f27409 cc13636	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5); Sussex 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Aspinall, A Jepson
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), GW Washer (Sussex)
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 11/0 (MA Buss 3*, Racionzer 7*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 208/9 (Snow 9*, Bates 8*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	b Snow	2
MEJC Norman	c Parks b A Buss	20
BJ Booth	c Greig b Snow	0
CC Inman	c Parks b Snow	77
PT Marner	c Greig b Bates	45
BR Knight	c Cooper b Bates	16
J Birkenshaw	not out	101
B Dudleston	c Parks b MA Buss	14
+RW Tolchard	lbw b A Buss	42
J Cotton	c Suttle b Bates	21
CT Spencer	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 104.4 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6, 3-52, 4-146, 5-160, 6-168, 7-198, 8-268, 9-333

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	21	2	76	3	-	-
A Buss	24	5	83	2	-	-
Bates	24	4	80	3	-	-
Greig	16.4	3	50	0	-	-
MA Buss	12	2	42	1	-	-
Oakman	7	4	14	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Dudleston b Knight	11
TB Racionzer	c Hallam b Marner	38
KG Suttle	b Knight	6
AW Greig	lbw b Knight	0
+JM Parks	c Knight b Marner	34
GC Cooper	c Norman b Marner	19
*MG Griffith	c Knight b Birkenshaw	39
ASM Oakman	lbw b Marner	7
A Buss	b Booth	33
JA Snow	c Tolchard b Spencer	9
DL Bates	not out	8
Extras	(1 b, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 77.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-26, 3-26, 4-83, 5-108, 6-110, 7-124, 8-181, 9-191, 10-208 (77.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	17	2	54	0	-	-
Knight	15	5	31	3	-	-
Spencer	12.3	0	41	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	14	5	20	1	-	-
Marner	13	1	42	4	-	-
Booth	6	0	16	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Knight b Birkenshaw	36
TB Racionzer	c Hallam b Spencer	86
KG Suttle	c sub b Birkenshaw	100
AW Greig	b Dudleston	37
+JM Parks	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	1
GC Cooper	not out	49
*MG Griffith	not out	12
ASM Oakman	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 105 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-163, 3-238, 4-239, 5-288

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	11	3	37	0	-	-
Knight	1	1	0	0	-	-
Spencer	18	2	53	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	43	14	84	3	-	-
Marner	3	1	4	0	-	-
Booth	6	0	38	0	-	-
Dudleston	19	1	77	1	-	-
Norman	4	0	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CC Inman (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in First-Class matches
--> J Birkenshaw (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in County Championship matches
--> J Birkenshaw (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> J Cotton (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> KG Suttle (1) passed 27500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> MA Buss (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 27
--> MA Buss (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> TB Racionzer (2) passed his previous highest score of 82 in County Championship matches
--> KG Suttle (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 84
--> AW Greig (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20

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