f27917 cc13868	Somerset v Sussex
	County Championship 1969
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 2 (Batting 2); Sussex 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	WE Alley, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 64/0 (Greenidge 27*, Cooper 12*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 16/0 (Virgin 12*, Clarkson 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Greig	19
A Clarkson	c Bates b Greig	36
GS Chappell	run out	55
MJ Kitchen	c Parks b Bates	16
BC Rose	c MA Buss b Lewis	10
GI Burgess	c Bates b Greig	4
RTA Windsor	b Greig	0
PJ Robinson	c A Buss b Lewis	38
*BA Langford	c Lewis b Greig	16
R Palmer	c Griffith b Lewis	1
+CEP Carter	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-107, 3-129, 4-137, 5-143, 6-143, 7-163, 8-202, 9-204, 10-205 (81.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Buss	14	2	42	0	-	-
Spencer	7	1	12	0	-	-
Greig	25	7	71	5	-	-
MA Buss	8	1	28	0	-	-
Lewis	15.4	4	24	3	-	-
Bates	12	3	18	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	run out	131
GA Greenidge	run out	141
GC Cooper	c Robinson b Palmer	17
+JM Parks	lbw b Chappell	44
AW Greig	c Virgin b Chappell	5
PJ Graves	c Burgess b Kitchen	1
*MG Griffith	not out	18
A Buss	lbw b Robinson	6
EJ Lewis	c Langford b Robinson	8
DL Bates	b Robinson	1
J Spencer	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 129.2 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-248, 3-327, 4-343, 5-346, 6-361, 7-376, 8-384, 9-386

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	14	3	59	1	-	-
Burgess	23	5	85	0	-	-
Chappell	16	2	54	2	-	-
Robinson	26	6	69	3	-	-
Langford	43.2	14	84	0	-	-
Clarkson	5	1	17	0	-	-
Kitchen	2	0	4	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c and b MA Buss	50
A Clarkson	b Lewis	39
GS Chappell	c Greig b Spencer	37
MJ Kitchen	c Cooper b Spencer	22
BC Rose	not out	43
GI Burgess	not out	22
RTA Windsor	did not bat
PJ Robinson	did not bat
*BA Langford	did not bat
R Palmer	did not bat
+CEP Carter	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 76 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-94, 3-140, 4-155

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Buss	14	2	52	0	-	-
Spencer	11	1	44	2	-	-
Greig	17	4	44	0	-	-
MA Buss	12	5	28	1	-	-
Lewis	16	5	37	1	-	-
Bates	5	3	7	0	-	-
Griffith	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RTA Windsor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RTA Windsor made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RTA Windsor made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RTA Windsor made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MA Buss (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 88
--> MA Buss (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> GA Greenidge (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> GA Greenidge (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> RT Virgin (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 36
--> RT Virgin (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> A Clarkson (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> GI Burgess (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> AW Greig reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> MA Buss retired hurt in the Sussex first innings having scored 24 (team had lost 0 wickets) - he returned when the score was 79/1

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