f23714 cc11810	Sussex v Somerset
	County Championship 1961
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 24th, 25th, 26th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 2; Somerset 0
Umpires	AE Fagg, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 58/4 (Parks 9*, Thomson 5*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 179/1 (G Atkinson 80*, Wight 78*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Oakman b Thomson	1
B Roe	b Suttle	24
PB Wight	c Parks b Bates	23
WE Alley	c Bell b Cooper	85
JG Lomax	c Parks b Thomson	3
JM Lawrence	c Langridge b Cooper	8
CRM Atkinson	c Foreman b Cooper	17
KE Palmer	b Smith	44
*+HW Stephenson	c Langridge b Bell	7
BA Langford	not out	21
KD Biddulph	b Suttle	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-36, 3-79, 4-113, 5-124, 6-149, 7-174, 8-181, 9-233, 10-236 (83.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	20	4	42	2	-	-
Bates	16	4	44	1	-	-
Smith	13	6	32	1	-	-
Suttle	6.3	0	20	2	-	-
Cooper	20	6	63	3	-	-
Bell	8	2	32	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	b Palmer	11
LJ Lenham	c Lawrence b CRM Atkinson	25
KG Suttle	c Biddulph b CRM Atkinson	27
+JM Parks	not out	158
DJ Foreman	c Stephenson b Alley	6
NI Thomson	c Lomax b Langford	12
*DV Smith	c Roe b CRM Atkinson	19
GC Cooper	c Wight b Biddulph	5
RJ Langridge	not out	36
RV Bell	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-65, 3-68, 4-70, 5-103, 6-142, 7-203

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	14	4	45	1	-	-
Palmer	24	8	52	1	-	-
CRM Atkinson	31	8	64	3	-	-
Langford	22	10	46	1	-	-
Alley	19	5	44	1	-	-
Lomax	10	0	48	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Thomson	115
B Roe	lbw b Thomson	12
PB Wight	not out	167
WE Alley	not out	33
JG Lomax	did not bat
JM Lawrence	did not bat
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 w)	9
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 114 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-252

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	33	6	85	2	-	-
Bates	35	7	115	0	-	-
Smith	17	6	52	0	-	-
Suttle	3	1	4	0	-	-
Cooper	19	4	42	0	-	-
Bell	7	1	29	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c G Atkinson b Biddulph	10
LJ Lenham	lbw b Palmer	1
KG Suttle	not out	67
+JM Parks	c G Atkinson b Biddulph	12
DJ Foreman	c Lomax b CRM Atkinson	10
*DV Smith	not out	28
NI Thomson	did not bat
GC Cooper	did not bat
RJ Langridge	did not bat
RV Bell	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, 52 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-26, 4-52

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	6	2	24	2	-	-
Palmer	5	1	11	1	-	-
CRM Atkinson	20	7	45	1	-	-
Langford	11	9	16	0	-	-
Alley	3	0	8	0	-	-
Lawrence	7	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Atkinson (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 111
--> PB Wight (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 55
--> KG Suttle (2) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 60
--> KG Suttle reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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