f23937 cc11982	Somerset v Sussex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Sussex won by 19 runs
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 2); Sussex 12
Umpires	N Oldfield, JH Parks
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 121/9 (Roe 37*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 104/6 (Alley 12*, Greetham 5*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Baig b Palmer	17
RJ Langridge	c G Atkinson b Alley	2
LJ Lenham	lbw b Palmer	1
KG Suttle	c Greetham b Alley	3
+JM Parks	c Wight b Alley	0
*DV Smith	c G Atkinson b Langford	16
GC Cooper	b Palmer	0
MA Buss	not out	33
RV Bell	c and b Palmer	20
FR Pountain	c Baig b Langford	2
DL Bates	b Langford	6
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-21, 3-24, 4-24, 5-24, 6-24, 7-61, 8-82, 9-93, 10-113 (79.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alley	23	12	28	3	-	-
Palmer	24	9	38	4	-	-
Langford	26.1	16	21	3	-	-
CRM Atkinson	6	2	13	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c and b Bates	6
RT Virgin	c Smith b Bates	4
AA Baig	b Bates	12
WE Alley	c Lenham b Smith	30
PB Wight	c Smith b Bates	0
B Roe	not out	39
KE Palmer	c and b Smith	24
CHM Greetham	b Smith	2
*+HW Stephenson	c Lenham b Smith	0
BA Langford	c Suttle b Bates	1
CRM Atkinson	c Langridge b Bates	2
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 44.3 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-21, 3-34, 4-34, 5-66, 6-114, 7-116, 8-116, 9-121, 10-125 (44.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	18.3	8	52	6	-	-
Smith	22	6	40	4	-	-
Pountain	2	0	12	0	-	-
Suttle	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	st Stephenson b Alley	0
RJ Langridge	lbw b Langford	7
LJ Lenham	c G Atkinson b Langford	42
KG Suttle	c Greetham b Alley	1
+JM Parks	lbw b Langford	21
*DV Smith	c and b Palmer	16
MA Buss	lbw b Palmer	1
RV Bell	b CRM Atkinson	12
FR Pountain	c G Atkinson b CRM Atkinson	62
DL Bates	not out	1
GC Cooper	absent ill
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-12, 4-53, 5-86, 6-94, 7-94, 8-161, 9-174 (78 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alley	25	12	49	2	-	-
Palmer	19	7	37	2	-	-
Langford	29	10	68	3	-	-
CRM Atkinson	5	1	9	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Parks b Bates	59
RT Virgin	c Oakman b Bell	13
B Roe	c Langridge b Bell	14
AA Baig	hit wkt b Bell	0
WE Alley	c Parks b Smith	41
PB Wight	b Bates	0
KE Palmer	c Oakman b Bates	0
CHM Greetham	c Langridge b Bates	5
*+HW Stephenson	c Langridge b Smith	2
BA Langford	b Bates	5
CRM Atkinson	not out	1
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-85, 3-87, 4-87, 5-88, 6-88, 7-112, 8-117, 9-141, 10-143 (58.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	23.2	5	45	5	-	-
Smith	19	7	72	2	-	-
Bell	16	7	23	3	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Buss made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MA Buss (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> B Roe (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 34
--> KE Palmer (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 18
--> KE Palmer (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> FR Pountain (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> FR Pountain (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> G Atkinson (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 47
--> KE Palmer reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> KE Palmer reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings

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