f27341 cc13576	Sussex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 10th, 11th, 12th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Lancashire won by 2 wickets
Points	Sussex 5 (Bowling 5); Lancashire 15 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	JF Crapp, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 48/4 (Oakman 25, Parks 0)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 30/1 (Buss 10, Suttle 16)

Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	b Statham	7
ASM Oakman	b Shuttleworth	26
KG Suttle	c Sullivan b Statham	2
LJ Lenham	c Lloyd b Higgs	8
AW Greig	c Sullivan b Higgs	1
*+JM Parks	lbw b Shuttleworth	5
MG Griffith	c Lloyd b Shuttleworth	0
GC Cooper	lbw b Higgs	15
EJ Lewis	c Sullivan b Shuttleworth	8
DL Bates	not out	2
AA Jones	c and b Higgs	1
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 31.2 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-14, 3-29, 4-43, 5-54, 6-54, 7-63, 8-77, 9-77, 10-80 (31.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	8	2	15	2	-	-
Higgs	14.2	5	28	4	-	-
Shuttleworth	9	1	32	4	-	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FM Engineer	b Jones	1
D Lloyd	c Parks b Jones	36
H Pilling	b Jones	0
B Wood	b Jones	0
JD Bond	c Parks b Oakman	3
*KL Snellgrove	c and b Greig	37
J Sullivan	c Parks b Jones	0
K Shuttleworth	c Lewis b Jones	8
K Higgs	c Parks b Jones	0
JB Statham	c Griffith b Jones	0
JS Savage	not out	1
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 42.3 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-6, 4-25, 5-54, 6-58, 7-78, 8-80, 9-84, 10-88 (42.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greig	13.3	6	18	1	-	-
Jones	14	7	25	8	-	-
Lewis	6	2	22	0	-	-
Oakman	2	1	8	1	-	-
Bates	5	0	11	0	-	-
Buss	2	0	2	0	-	-

Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Bond b Higgs	23
ASM Oakman	c Engineer b Statham	0
KG Suttle	b Higgs	22
LJ Lenham	c Engineer b Higgs	1
AW Greig	b Higgs	2
*+JM Parks	c Wood b Shuttleworth	11
MG Griffith	c Wood b Statham	5
GC Cooper	c Shuttleworth b Higgs	4
EJ Lewis	b Higgs	3
DL Bates	c Wood b Higgs	2
AA Jones	not out	1
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 33.4 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-43, 3-45, 4-50, 5-53, 6-60, 7-69, 8-75, 9-75, 10-78 (33.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	12	1	25	2	-	-
Higgs	16.4	5	41	7	-	-
Shuttleworth	5	0	8	1	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FM Engineer	c Greig b Jones	4
D Lloyd	c Lenham b Jones	3
H Pilling	c Buss b Greig	1
B Wood	c Oakman b Jones	4
JD Bond	not out	32
*KL Snellgrove	c Buss b Greig	14
J Sullivan	c Greig b Bates	4
K Shuttleworth	b Buss	6
K Higgs	c Oakman b Buss	5
JB Statham	not out	1
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(8 wickets, 35.3 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-11, 4-12, 5-32, 6-39, 7-54, 8-68

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greig	9	2	20	2	-	-
Jones	14.3	3	39	3	-	-
Bates	5	0	7	1	-	-
Buss	7	4	8	2	-	-

Notes
--> GC Cooper (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> K Higgs reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> K Shuttleworth reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> JB Statham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> AA Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 2-50)
--> AA Jones achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings
--> AA Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 2-50)
--> AA Jones achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings
--> K Higgs reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings