f23771 cc11852	Sussex v Surrey
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 14th, 15th, 16th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points	Sussex 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	WH Copson, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 53/1 (Stewart 18*, Barrington 7*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 136/2 (Oakman 69*, Thomson 5*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Barrington b Lock	9
RJ Langridge	b Lock	21
GC Cooper	lbw b Lock	15
KG Suttle	c Stewart b Gibson	35
LJ Lenham	c Willett b Barrington	76
*DV Smith	c Willett b Gibson	2
PRV Ledden	lbw b Loader	55
FR Pountain	c Barrington b Loader	20
NI Thomson	c Stewart b Gibson	7
RV Bell	not out	3
+T Gunn	retired hurt	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 97.5 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-46, 3-47, 4-93, 5-103, 6-178, 7-238, 8-246, 9-248

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	17	3	42	2	-	-
Gibson	15.5	2	43	3	-	-
Lock	32	10	80	3	-	-
Bedser	23	8	49	0	-	-
Tindall	2	1	3	0	-	-
Willett	3	1	9	0	-	-
Barrington	5	1	18	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Stewart	c +Suttle b Bell	28
JH Edrich	lbw b Thomson	21
KF Barrington	c +Suttle b Thomson	8
B Constable	c Smith b Bell	45
MD Willett	c Langridge b Bell	5
RAE Tindall	c +Suttle b Bell	35
+R Swetman	c Lenham b Bell	11
GAR Lock	not out	67
EA Bedser	not out	11
D Gibson	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-59, 3-72, 4-84, 5-156, 6-167, 7-179

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	27	8	51	2	-	-
Pountain	16	4	42	0	-	-
Smith	1	0	4	0	-	-
Cooper	26	9	49	0	-	-
Bell	35	13	72	5	-	-
Ledden	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Stewart b Bedser	85
RJ Langridge	b Lock	15
GC Cooper	c and b Bedser	46
NI Thomson	c Constable b Lock	6
KG Suttle	c Bedser b Lock	20
LJ Lenham	c Stewart b Bedser	38
*DV Smith	c Stewart b Lock	12
PRV Ledden	c Stewart b Bedser	9
FR Pountain	st Swetman b Lock	0
RV Bell	not out	0
+T Gunn	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-128, 3-144, 4-161, 5-188, 6-217, 7-235, 8-240, 9-240 (95.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	13	3	34	0	-	-
Gibson	13	3	35	0	-	-
Lock	38.4	17	75	5	-	-
Bedser	24	5	63	4	-	-
Barrington	7	0	24	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Stewart	b Pountain	51
JH Edrich	lbw b Bell	14
KF Barrington	not out	96
B Constable	not out	77
MD Willett	did not bat
RAE Tindall	did not bat
+R Swetman	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
D Gibson	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 61.5 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-94

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	14	2	38	0	-	-
Pountain	20	4	80	1	-	-
Smith	5	0	33	0	-	-
Cooper	5	0	25	0	-	-
Bell	15	1	54	1	-	-
Ledden	1	0	4	0	-	-
Lenham	1.5	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PRV Ledden made his debut in first-class matches
--> PRV Ledden made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GAR Lock (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in first-class matches
--> GAR Lock (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in County Championship matches
--> KG Suttle (2) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> KF Barrington (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> B Constable (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> B Constable (2) passed 15500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 63
--> GAR Lock reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> T Gunn retired hurt in the Sussex first innings having scored 1 (team score 250/9)

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KG Suttle kept wicket as Gunn was injured when batting