f873	Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Other First-Class matches in England 1851
Venue	Royal Brunswick Ground, Hove on 18th, 19th August 1851 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by an innings and 14 runs
Umpires	J Bayley, FW Lillywhite
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 121/6 (James Lillywhite sen 3*, Picknell 16*)

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Nixon	b Wisden	7
H Royston	c Wisden b Dean	17
W Nicholson	c Brown b Dean	13
J Grundy	b Wisden	0
J Watney	c Paine b Wisden	2
+G Chatterton	c Paine b Dean	7
S Dakin	b Wisden	0
FH Whymper	not out	1
E Tredcroft	run out	0
W Ridding	c Hodson b Wisden	0
JP Pollitt	c Picknell b Wisden	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	51
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-29, 3-40, 4-41, 5-44, 6-50, 7-50, 8-51, 9-51, 10-51 (52.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wisden	26.1	14	18	6	-	-
Dean	26	13	27	3	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Wisden	c Chatterton b Nixon	9
J Dean	c Whymper b Nixon	18
GG Brown	c Chatterton b Royston	61
+T Box	st Chatterton b Nixon	0
John Lillywhite	c and b Grundy	1
G Picknell	not out	22
G Barton	lbw b Grundy	1
James Lillywhite sen	c Nixon b Grundy	7
A Smith	b Nixon	1
J Hodson	b Nixon	0
JG Paine	b Grundy	1
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-59, 3-63, 4-70, 5-112, 6-117, 7-?, 8-131, 9-131, 10-132

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nixon	34	12	48	5	-	-
Royston	10.1	3	15	1	-	-
Grundy	30	11	47	4	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Nixon	b Wisden	1
H Royston	run out	9
W Nicholson	c Wisden b Dean	11
+G Chatterton	b Wisden	1
J Grundy	c Barton b Wisden	3
J Watney	b Dean	13
S Dakin	b Dean	6
FH Whymper	c Smith b Dean	8
E Tredcroft	b Wisden	6
W Ridding	not out	1
JP Pollitt	c Smith b Dean	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-24, 3-24, 4-25, 5-28, 6-41, 7-56, 8-65, 9-67, 10-67

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wisden	?	?	?	4	-	-
Dean	?	?	?	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Bowling in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings adds 2 runs under
--> Bowling in the Sussex first innings adds 11 runs under
--> JG Paine made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JP Pollitt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GG Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches

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In another version there are 6 extras in MCC first innings, this agrees with the bowling, but the batting does not then add up. The bowling analysis in the Sussex innins at the end of the first day was: Nixon 34-12-48-3; Grundy 30-11-47-2 Royston 10.1-3-15-1.