f22911 cc11479	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Brush Ground, Loughborough on 15th, 17th, 18th August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Sussex 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	TJ Bartley, JB Bowes
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GW Washer (Sussex)
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 105/2 (Suttle 26*, Dexter 77*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 86/3 (Watson 32*, Smith 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	hit wkt b Marlar	51
D Kirby	c Preston b Buss	0
*W Watson	c Oakman b Buss	0
LR Gardner	lbw b Buss	0
J van Geloven	c Suttle b Preston	63
AC Revill	not out	47
GW Burch	b Preston	4
+R Julian	c Parks b Preston	0
RC Smith	lbw b Buss	11
CT Spencer	b Thomson	1
JS Savage	c Parks b Buss	6
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-2, 4-104, 5-126, 6-142, 7-142, 8-184, 9-184, 10-192 (95.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	16	6	23	1	-	-
Buss	16.4	6	43	5	-	-
James	9	6	7	0	-	-
Marlar	29	6	65	1	-	-
Preston	25	11	45	3	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Burch b van Geloven	1
Nawab of Pataudi	lbw b Spencer	0
KG Suttle	b Smith	68
ER Dexter	b Savage	103
+JM Parks	c Hallam b Smith	24
GHG Doggart	c and b Kirby	0
*RG Marlar	b Kirby	0
DJ Preston	b Kirby	7
A Buss	b Smith	28
NI Thomson	c Watson b Savage	77
AE James	not out	16
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 128.4 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-161, 4-195, 5-196, 6-196, 7-207, 8-227, 9-262, 10-340 (128.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14	3	28	1	-	-
van Geloven	6	1	20	1	-	-
Savage	46.4	14	133	2	-	-
Smith	36	12	81	3	-	-
Kirby	26	7	62	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Oakman b Thomson	8
D Kirby	b Marlar	14
*W Watson	c Doggart b Preston	56
LR Gardner	lbw b Marlar	22
RC Smith	c Doggart b Thomson	0
J van Geloven	c Doggart b Thomson	0
AC Revill	c Parks b Suttle	74
GW Burch	b Oakman	20
+R Julian	c Parks b Suttle	2
CT Spencer	not out	2
JS Savage	c Preston b Oakman	3
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 103.4 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-24, 3-75, 4-86, 5-86, 6-133, 7-208, 8-208, 9-211, 10-215 (103.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	22	9	41	3	-	-
Buss	3	0	13	0	-	-
Marlar	34	15	67	2	-	-
Preston	31	10	59	1	-	-
Oakman	9.4	2	16	2	-	-
Suttle	4	2	5	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c van Geloven b Smith	6
A Buss	c Spencer b Savage	1
KG Suttle	c Watson b Savage	16
ER Dexter	not out	8
+JM Parks	not out	30
Nawab of Pataudi	did not bat
GHG Doggart	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
DJ Preston	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 23.1 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-23, 3-27

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	2	0	4	0	-	-
Savage	11.1	1	47	2	-	-
Smith	10	5	10	1	-	-

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Notes
--> ER Dexter (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> NI Thomson (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in First-Class matches
--> NI Thomson (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in County Championship matches
--> W Watson (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 35
--> AC Revill (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 22
--> DJ Preston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-61)
--> A Buss achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 5-73)
--> DJ Preston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-61)
--> A Buss achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 5-73)
--> NI Thomson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RG Marlar reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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