	76	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Morley	lbw b Acfield	34
GA Greenidge	lbw b Edmeades	25
RM Prideaux	c Edmeades b Acfield	32
PJ Graves	st Taylor b Hobbs	28
MA Buss	lbw b Acfield	10
MG Griffith	b Lever	2
+AW Mansell	c Lever b Acfield	4
*A Buss	c Pont b Acfield	0
J Spencer	c Saville b Acfield	9
J Denman	not out	11
UC Joshi	c Francis b Acfield	7
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-88, 3-101, 4-114, 5-117, 6-128, 7-128, 8-140, 9-148, 10-166 (76.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	9	42	1	-	-
Edmeades	8	0	29	1	-	-
Turner	9	1	18	0	-	-
Acfield	24.4	9	36	7	-	-
East	7	1	22	0	-	-
Hobbs	8	3	15	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	not out	43
BEA Edmeades	b Spencer	3
GJ Saville	lbw b Spencer	1
RMO Cooke	not out	0
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
*+B Taylor	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 8.4 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-27

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	4	1	23	2	-	-
A Buss	4	0	20	0	-	-
Prideaux	0.4	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Buss (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> RMO Cooke (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> RMO Cooke (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RMO Cooke (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in County Championship matches
--> RMO Cooke (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> J Spencer reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> DL Acfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex second innings (previous best was 6-28)
--> DL Acfield reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> DL Acfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex second innings (previous best was 5-32)

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