f27432 cc13652	Sussex v Somerset
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 17th, 19th, 20th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Somerset won by 59 runs
Points	Sussex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Somerset 15 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	R Aspinall, C Petrie
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 79/2 (Virgin 52*, Chappell 4*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 18/1 (Virgin 12*, Palmer 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	115
MJ Kitchen	b Snow	0
KE Palmer	b Greig	19
GS Chappell	c Parks b A Buss	10
WE Alley	c Racionzer b MA Buss	22
GI Burgess	c Racionzer b MA Buss	4
*RC Kerslake	c Snow b Lewis	31
BA Langford	not out	10
PJ Robinson	did not bat
+RA Brooks	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 2 w)	18
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-70, 3-90, 4-134, 5-141, 6-207

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	16	2	29	1	-	-
A Buss	17	2	46	1	-	-
Greig	17	6	43	1	-	-
MA Buss	21	7	56	2	-	-
Lewis	9	1	37	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Alley b Palmer	23
TB Racionzer	c Alley b Rumsey	3
KG Suttle	b Alley	22
ER Dexter	not out	80
AW Greig	lbw b Palmer	71
+JM Parks	not out	5
GC Cooper	did not bat
*MG Griffith	did not bat
EJ Lewis	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 14 nb)	23
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 54.1 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-54, 3-62, 4-211

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	12	1	35	1	-	-
Burgess	7	1	24	0	-	-
Palmer	10	2	33	2	-	-
Alley	16	3	51	1	-	-
Langford	7.1	2	38	0	-	-
Robinson	2	0	23	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Parks b Snow	17
MJ Kitchen	c Parks b A Buss	0
PJ Robinson	not out	95
GS Chappell	retired hurt	7
WE Alley	b Greig	63
GI Burgess	c MA Buss b Snow	24
KE Palmer	did not bat
*RC Kerslake	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
+RA Brooks	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-32, 3-164, 4-212 (65 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	12	3	33	2	-	-
A Buss	12	2	38	1	-	-
Greig	17	3	58	1	-	-
MA Buss	7	4	13	0	-	-
Lewis	17	3	64	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	b Langford	27
TB Racionzer	c Virgin b Burgess	0
KG Suttle	b Langford	36
ER Dexter	c Brooks b Palmer	6
AW Greig	c sub b Palmer	27
+JM Parks	c Burgess b Langford	12
GC Cooper	b Langford	23
*MG Griffith	c sub b Robinson	6
EJ Lewis	c Brooks b Langford	0
A Buss	not out	5
JA Snow	c Virgin b Robinson	4
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 39.5 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-53, 3-62, 4-102, 5-105, 6-130, 7-141, 8-141, 9-151, 10-155 (39.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	5	2	6	0	-	-
Burgess	6	1	31	1	-	-
Palmer	10	1	57	2	-	-
Alley	1	1	0	0	-	-
Langford	15	2	42	5	-	-
Robinson	2.5	0	10	2	-	-

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Notes
--> ER Dexter made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WE Alley (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> ER Dexter (1) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> AW Greig (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 55
--> AW Greig (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 45
--> WE Alley (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> EJ Lewis reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JA Snow reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> BA Langford reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> GS Chappell retired hurt in the Somerset second innings having scored 7 (team had lost 2 wickets)

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