f27389 cc13619	Hampshire v Sussex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	United Services Ground, Portsmouth on 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Hampshire 12 (Bowling 2); Sussex 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JG Langridge, RSM Lay
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (1) 39/3 (Richards 18*, Sainsbury 4*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Livingstone b Shackleton	19
TB Racionzer	c Reed b Cottam	29
KG Suttle	c Holder b Cottam	98
LJ Lenham	c Timms b Shackleton	35
AW Greig	c Richards b Shackleton	8
+JM Parks	retired hurt	2
*MG Griffith	not out	20
GC Cooper	not out	5
EJ Lewis	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 84.2 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-79, 3-161, 4-174, 5-214

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	27.2	7	48	3	-	-
Cottam	29	3	74	2	-	-
Holder	13	1	59	0	-	-
Sainsbury	15	4	35	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	not out	82
BL Reed	c Greig b A Buss	3
RV Lewis	c Griffith b Bates	13
*RE Marshall	c Bates b A Buss	0
PJ Sainsbury	c Cooper b MA Buss	16
DA Livingstone	run out	5
DR Turner	not out	7
+BSV Timms	did not bat
JW Holder	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-27, 3-30, 4-74, 5-90

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Buss	14	3	31	2	-	-
Bates	14	5	34	1	-	-
Lewis	10	0	46	0	-	-
MA Buss	10	5	15	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c and b Cottam	22
TB Racionzer	c Reed b Shackleton	17
KG Suttle	c Sainsbury b Shackleton	2
AW Greig	c Cottam b Holder	2
+JM Parks	not out	25
GC Cooper	lbw b Sainsbury	1
*MG Griffith	b Sainsbury	1
LJ Lenham	not out	3
EJ Lewis	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 6 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 32.3 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-44, 3-45, 4-47, 5-50, 6-60

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	11	3	22	2	-	-
Cottam	8	2	20	1	-	-
Holder	8	3	15	1	-	-
Sainsbury	5.3	2	16	2	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	b A Buss	83
BL Reed	c Parks b Greig	65
RV Lewis	c MA Buss b Greig	7
*RE Marshall	not out	12
JW Holder	not out	9
PJ Sainsbury	did not bat
DA Livingstone	did not bat
DR Turner	did not bat
+BSV Timms	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 36.4 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-118, 2-151, 3-162

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Buss	15	2	58	1	-	-
Bates	8.4	1	41	0	-	-
MA Buss	5	0	36	0	-	-
Greig	8	1	41	2	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Buss (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JM Parks (2) passed 30000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> RMH Cottam reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> JM Parks retired hurt in the Sussex first innings having scored 2 (team had lost 4 wickets)

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