f6402 cc1716	Sussex v Essex
	County Championship 1904
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 7th, 8th, 9th July 1904 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	A Pike, A White
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 370/7 (Smith 62*, Cox 34*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 293/7 (Reeves 15*, Russell 2*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CB Fry	c Russell b Reeves	27
J Vine	c Reeves b Douglas	44
EH Killick	b Reeves	60
AE Relf	c Buckenham b Reeves	66
W Newham	b Sewell	37
G Brann	b Sewell	5
CLA Smith	c Gillingham b Douglas	89
G Leach	b Buckenham	23
GR Cox	c Douglas b McGahey	76
+HR Butt	b Buckenham	10
FW Tate	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 162.1 overs)	450
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-86, 3-173, 4-241, 5-243, 6-248, 7-280, 8-423, 9-450, 10-450 (162.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	27	4	103	2	1	-
McGahey	24.1	5	54	1	-	-
Douglas	32	9	77	2	-	-
Reeves	45	18	93	3	-	-
Carpenter	5	1	18	0	-	-
Tosetti	4	2	4	0	-	-
Sewell	23	8	79	2	1	-
Perrin	2	1	9	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FL Fane	b Relf	28
HA Carpenter	b Cox	1
PA Perrin	c Butt b Cox	61
CP McGahey	b Killick	51
FH Gillingham	c Fry b Killick	31
EHD Sewell	c Butt b Leach	48
G Tosetti	c Butt b Cox	37
W Reeves	b Cox	28
+AE Russell	c Brann b Relf	3
JWHT Douglas	not out	0
CP Buckenham	b Cox	0
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 108.1 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-43, 3-152, 4-167, 5-195, 6-276, 7-280, 8-301, 9-307, 10-307 (108.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Relf	29	9	50	2	-	-
Cox	36.1	8	94	5	-	-
Vine	11	3	33	0	-	-
Tate	11	2	32	0	-	1
Killick	13	1	62	2	-	3
Leach	8	2	17	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CB Fry	b Buckenham	15
J Vine	c Douglas b McGahey	11
EH Killick	c Russell b Buckenham	39
AE Relf	b Douglas	13
W Newham	c McGahey b Buckenham	28
G Brann	not out	18
CLA Smith	not out	15
G Leach	did not bat
GR Cox	did not bat
+HR Butt	did not bat
FW Tate	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-40, 3-69, 4-106, 5-117

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	20	1	53	3	-	-
McGahey	15	1	35	1	-	-
Reeves	6	2	32	0	-	-
Douglas	5	1	19	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FL Fane	c Relf b Cox	17
HA Carpenter	b Cox	4
PA Perrin	b Leach	42
CP McGahey	b Relf	3
FH Gillingham	not out	46
EHD Sewell	not out	29
G Tosetti	did not bat
W Reeves	did not bat
+AE Russell	did not bat
JWHT Douglas	did not bat
CP Buckenham	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, 53 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-35, 3-38, 4-94

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cox	19	4	59	2	-	-
Relf	13	5	25	1	-	-
Killick	9	1	22	0	-	-
Tate	3	0	10	0	-	1
Vine	3	0	6	0	-	-
Leach	4	2	11	1	-	-
Brann	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CLA Smith (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> GR Cox (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> GR Cox (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches

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