f23840 cc11902	Sussex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 8th, 10th, 11th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 5 wickets
Points	Sussex 12; Lancashire 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	CS Elliott, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 45/1 (Langridge 29*, Lenham 14*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 10/0 (Oakman 10*, Langridge 0*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	c Cooper b Smith	34
BJ Booth	c Parks b Bates	14
JD Bond	c Oakman b Smith	16
KJ Grieves	c Bates b Smith	5
G Houlton	b Pountain	78
A Bolton	c Cooper b Buss	92
+G Clayton	c Parks b Thomson	18
K Higgs	b Buss	10
P Lever	b Thomson	6
K Howard	not out	2
C Hilton	c Smith b Buss	8
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 102.5 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-55, 3-68, 4-71, 5-228, 6-251, 7-274, 8-280, 9-281, 10-290 (102.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	23	7	46	2	-	-
Buss	20.5	4	72	3	-	-
Bates	17	0	54	1	-	-
Smith	17	5	42	3	-	-
Suttle	3	2	4	0	-	-
Pountain	12	0	37	1	-	-
Cooper	10	2	28	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Clayton b Higgs	2
RJ Langridge	lbw b Hilton	42
LJ Lenham	c Grieves b Higgs	24
KG Suttle	c Barber b Hilton	67
+JM Parks	b Lever	4
*DV Smith	c Clayton b Lever	0
GC Cooper	b Lever	3
NI Thomson	lbw b Higgs	14
A Buss	c Grieves b Barber	17
FR Pountain	b Higgs	2
DL Bates	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-65, 3-85, 4-100, 5-100, 6-110, 7-150, 8-171, 9-175, 10-177 (72.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	22	8	49	2	-	-
Higgs	28.4	5	75	4	-	-
Lever	13	1	40	3	-	-
Howard	1	1	0	0	-	-
Barber	8	4	11	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	c Oakman b Buss	49
BJ Booth	c Parks b Thomson	9
JD Bond	lbw b Smith	36
KJ Grieves	c Oakman b Buss	0
G Houlton	lbw b Thomson	5
A Bolton	c Oakman b Bates	29
+G Clayton	c Parks b Bates	3
K Higgs	c Lenham b Bates	7
P Lever	c Oakman b Bates	0
K Howard	c Oakman b Thomson	10
C Hilton	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-33, 3-54, 4-76, 5-83, 6-110, 7-110, 8-117, 9-159, 10-159 (59.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	19	5	42	3	-	-
Buss	13.1	0	54	2	-	-
Bates	17	5	36	4	-	-
Smith	10	6	16	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	lbw b Higgs	54
RJ Langridge	c Howard b Lever	34
LJ Lenham	lbw b Higgs	42
KG Suttle	c Howard b Higgs	47
+JM Parks	c Booth b Hilton	37
*DV Smith	not out	46
GC Cooper	not out	4
NI Thomson	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
FR Pountain	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 78.4 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-114, 3-176, 4-189, 5-261

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	17.4	1	63	1	-	-
Higgs	32	6	108	3	-	-
Lever	17	2	52	1	-	-
Barber	12	2	41	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Barber (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> JM Parks (2) passed 18500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> GC Cooper (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> DV Smith reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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