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| Venue | The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells on 24th, 26th, 27th June 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Kent 0; Sussex 2 |
| Umpires | RSM Lay, DJ Wood |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 74/3 (Thomson 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (2) 76/1 (Richardson 36*, Phebey 5*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Lenham b Thomson | 18 | |||||
| RM Prideaux | b Bates | 29 | |||||
| *AH Phebey | lbw b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| RC Wilson | b Thomson | 29 | |||||
| SE Leary | b Bates | 0 | |||||
| PH Jones | c Oakman b Buss | 21 | |||||
| AL Dixon | c Cooper b Pountain | 41 | |||||
| +DG Ufton | c Parks b Buss | 33 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | b Buss | 32 | |||||
| A Brown | lbw b Thomson | 43 | |||||
| DM Sayer | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (13 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74.3 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-38, 3-50, 4-52, 5-81, 6-135, 7-141, 8-184, 9-255, 10-259 (74.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 17 | 4 | 48 | 4 | - | - | |
| Buss | 18.3 | 2 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bates | 22 | 5 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pountain | 13 | 3 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ASM Oakman | c Richardson b Brown | 37 | |||||
| RJ Langridge | b Halfyard | 1 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | lbw b Brown | 28 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c Ufton b Sayer | 5 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Prideaux b Brown | 24 | |||||
| +JM Parks | c Ufton b Brown | 18 | |||||
| *DV Smith | b Jones | 52 | |||||
| GC Cooper | b Brown | 46 | |||||
| FR Pountain | b Jones | 1 | |||||
| A Buss | c and b Jones | 33 | |||||
| DL Bates | not out | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 5 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.5 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-69, 3-74, 4-74, 5-109, 6-120, 7-216, 8-216, 9-230, 10-265 (83.5 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 29 | 7 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 30 | 4 | 109 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sayer | 13 | 2 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jones | 10.5 | 4 | 21 | 3 | - | - | |
| Leary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Parks b Buss | 68 | |||||
| RM Prideaux | b Smith | 33 | |||||
| *AH Phebey | b Smith | 39 | |||||
| RC Wilson | c Oakman b Bates | 42 | |||||
| SE Leary | c Buss b Bates | 23 | |||||
| PH Jones | not out | 34 | |||||
| AL Dixon | c Parks b Pountain | 12 | |||||
| +DG Ufton | not out | 0 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | did not bat | ||||||
| A Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| DM Sayer | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 77 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54, 2-138, 3-142, 4-195, 5-221, 6-241 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 16 | 5 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Buss | 16 | 2 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bates | 12 | 1 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 13 | 1 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pountain | 6 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 14 | 6 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ASM Oakman | c Ufton b Jones | 14 | |||||
| RJ Langridge | b Brown | 7 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | c Ufton b Brown | 19 | |||||
| KG Suttle | b Leary | 8 | |||||
| +JM Parks | not out | 33 | |||||
| *DV Smith | not out | 17 | |||||
| NI Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| GC Cooper | did not bat | ||||||
| FR Pountain | did not bat | ||||||
| A Buss | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Bates | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 52 overs) | 102 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-35, 3-46, 4-59 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 10 | 5 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jones | 12 | 7 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leary | 17 | 3 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 8 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AL Dixon (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> A Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> A Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> LJ Lenham (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> A Buss reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
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