f4658 cc608	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 27th, 28th, 29th May 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Street, JJ Tuck
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 119/5 (Perrin 29*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 19/3 (Ranjitsinhji 1*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Marlow	c Kortright b Bull	7
EH Killick	c Kortright b Mead	2
KS Ranjitsinhji	b Mead	79
*WL Murdoch	b Bull	2
G Brann	run out	38
W Newham	c Kortright b Mead	9
G Bean	b Mead	44
F Parris	c Kortright b Mead	22
CHG Bland	c Lucas b Mead	4
+HR Butt	b Carpenter	5
FW Tate	not out	4
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-32, 3-47, 4-115, 5-142, 6-151, 7-202, 8-212, 9-220, 10-226 (79.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	27	2	97	2	-	-
Mead	39.1	11	85	6	-	-
Pickett	4	2	12	0	-	-
Carpenter	6	1	15	1	-	-
Kortright	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Carpenter	b Bland	45
CP McGahey	b Killick	30
PA Perrin	c Butt b Killick	39
+TM Russell	b Killick	0
AP Lucas	b Killick	0
*HGP Owen	b Tate	12
AL Gibson	c Butt b Killick	10
CJ Kortright	c Butt b Killick	15
W Mead	c Brann b Tate	13
FG Bull	not out	8
H Pickett	c Marlow b Tate	15
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 112 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-77, 3-86, 4-86, 5-119, 6-133, 7-142, 8-163, 9-171, 10-190 (112 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	46	17	92	3	-	-
Bland	18	10	29	1	-	-
Parris	5	0	19	0	-	-
Killick	43	27	47	6	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Marlow	run out	5
EH Killick	b Bull	11
KS Ranjitsinhji	not out	9
F Parris	c Carpenter b Mead	2
*WL Murdoch	c Russell b Bull	8
G Brann	not out	2
W Newham	did not bat
G Bean	did not bat
CHG Bland	did not bat
+HR Butt	did not bat
FW Tate	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, 33 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-17, 3-19, 4-34

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	17	7	21	2	-	-
Mead	16	7	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> KS Ranjitsinhji (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> G Brann (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> FW Tate reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> EH Killick reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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