f24987 cc12508	Sussex v Somerset
	County Championship 1963
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 31st August, 2nd, 3rd September 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 0; Somerset 2
Umpires	LH Gray, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 44/2 (Atkinson 17*, Alley 1*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 68/1 (Langridge 26*, Suttle 9*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Lenham	c Alley b Palmer	0
RJ Langridge	lbw b Hall	27
KG Suttle	c Wight b Palmer	14
*ER Dexter	c Rumsey b Palmer	1
+JM Parks	c Stephenson b Hall	23
ASM Oakman	b Palmer	29
GC Cooper	c Rumsey b Greetham	20
NI Thomson	not out	20
A Buss	lbw b Rumsey	12
JA Snow	b Hall	0
DL Bates	b Rumsey	3
Extras	(4 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-19, 3-21, 4-51, 5-83, 6-123, 7-125, 8-152, 9-154, 10-159 (66.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	17.4	4	45	2	-	-
Palmer	22	4	48	4	-	-
Hall	15	3	41	3	-	-
Greetham	12	5	15	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Dexter	27
B Roe	b Bates	8
PB Wight	b Bates	10
WE Alley	c Parks b Buss	21
RT Virgin	b Thomson	1
CHM Greetham	c Parks b Bates	47
KE Palmer	not out	31
BA Langford	b Thomson	8
*+HW Stephenson	c Oakman b Thomson	1
FE Rumsey	c Parks b Buss	1
GH Hall	b Thomson	1
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-38, 3-68, 4-69, 5-112, 6-138, 7-160, 8-162, 9-163, 10-174 (84.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	24	8	34	3	-	-
Snow	8	0	25	0	-	-
Thomson	21.2	7	34	4	-	-
Oakman	1	1	0	0	-	-
Dexter	12	4	27	1	-	-
Buss	14	2	35	2	-	-
Suttle	4	3	1	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Lenham	c Stephenson b Rumsey	15
RJ Langridge	not out	26
KG Suttle	c Wight b Rumsey	11
*ER Dexter	did not bat
+JM Parks	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
GC Cooper	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(2 wickets, 26.4 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-74 (26.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	8.4	1	19	2	-	-
Palmer	13	2	27	0	-	-
Hall	5	3	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CHM Greetham (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 20
--> FE Rumsey reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> GH Hall reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings

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