f13690	Sussex v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1931
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 29th, 31st August, 1st September 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	AE Street, HI Young
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 43/1 (Tate 18*, Cornford 1*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 549/9 (Langridge 92*, Wensley 12*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	st Cornford b Bowley	167
JE Mills	b Tate	25
RC Blunt	b Cook	16
RO Talbot	b Cook	58
HG Vivian	c Bowley b Cook	4
*TC Lowry	c Duleepsinhji b Cook	5
JL Kerr	b JH Parks	59
+KC James	lbw b Bowley	15
IB Cromb	not out	22
WE Merritt	b Langridge	1
AM Matheson	b JH Parks	1
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 116.3 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-86, 3-220, 4-226, 5-252, 6-297, 7-330, 8-373, 9-376, 10-385 (116.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	27	5	82	1	-	-
Wensley	17	1	72	0	-	-
JH Parks	23.3	10	33	2	-	-
Langridge	11	0	54	1	-	-
Cook	27	4	76	4	-	-
Bowley	11	0	56	2	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Parks	lbw b Blunt	16
MW Tate	c James b Vivian	142
+WL Cornford	b Merritt	48
EH Bowley	c Talbot b Vivian	16
KS Duleepsinhji	c and b Vivian	103
TER Cook	c James b Cromb	60
J Langridge	not out	92
*AHH Gilligan	c James b Cromb	30
HW Parks	b Cromb	3
GAK Collins	b Lowry	17
AF Wensley	not out	12
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 156 overs)	549
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-161, 3-204, 4-249, 5-388, 6-400, 7-457, 8-461, 9-509

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	23	2	88	0	-	-
Cromb	31	4	92	3	-	-
Merritt	32	5	113	1	-	-
Talbot	15	1	64	0	-	-
Blunt	8	0	20	1	-	-
Vivian	42	11	137	3	-	-
Lowry	5	1	25	1	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	b Tate	9
JE Mills	c Duleepsinhji b Langridge	64
RC Blunt	hit wkt b JH Parks	95
RO Talbot	c Cook b Duleepsinhji	29
JL Kerr	b JH Parks	37
HG Vivian	b Wensley	9
IB Cromb	c Cornford b Tate	6
*TC Lowry	c Tate b Wensley	1
+KC James	c Tate b Wensley	10
WE Merritt	not out	34
AM Matheson	c Cook b Wensley	1
Extras	(8 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 108.3 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-115, 3-198, 4-210, 5-249, 6-253, 7-254, 8-259, 9-291, 10-305 (108.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	24	3	63	2	-	-
Wensley	25.3	8	58	4	-	-
Cook	9	2	37	0	-	-
JH Parks	19	0	47	2	-	-
Langridge	22	5	40	1	-	-
Bowley	3	0	20	0	-	-
Duleepsinhji	6	0	30	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Parks	not out	9
EH Bowley	not out	9
MW Tate	did not bat
+WL Cornford	did not bat
KS Duleepsinhji	did not bat
TER Cook	did not bat
J Langridge	did not bat
*AHH Gilligan	did not bat
HW Parks	did not bat
GAK Collins	did not bat
AF Wensley	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 12 overs)	18

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cromb	6	4	2	0	-	-
Matheson	2	0	7	0	-	-
Merritt	4	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AHH Gilligan made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> CS Dempster (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 155
--> MW Tate (1) passed 18500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 129
--> J Langridge (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 85
--> WE Merritt (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5

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