f24392 cc12175	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1962
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 18th, 19th, 20th July 1962 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Leicestershire won by 2 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Sussex 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	WH Copson, CS Elliott
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), GW Washer (Sussex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 21/0 (Hallam 12*, Bird 9*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 90/3 (Oakman 25*, Parks 13*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Langridge	c Kirby b van Geloven	50
LJ Lenham	c Julian b van Geloven	122
KG Suttle	not out	82
ASM Oakman	not out	63
+JM Parks	did not bat
DJ Foreman	did not bat
*DV Smith	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
RV Bell	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-150, 2-199

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	2	56	0	-	-
Pratt	28	5	85	0	-	-
van Geloven	30	3	76	2	-	-
Cross	14	3	61	0	-	-
Savage	2	0	22	0	-	-
Kirby	6	1	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Thomson	34
HD Bird	c Parks b Thomson	27
A Wharton	c Foreman b Thomson	0
S Jayasinghe	lbw b Thomson	15
*D Kirby	c Parks b Bates	13
J van Geloven	b Buss	29
GF Cross	run out	5
RL Pratt	lbw b Suttle	41
+R Julian	c Parks b Thomson	42
CT Spencer	b Suttle	15
JS Savage	not out	13
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-58, 3-65, 4-88, 5-106, 6-111, 7-135, 8-205, 9-213, 10-241 (75.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	31	10	73	5	-	-
Bates	19	4	68	1	-	-
Buss	13	2	55	1	-	-
Smith	3	0	18	0	-	-
Suttle	9.3	2	20	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Langridge	c Pratt b Spencer	3
LJ Lenham	c Julian b van Geloven	22
KG Suttle	c Cross b van Geloven	20
ASM Oakman	c Jayasinghe b van Geloven	45
+JM Parks	not out	59
DJ Foreman	run out	7
*DV Smith	c Julian b van Geloven	2
NI Thomson	b van Geloven	2
A Buss	not out	12
RV Bell	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-36, 3-61, 4-124, 5-145, 6-153, 7-157

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	16	3	35	1	-	-
Pratt	23	6	58	0	-	-
van Geloven	32	7	73	5	-	-
Cross	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	lbw b Thomson	37
HD Bird	c Parks b Bates	19
*D Kirby	b Thomson	27
S Jayasinghe	c Foreman b Buss	33
A Wharton	st Parks b Bell	13
J van Geloven	not out	75
GF Cross	c Thomson b Bell	32
RL Pratt	c sub b Bell	5
+R Julian	c Lenham b Bates	0
CT Spencer	not out	32
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 64 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-67, 3-100, 4-130, 5-134, 6-214, 7-225, 8-225

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	19	5	64	2	-	-
Bates	16	1	78	2	-	-
Buss	10	1	38	1	-	-
Smith	5	0	28	0	-	-
Suttle	1	0	4	0	-	-
Bell	13	3	61	3	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Langridge (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> ASM Oakman (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 20
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> NI Thomson reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J van Geloven reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> J van Geloven reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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