f23722 cc11817	Sussex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 109 runs
Points	Sussex 0; Gloucestershire 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	AE Fagg, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 18/2 (Thomson 2*, Suttle 10*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 121/3 (Milton 40*, Hawkins 16*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Langridge b Bates	15
D Carpenter	c Langridge b Bates	9
RB Nicholls	lbw b Smith	0
*CA Milton	c sub b Bates	150
DG Hawkins	c Oakman b Cooper	105
DA Allen	c Gunn b Bates	28
+BJ Meyer	not out	6
DR Smith	not out	3
DG A'Court	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
FJ Andrew	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-19, 3-29, 4-230, 5-315, 6-316

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	25	6	60	0	-	-
Bates	25	7	66	4	-	-
Smith	10	0	28	1	-	-
Cooper	27	7	67	1	-	-
Bell	25	5	80	0	-	-
Suttle	7	3	15	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Carpenter b Smith	0
RJ Langridge	c Smith b Andrew	6
NI Thomson	c Andrew b Cook	32
KG Suttle	c Smith b Andrew	86
GC Cooper	not out	75
LJ Lenham	b Cook	40
*DV Smith	c Milton b Allen	3
RV Bell	c Milton b Allen	5
DL Bates	lbw b Cook	8
+T Gunn	c and b Allen	1
DJ Foreman	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-116, 4-127, 5-217, 6-228, 7-240, 8-255, 9-258 (105.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20	4	50	1	-	-
Andrew	16	2	60	2	-	-
A'Court	18	3	50	0	-	-
Cook	26	12	38	3	-	-
Allen	25.3	6	58	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Gunn b Smith	46
D Carpenter	lbw b Thomson	15
RB Nicholls	c Gunn b Smith	2
*CA Milton	not out	100
DG Hawkins	not out	81
DA Allen	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
DG A'Court	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
FJ Andrew	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 68.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-48, 3-87

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	19	4	49	1	-	-
Bates	19	2	58	0	-	-
Smith	16	4	49	2	-	-
Cooper	10.2	0	63	0	-	-
Bell	3	0	21	0	-	-
Suttle	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c Hawkins b Smith	8
RJ Langridge	run out	55
NI Thomson	b Allen	16
KG Suttle	c Milton b A'Court	7
GC Cooper	c Milton b Cook	67
LJ Lenham	lbw b Allen	0
*DV Smith	not out	33
RV Bell	c Smith b Cook	9
DL Bates	b Cook	6
+T Gunn	c Nicholls b Cook	3
DJ Foreman	absent hurt
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-25, 3-137, 4-137, 5-137, 6-153, 7-182, 8-196, 9-204 (59.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	10	2	40	1	-	-
Andrew	9	2	23	0	-	-
A'Court	13	3	36	1	-	-
Cook	13.2	1	40	4	-	-
Allen	11	0	57	2	-	-
Milton	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> T Gunn made his debut in County Championship matches
--> T Gunn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LJ Lenham (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> CA Milton (2) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> ASM Oakman (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> DV Smith (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> DV Smith (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> DL Bates (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> DR Smith reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings

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