f12085 cc5378	Sussex v Surrey
	County Championship 1927
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 4; Surrey 4
Umpires	JW Day, FH Sugg
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 77/3 (Shepherd 17*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 233/5 (Cook 62*, AHH Gilligan 21*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	c Holmes b Geary	79
MW Tate	c Hobbs b Geary	12
AF Wensley	c Peach b Shepherd	10
TER Cook	b Allom	66
GR Cox	c Strudwick b Allom	20
JH Parks	run out	0
AHH Gilligan	c Ducat b Allom	11
*AER Gilligan	b Allom	11
JK Mathews	b Geary	5
RA Hollingdale	c Strudwick b Allom	7
+WL Cornford	not out	6
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-65, 3-158, 4-176, 5-182, 6-201, 7-204, 8-223, 9-233, 10-242 (92.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allom	27.5	7	65	5	-	-
Geary	22	10	43	3	-	-
Peach	11	3	24	0	-	-
Fender	14	3	39	0	-	-
Shepherd	11	3	36	1	-	-
Holmes	7	1	20	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	lbw b AER Gilligan	9
A Sandham	lbw b AER Gilligan	14
A Ducat	b Tate	32
TF Shepherd	not out	126
HT Barling	c sub b Tate	0
*PGH Fender	b AER Gilligan	12
ERT Holmes	b Tate	11
HA Peach	b AER Gilligan	4
MJC Allom	c AER Gilligan b Bowley	8
ACT Geary	c AER Gilligan b Cox	0
+H Strudwick	c and b AER Gilligan	12
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-38, 3-77, 4-77, 5-90, 6-113, 7-126, 8-164, 9-177, 10-242 (85.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	36	7	92	3	-	-
AER Gilligan	29.1	4	95	5	-	-
Bowley	7	4	10	1	-	-
Wensley	2	0	11	0	-	-
Parks	3	1	9	0	-	-
Cox	8	4	11	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b Fender	69
JH Parks	c Strudwick b Allom	2
AF Wensley	c Barling b Geary	4
TER Cook	b Peach	92
GR Cox	lbw b Fender	3
MW Tate	c Ducat b Geary	54
AHH Gilligan	c Strudwick b Allom	37
*AER Gilligan	b Peach	19
JK Mathews	not out	43
RA Hollingdale	not out	0
+WL Cornford	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-24, 3-107, 4-111, 5-182, 6-253, 7-293, 8-328

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allom	29	3	116	2	-	-
Geary	18	3	75	2	-	-
Peach	17	5	60	2	-	-
Fender	23	6	51	2	-	-
Shepherd	9	2	16	0	-	-
Holmes	4	0	5	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c Cornford b AER Gilligan	19
A Sandham	b Cox	13
A Ducat	st Cornford b Bowley	36
TF Shepherd	c Parks b Bowley	21
HT Barling	c Cornford b AER Gilligan	6
*PGH Fender	b Bowley	22
ERT Holmes	b Bowley	40
HA Peach	c Mathews b Bowley	16
MJC Allom	not out	4
ACT Geary	not out	0
+H Strudwick	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(8 wickets, 81 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-55, 3-87, 4-94, 5-121, 6-160, 7-183, 8-185

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	20	7	38	0	-	-
AER Gilligan	20	8	34	2	-	-
Bowley	22	5	81	5	-	-
Wensley	7	2	11	0	-	-
Parks	3	2	1	0	-	-
Cox	9	6	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> EH Bowley (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> JK Mathews (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RA Hollingdale (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> A Ducat (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 6
--> ACT Geary reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> MJC Allom achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 2-104)
--> MJC Allom achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings

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