f28790 cc14205	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1971
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 14th, 15th, 16th July 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 5 (Bowling 5); Sussex 20 (Batting 5, Bowling 5)
Umpires	J Arnold, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 138/2 (Prideaux 45*, Parks 54*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 157/3 (Saville 48*, Lever 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Greenidge b Snow	0
BC Francis	c Parks b A Buss	29
GJ Saville	lbw b A Buss	10
KWR Fletcher	not out	83
B Ward	c Prideaux b Greig	5
KD Boyce	c Graves b MA Buss	9
*+B Taylor	run out	4
S Turner	c Griffith b Snow	13
RNS Hobbs	c Prideaux b Snow	3
JK Lever	c Prideaux b A Buss	1
DL Acfield	c Parks b Snow	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 58.4 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-33, 3-40, 4-53, 5-70, 6-76, 7-134, 8-152, 9-157, 10-166 (58.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	13.4	2	35	4	-	-
A Buss	18	5	57	3	-	-
Greig	16	4	43	1	-	-
MA Buss	11	7	23	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	b Lever	22
GA Greenidge	b Lever	6
RM Prideaux	c and b Boyce	61
+JM Parks	c Edmeades b Lever	56
AW Greig	b Boyce	7
KG Suttle	c Saville b Turner	27
PJ Graves	b Lever	65
*MG Griffith	not out	17
A Buss	c Francis b Hobbs	12
JA Snow	c and b Turner	4
UC Joshi	c Saville b Turner	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 13 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 76.5 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-43, 3-148, 4-160, 5-171, 6-224, 7-261, 8-287, 9-294, 10-294 (76.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	26	4	97	2	-	-
Lever	23	0	101	4	-	-
Turner	15.5	4	51	3	-	-
Edmeades	3	1	6	0	-	-
Acfield	7	1	14	0	-	-
Hobbs	2	0	8	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Snow	32
BC Francis	lbw b Snow	2
GJ Saville	lbw b Snow	50
KWR Fletcher	c Graves b Greig	61
JK Lever	c Griffith b Greig	1
B Ward	lbw b Snow	9
KD Boyce	c Griffith b Greig	38
*+B Taylor	not out	33
S Turner	c Graves b Snow	10
RNS Hobbs	c Parks b Snow	10
DL Acfield	b Snow	0
Extras	(5 lb, 14 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-67, 3-153, 4-159, 5-162, 6-187, 7-218, 8-251, 9-265, 10-265 (70.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	19.5	0	73	7	-	-
A Buss	15	2	70	0	-	-
Greig	24	5	74	3	-	-
MA Buss	6	3	16	0	-	-
Joshi	6	2	13	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	b Boyce	30
GA Greenidge	c Taylor b Boyce	1
KG Suttle	b Boyce	24
+JM Parks	b Turner	10
AW Greig	c Taylor b Lever	24
PJ Graves	not out	32
*MG Griffith	not out	3
RM Prideaux	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
UC Joshi	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 13 nb)	14
Total	(5 wickets, 40.4 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-51, 3-64, 4-83, 5-129

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	17	3	36	3	-	-
Lever	8.4	0	39	1	-	-
Turner	15	2	49	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BC Francis (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> A Buss (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 53
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 15500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 50
--> KG Suttle (2) passed 30000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 23
--> AW Greig reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> A Buss reached 900 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AW Greig reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JA Snow achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 6-18)
--> JK Lever reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> S Turner reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings

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