f27455 cc13676	Worcestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 28th, 29th, 30th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 34 runs
Points	Worcestershire 19 (Batting 4, Bowling 5); Sussex 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	J Arnold, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 373/8 (Gifford 55*, Holder 41*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 178/8 (Greenidge 27*, Bates 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Buss b Jones	22
GM Turner	c Griffith b Greig	58
JA Ormrod	c Lewis b Buss	8
*TW Graveney	c and b Buss	0
BL D'Oliveira	c Greig b Jones	128
TJ Yardley	lbw b Buss	14
+R Booth	c and b Greig	24
N Gifford	not out	55
BM Brain	c Griffith b Jones	2
VA Holder	not out	41
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	373
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-67, 3-67, 4-143, 5-167, 6-254, 7-276, 8-278

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	16	2	50	0	-	-
Jones	20	3	56	3	-	-
Bates	25	3	84	0	-	-
Buss	20	5	64	3	-	-
Greig	30	7	79	2	-	-
Lewis	7	3	19	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	b Brain	41
KG Suttle	c Graveney b Carter	34
LJ Lenham	lbw b D'Oliveira	28
AW Greig	c Ormrod b Brain	4
GC Cooper	c Booth b D'Oliveira	11
GA Greenidge	not out	38
*+MG Griffith	b D'Oliveira	0
EJ Lewis	c Booth b Carter	1
JA Snow	b Gifford	18
DL Bates	lbw b Brain	0
AA Jones	c Booth b Brain	0
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-100, 3-104, 4-123, 5-132, 6-134, 7-141, 8-178, 9-189, 10-189 (72 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	13	3	30	0	-	-
Carter	15	1	53	2	-	-
Brain	27	7	50	4	-	-
D'Oliveira	12	3	36	3	-	-
Gifford	5	3	6	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Suttle	c Ormrod b Carter	31
MA Buss	c Booth b Carter	12
LJ Lenham	b Gifford	14
AW Greig	b Brain	39
GC Cooper	c Headley b Brain	4
GA Greenidge	lbw b Brain	0
*+MG Griffith	b Gifford	1
EJ Lewis	c Gifford b Brain	9
JA Snow	c D'Oliveira b Gifford	8
DL Bates	not out	8
AA Jones	b Gifford	10
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-50, 3-71, 4-84, 5-84, 6-91, 7-106, 8-121, 9-128, 10-150 (59.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	3	0	12	0	-	-
Carter	11	3	34	2	-	-
Brain	22	4	58	4	-	-
D'Oliveira	3	0	10	0	-	-
Gifford	20.4	14	22	4	-	-

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Notes
--> BL D'Oliveira (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 46
--> BL D'Oliveira (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 61
--> N Gifford (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> VA Holder (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> VA Holder (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> MA Buss (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> AW Greig (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 24
--> AW Greig reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> MA Buss reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> BL D'Oliveira reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings

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