f23973 cc12015	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	The Manor Sports Ground, Worthing on 30th, 31st August, 1st September 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 62 runs
Points	Sussex 0; Leicestershire 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	WE Phillipson, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 32/1 (Langridge 9*, Lenham 13*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 149/2 (Hallam 80*, Gardner 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	not out	203
HD Bird	b NI Thomson	0
A Wharton	c Parks b NI Thomson	0
LR Gardner	c Langridge b Snow	18
J van Geloven	c Langridge b Pountain	8
J Birkenshaw	c Parks b NI Thomson	95
RL Pratt	b Smith	7
+R Julian	b NI Thomson	2
CT Spencer	not out	33
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	376
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-51, 4-66, 5-241, 6-266, 7-309

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
NI Thomson	23	5	79	4	-	-
Smith	22	5	76	1	-	-
Pountain	22	1	79	1	-	-
Snow	16	1	76	1	-	-
Oakman	7	1	32	0	-	-
Suttle	7	1	24	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Julian b Boshier	10
RJ Langridge	c Hallam b Savage	95
LJ Lenham	b Boshier	17
KG Suttle	c Hallam b Savage	65
+JM Parks	c Julian b Pratt	32
GHG Doggart	c Wharton b Savage	37
*DV Smith	c Hallam b Savage	0
RH Thomson	b van Geloven	21
NI Thomson	lbw b Savage	0
FR Pountain	b Boshier	12
JA Snow	not out	15
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-65, 3-176, 4-201, 5-227, 6-234, 7-275, 8-275, 9-280, 10-307 (103 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	15	3	54	0	-	-
Boshier	16	1	64	3	-	-
Pratt	7	3	10	1	-	-
Savage	40	12	89	5	-	-
van Geloven	9	2	39	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	16	2	48	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	not out	143
HD Bird	lbw b Doggart	65
A Wharton	c and b Doggart	4
LR Gardner	not out	40
J van Geloven	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 76.3 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-136, 2-144

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
NI Thomson	8	2	16	0	-	-
Smith	18	1	71	0	-	-
Snow	4	0	19	0	-	-
Oakman	11	2	35	0	-	-
Suttle	11.3	1	36	0	-	-
Doggart	24	4	75	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c and b Pratt	20
RJ Langridge	c van Geloven b Boshier	5
LJ Lenham	st Julian b Birkenshaw	43
KG Suttle	c Julian b Birkenshaw	55
FR Pountain	c Hallam b Savage	27
+JM Parks	c Julian b Birkenshaw	47
GHG Doggart	lbw b Savage	6
*DV Smith	c Hallam b Savage	0
RH Thomson	st Julian b Birkenshaw	1
NI Thomson	b Birkenshaw	20
JA Snow	not out	35
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-28, 3-101, 4-154, 5-154, 6-166, 7-166, 8-197, 9-220, 10-263 (51.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	6	0	20	1	-	-
Pratt	6	0	29	1	-	-
Savage	20	5	86	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	19.5	0	124	5	-	-

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Notes
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 197
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in County Championship matches
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in first-class matches
--> CT Spencer (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 15500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 61
--> RH Thomson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JA Snow (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in first-class matches
--> JA Snow (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 20
--> LJ Lenham (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 37
--> JA Snow (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> JA Snow (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in first-class matches
--> DV Smith reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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