f27358 cc13591	Northamptonshire v Sussex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 5, Bowling 2); Sussex 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1)
Umpires	F Jakeman, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 228/2 (Lightfoot 103*, Mushtaq Mohammad 59*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 224/4 (Parks 51*, Griffith 9*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	b MA Buss	46
DS Steele	b Jones	11
A Lightfoot	b Jones	113
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Parks b A Buss	111
BL Reynolds	not out	50
P Willey	not out	5
BS Crump	did not bat
MK Kettle	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
AJ Durose	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-122, 3-244, 4-335

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	23	1	92	2	-	-
A Buss	29	6	72	1	-	-
Greig	10	2	44	0	-	-
MA Buss	18	3	64	1	-	-
Lewis	12	2	47	0	-	-
Suttle	5	1	17	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Sully b Kettle	13
DJ Semmence	c Steele b Durose	23
KG Suttle	b Kettle	50
AW Greig	c Lightfoot b Sully	63
*+JM Parks	c Crump b Kettle	51
MG Griffith	b Kettle	47
GC Cooper	c Reynolds b Kettle	17
TB Racionzer	c Reynolds b Durose	7
EJ Lewis	b Kettle	1
A Buss	not out	1
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(14 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 103.3 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-53, 3-118, 4-202, 5-228, 6-278, 7-283, 8-289, 9-291 (103.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crump	20	6	38	0	-	-
Kettle	24.3	4	67	6	-	-
Durose	18	4	53	2	-	-
Sully	18	6	47	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	19	5	54	0	-	-
Steele	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RM Prideaux	not out	108
DS Steele	not out	61
A Lightfoot	did not bat
Mushtaq Mohammad	did not bat
BL Reynolds	did not bat
P Willey	did not bat
BS Crump	did not bat
MK Kettle	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
AJ Durose	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, declared, 36 overs)	170

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	6	0	31	0	-	-
A Buss	12	2	47	0	-	-
MA Buss	9	2	46	0	-	-
Lewis	9	0	45	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	not out	21
DJ Semmence	c Steele b Sully	16
TB Racionzer	c Prideaux b Steele	5
KG Suttle	not out	3
AW Greig	did not bat
*+JM Parks	did not bat
MG Griffith	did not bat
GC Cooper	did not bat
EJ Lewis	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 35 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-34

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kettle	3	1	7	0	-	-
Durose	2	0	5	0	-	-
Sully	15	9	17	1	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	5	4	4	0	-	-
Steele	10	7	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> A Buss reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> MK Kettle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 5-53)
--> MK Kettle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 5-53)

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