f39512 cc17979	Sussex v Kent
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1991
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th September 1991 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match tied
Points	Sussex 16 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Kent 14 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	MJ Kitchen, RA White
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 19/1 (Hall 0*, Donelan 10*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 345/9 (Dodemaide 21*, Jones 2*)
Close of play day 3	Sussex (2) 34/0 (Parker 18*, Hall 13*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TR Ward	c Greenfield b Salisbury	51
*MR Benson	c Moores b Dodemaide	48
NR Taylor	lbw b Dodemaide	111		204	14	1
GR Cowdrey	c Greenfield b Dodemaide	4
MV Fleming	c Hall b Pigott	69			9	3
+SA Marsh	c Greenfield b Salisbury	19
MA Ealham	st Moores b Donelan	26
RM Ellison	not out	17
RP Davis	lbw b Salisbury	0
TA Merrick	c Greenfield b Salisbury	6
MM Patel	lbw b Pigott	8
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 13 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 100.4 overs)	381
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-123, 3-139, 4-277, 5-309, 6-321, 7-348, 8-349, 9-356, 10-381 (100.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	9	0	57	0	-	-
Dodemaide	24	4	64	3	-	-
Pigott	14.4	0	56	2	-	-
CM Wells	12	3	43	0	-	-
Donelan	14	3	52	1	-	-
Salisbury	27	6	101	4	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+P Moores	b Merrick	8
JW Hall	c Cowdrey b Ealham	41
BTP Donelan	b Davis	61			10	-
K Greenfield	c Davis b Ealham	22
AP Wells	c Fleming b Patel	74	103		11	1
*PWG Parker	c Marsh b Ealham	2
CM Wells	b Merrick	76
AIC Dodemaide	not out	23
ACS Pigott	b Ealham	5
IDK Salisbury	b Ealham	0
AN Jones	b Ellison	8
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 16 nb, 6 w)	33
Total	(all out, 117.5 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-103, 3-143, 4-147, 5-165, 6-255, 7-331, 8-340, 9-342, 10-353 (117.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merrick	24	8	81	2	-	-
Ellison	22.5	8	68	1	-	-
Fleming	15	3	51	0	-	-
Davis	25	5	72	1	-	-
Ealham	21	6	39	5	-	-
Patel	10	2	31	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TR Ward	c Donelan b Dodemaide	38
*MR Benson	c Moores b Dodemaide	5
NR Taylor	not out	203	267	363	28	1
GR Cowdrey	run out	78
MV Fleming	c Pigott b Salisbury	20			-	3
+SA Marsh	lbw b Dodemaide	0
MA Ealham	b Dodemaide	0
RM Ellison	c Moores b Salisbury	1
RP Davis	not out	29
TA Merrick	did not bat
MM Patel	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 16 lb, 11 nb, 3 w)	34
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 94 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-53, 3-259, 4-288, 5-309, 6-309, 7-310

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	10	1	64	0	-	-
Dodemaide	22	3	87	4	-	-
Pigott	13	3	44	0	-	-
CM Wells	7	1	30	0	-	-
Donelan	21	4	61	0	-	-
Salisbury	21	3	102	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PWG Parker	lbw b Merrick	111		274	12	-
JW Hall	b Merrick	52
K Greenfield	c Cowdrey b Merrick	0
AP Wells	b Merrick	162	196	203	20	1
CM Wells	lbw b Merrick	34
AIC Dodemaide	c Benson b Patel	25
+P Moores	lbw b Merrick	0
ACS Pigott	c Cowdrey b Patel	26
BTP Donelan	run out	2
AN Jones	b Merrick	1
IDK Salisbury	not out	1
Extras	(12 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 115.2 overs)	436
Fall of wickets:
1-146, 2-146, 3-254, 4-371, 5-378, 6-378, 7-428, 8-430, 9-434, 10-436 (115.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merrick	27	1	99	7	-	-
Ellison	15	0	59	0	-	-
Fleming	2	0	9	0	-	-
Davis	32	5	109	0	-	-
Ealham	16	1	80	0	-	-
Patel	23.2	3	68	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Kent score at 100 overs in the first innings was 380-9
--> Sussex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 310-6
--> TA Merrick made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TA Merrick made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MR Benson (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> MV Fleming (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> SA Marsh (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> BTP Donelan (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> BTP Donelan (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in County Championship matches
--> CM Wells (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> NR Taylor (2) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 180
--> GR Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> AP Wells (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> AP Wells (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 154
--> PWG Parker (2) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 99
--> AIC Dodemaide (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> MA Ealham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 2-11)
--> MA Ealham achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings
--> TA Merrick reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> MA Ealham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 2-11)
--> MA Ealham achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings
--> IDK Salisbury reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings
--> TA Merrick reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Sussex second innings

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