f29309 cc14451	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 7 wickets
Points	Sussex 14 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	J Arnold, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 263 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 90/2 (JG Tolchard 5*, Birkenshaw 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Graves b Joshi	66
JF Steele	c Graves b Spencer	19
MEJC Norman	c Parks b Joshi	12
BF Davison	b Joshi	0
PR Haywood	c Graves b A Buss	13
*+RW Tolchard	lbw b A Buss	16
JG Tolchard	b Spencer	29
J Birkenshaw	run out	77
GD McKenzie	lbw b A Buss	0
K Higgs	lbw b Spencer	5
RB Matthews	not out	16
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 105.2 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-72, 3-78, 4-113, 5-127, 6-136, 7-194, 8-197, 9-208, 10-263 (105.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	20	7	40	3	-	-
A Buss	24	4	72	3	-	-
Phillipson	12	0	41	0	-	-
MA Buss	19.2	6	46	0	-	-
Joshi	30	12	54	3	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Greenidge	c RW Tolchard b Higgs	37
PJ Graves	lbw b Matthews	16
RM Prideaux	c Birkenshaw b Matthews	5
MA Buss	c JG Tolchard b Matthews	20
+JM Parks	c Steele b Birkenshaw	25
*MG Griffith	c Higgs b Matthews	33
JD Morley	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	13
A Buss	c Steele b Matthews	12
J Spencer	lbw b Matthews	0
UC Joshi	c RW Tolchard b Matthews	0
CP Phillipson	not out	7
Extras	(3 lb, 14 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-59, 3-65, 4-94, 5-120, 6-150, 7-176, 8-176, 9-176, 10-187 (56.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	17	0	61	1	-	-
Higgs	13	5	28	1	-	-
Matthews	12.4	2	51	7	-	-
Birkenshaw	14	5	28	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Prideaux b Phillipson	52
JF Steele	b Joshi	30
JG Tolchard	lbw b Spencer	8
J Birkenshaw	c Joshi b Spencer	19
BF Davison	not out	78
PR Haywood	c Parks b A Buss	9
*+RW Tolchard	not out	20
MEJC Norman	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-84, 3-102, 4-117, 5-160

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	25	4	64	2	-	-
A Buss	11	0	58	1	-	-
Phillipson	8	1	19	1	-	-
MA Buss	9	3	19	0	-	-
Joshi	20	6	56	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Graves	lbw b Higgs	6
GA Greenidge	not out	142
RM Prideaux	lbw b McKenzie	100
MA Buss	c Steele b Birkenshaw	10
+JM Parks	not out	28
*MG Griffith	did not bat
JD Morley	did not bat
A Buss	did not bat
J Spencer	did not bat
UC Joshi	did not bat
CP Phillipson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 5 w)	15
Total	(3 wickets, 76.5 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Graves), 2-213 (Prideaux), 3-226 (MA Buss)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	16	1	51	1	-	-
Higgs	13	1	53	1	-	-
Matthews	7	2	26	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	26	3	93	1	-	-
Steele	14	3	59	0	-	-
Davison	0.5	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JG Tolchard (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> RB Matthews (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> JM Parks (1) passed 34500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 28
--> JF Steele (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> BF Davison (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> GA Greenidge (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 71
--> A Buss reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Spencer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> RB Matthews achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> RB Matthews achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings
--> RB Matthews achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> RB Matthews achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings
--> GD McKenzie reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RM Prideaux, his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings

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