f23151 cc11520	Somerset v Sussex
	County Championship 1960
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 4th, 5th, 6th May 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 2; Sussex 0
Umpires	D Davies, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 38/1 (Atkinson 11*, Wight 19*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 28/0 (Oakman 10*, Lenham 13*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	b Biddulph	96
LJ Lenham	b Biddulph	7
*ER Dexter	lbw b Lomax	18
+JM Parks	c Stephenson b Palmer	140
KG Suttle	lbw b Palmer	21
DV Smith	c Stephenson b Palmer	4
GC Cooper	b Palmer	0
DJ Mordaunt	lbw b Palmer	1
A Buss	b Palmer	2
RG Marlar	c Biddulph b Greetham	13
DL Bates	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 101 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-55, 3-229, 4-288, 5-289, 6-289, 7-291, 8-294, 9-309, 10-312 (101 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	22	4	70	2	-	-
Palmer	28	8	74	6	-	-
Lomax	16	2	43	1	-	-
Langford	10	4	40	0	-	-
Whitehead	9	3	39	0	-	-
McCool	9	1	20	0	-	-
Greetham	7	1	19	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Oakman b Smith	69
JG Lomax	c Mordaunt b Dexter	0
PB Wight	c Parks b Dexter	21
CL McCool	c Dexter b Buss	45
CHM Greetham	c and b Suttle	22
WE Alley	not out	110
KE Palmer	c and b Marlar	54
*+HW Stephenson	c Oakman b Mordaunt	17
BA Langford	not out	5
KD Biddulph	did not bat
AGT Whitehead	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-58, 3-132, 4-168, 5-168, 6-293, 7-340

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	25	6	72	0	-	-
Dexter	14	4	35	2	-	-
Mordaunt	3	1	12	1	-	-
Buss	17	3	53	1	-	-
Marlar	19	8	56	1	-	-
Smith	18	6	36	1	-	-
Suttle	22	8	63	1	-	-
Cooper	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	hit wkt b McCool	28
LJ Lenham	b Langford	27
*ER Dexter	b Biddulph	133
+JM Parks	b Lomax	32
KG Suttle	b Biddulph	39
DV Smith	c Stephenson b Biddulph	8
GC Cooper	not out	10
DJ Mordaunt	not out	9
A Buss	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-103, 3-175, 4-264, 5-274, 6-289

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	13	3	47	3	-	-
Palmer	17	2	65	0	-	-
Lomax	5	0	30	1	-	-
Langford	9	2	52	1	-	-
McCool	20	3	72	1	-	-
Greetham	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Oakman b Bates	10
JG Lomax	hit wkt b Bates	0
PB Wight	not out	60
CL McCool	b Dexter	6
CHM Greetham	c Parks b Suttle	26
WE Alley	b Cooper	15
KE Palmer	not out	17
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
AGT Whitehead	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 49 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-26, 3-45, 4-89, 5-114

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	7	2	17	2	-	-
Dexter	6	1	36	1	-	-
Buss	4	1	11	0	-	-
Marlar	12	3	31	0	-	-
Suttle	9	3	18	1	-	-
Cooper	6	3	11	1	-	-
Lenham	2	1	10	0	-	-
Parks	3	3	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sussex (2) ?/?
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 82
--> HW Stephenson (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> ER Dexter (2) passed his previous highest score of 127 in County Championship matches
--> JG Lomax reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> ER Dexter reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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