f23812 cc11878	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch on 28th, 29th, 30th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 215 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Sussex 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	D Davies, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 25/3 (Gardner 5*, van Geloven 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 64/4 (Gardner 15*, Birkenshaw 0*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Julian b van Geloven	17
RJ Langridge	lbw b Boshier	4
*ER Dexter	c Watson b van Geloven	46
KG Suttle	c Barratt b van Geloven	60
+JM Parks	lbw b Boshier	74
DV Smith	lbw b Pratt	37
LJ Lenham	c Watson b Savage	7
GC Cooper	c Bird b Pratt	24
NI Thomson	c Savage b Pratt	13
FR Pountain	b van Geloven	5
DL Bates	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 8 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 106.2 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-43, 3-86, 4-195, 5-234, 6-246, 7-268, 8-294, 9-308, 10-308 (106.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	21	6	53	2	-	-
Pratt	24	9	64	3	-	-
van Geloven	19.2	2	61	4	-	-
Savage	17	4	62	1	-	-
Barratt	25	9	47	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Langridge b Dexter	8
*W Watson	c Parks b Dexter	6
HD Bird	c Parks b Thomson	3
LR Gardner	lbw b Thomson	10
J van Geloven	c Oakman b Bates	31
J Birkenshaw	c Parks b Dexter	15
RL Pratt	b Cooper	17
+R Julian	c Bates b Thomson	1
RJ Barratt	b Bates	12
JS Savage	not out	0
BS Boshier	b Thomson	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-17, 3-17, 4-42, 5-65, 6-96, 7-96, 8-113, 9-113, 10-113 (53.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	18.4	9	23	4	-	-
Dexter	16	4	32	3	-	-
Bates	14	5	26	2	-	-
Cooper	5	1	22	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Bird b Savage	39
RJ Langridge	c Hallam b Boshier	19
*ER Dexter	c Pratt b Boshier	1
KG Suttle	b Boshier	5
+JM Parks	c Julian b Pratt	13
DV Smith	b van Geloven	17
LJ Lenham	b van Geloven	3
GC Cooper	c Gardner b van Geloven	1
NI Thomson	c Pratt b Savage	6
FR Pountain	b van Geloven	11
DL Bates	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-60, 3-67, 4-68, 5-86, 6-95, 7-101, 8-102, 9-112, 10-120 (46.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	12	2	17	3	-	-
Pratt	15	2	38	1	-	-
van Geloven	11.4	3	41	4	-	-
Savage	8	3	19	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Dexter b Bates	23
*W Watson	b Bates	19
HD Bird	c Langridge b Bates	4
LR Gardner	c Pountain b Dexter	19
J van Geloven	b Bates	0
J Birkenshaw	b Thomson	0
RL Pratt	c Lenham b Dexter	0
+R Julian	c Bates b Thomson	11
RJ Barratt	not out	10
JS Savage	run out	6
BS Boshier	b Bates	5
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-42, 3-53, 4-57, 5-68, 6-68, 7-71, 8-86, 9-95, 10-100 (54.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	17	9	17	2	-	-
Dexter	12	7	32	2	-	-
Bates	13.4	6	27	5	-	-
Cooper	10	2	19	0	-	-
Suttle	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 52
--> J van Geloven reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> DL Bates reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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