BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Richard Montgomerie	c Dutch b Jones	37	53	74	5	0	69.81
Murray Goodwin	lbw b Bulbeck	162	168	213	26	2	96.42
Chris Adams (c)	b Bulbeck	8	24	31	0	0	33.33
Tony Cottey	c †Turner b Johnson	19	37	59	2	0	51.35
Michael Yardy	lbw b Bulbeck	5	22	26	1	0	22.72
Robin Martin-Jenkins	c Cox b Burns	25	46	48	5	0	54.34
Matt Prior †	b Burns	5	35	30	1	0	14.28
Mark Davis	lbw b Johnson	3	39	45	0	0	7.69
James Kirtley	not out	36	85	81	4	0	42.35
Jason Lewry	b Bulbeck	1	9	2	0	0	11.11
Paul Hutchison	b Burns	7	40	42	0	0	17.50
Extras	(lb 9, nb 16, w 4)	29
TOTAL	90.2 Ov (RR: 3.73)	337
Fall of wickets: 1-102 (Richard Montgomerie), 2-126 (Chris Adams), 3-217 (Tony Cottey), 4-242 (Michael Yardy), 5-259 (Murray Goodwin), 6-286 (Robin Martin-Jenkins), 7-286 (Matt Prior), 8-308 (Mark Davis), 9-309 (Jason Lewry), 10-337 (Paul Hutchison)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Richard Johnson	23	3	92	2	4.00	-	-	-	0	2
Matthew Bulbeck	28	3	104	4	3.71	-	-	-	0	0
Steffan Jones	14	3	58	1	4.14	-	-	-	2	0
Keith Dutch	12	4	20	0	1.66	-	-	-	0	0
Mike Burns	13.2	2	54	3	4.05	-	-	-	0	6

Somerset 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jamie Cox (c)	c & b Davis	65	156	220	9	0	41.66
Matt Wood	c †Prior b Martin-Jenkins	54	93	134	10	0	58.06
Mike Burns	b Davis	33	39	48	6	0	84.61
Peter Bowler	c Montgomerie b Kirtley	94	177	240	14	0	53.10
Keith Parsons	lbw b Lewry	29	41	39	5	0	70.73
Ian Blackwell	c Cottey b Kirtley	24	27	26	2	1	88.88
Robert Turner †	c Adams b Yardy	20	40	56	3	0	50.00
Keith Dutch	lbw b Kirtley	23	58	67	3	0	39.65
Richard Johnson	c Davis b Kirtley	24	20	35	2	1	120.00
Matthew Bulbeck	lbw b Kirtley	9	16	14	2	0	56.25
Steffan Jones	not out	1	7	8	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 6, w 4)	25
TOTAL	111.5 Ov (RR: 3.58)	401
Fall of wickets: 1-102 (Matt Wood), 2-153 (Mike Burns), 3-174 (Jamie Cox), 4-220 (Keith Parsons), 5-253 (Ian Blackwell), 6-301 (Robert Turner), 7-365 (Keith Dutch), 8-378 (Peter Bowler), 9-392 (Matthew Bulbeck), 10-401 (Richard Johnson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jason Lewry	26	3	89	1	3.42	-	-	-	2	2
James Kirtley	27.5	4	90	5	3.23	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Hutchison	13	2	56	0	4.30	-	-	-	0	1
Robin Martin-Jenkins	19	2	74	1	3.89	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Davis	20	4	60	2	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Yardy	6	2	17	1	2.83	-	-	-	0	0

Sussex 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Murray Goodwin	b Parsons	29	59	77	3	0	49.15
Richard Montgomerie	c †Turner b Johnson	27	32	41	5	0	84.37
Chris Adams (c)	c Blackwell b Bulbeck	101	149	186	14	1	67.78
Tony Cottey	c Cox b Parsons	6	18	28	0	0	33.33
Michael Yardy	c †Turner b Burns	73	142	180	8	0	51.40
Robin Martin-Jenkins	c Cox b Johnson	86	107	120	14	1	80.37
Matt Prior †	not out	37	64	82	5	0	57.81
Mark Davis	lbw b Bulbeck	1	8	8	0	0	12.50
James Kirtley	not out	5	15	12	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, nb 16, w 4)	31
TOTAL	98 Ov (RR: 4.04)	396/7d
Did not bat: Jason Lewry, Paul Hutchison
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Richard Montgomerie), 2-90 (Murray Goodwin), 3-130 (Tony Cottey), 4-225 (Chris Adams), 5-287 (Michael Yardy), 6-380 (Robin Martin-Jenkins), 7-389 (Mark Davis)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Richard Johnson	26	8	87	2	3.34	-	-	-	0	1
Matthew Bulbeck	25	5	75	2	3.00	-	-	-	1	0
Keith Parsons	18	3	74	2	4.11	-	-	-	0	0
Mike Burns	10	0	85	1	8.50	-	-	-	1	5
Ian Blackwell	14	1	38	0	2.71	-	-	-	0	0
Keith Dutch	5	1	26	0	5.20	-	-	-	0	0

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 333 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jamie Cox (c)	not out	40	98	115	7	0	40.81
Matt Wood	b Martin-Jenkins	4	5	6	1	0	80.00
Mike Burns	c Goodwin b Kirtley	38	54	67	5	0	70.37
Peter Bowler	not out	8	37	39	1	0	21.62
Extras	(nb 4)	4
TOTAL	32 Ov (RR: 2.93)	94/2
Did not bat: Keith Parsons, Robert Turner †, Keith Dutch, Ian Blackwell, Richard Johnson, Matthew Bulbeck, Steffan Jones
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Matt Wood), 2-76 (Mike Burns)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jason Lewry	8	2	27	0	3.37	-	-	-	0
Robin Martin-Jenkins	7	0	19	1	2.71	-	-	-	0
James Kirtley	4	1	10	1	2.50	-	-	-	0
Michael Yardy	8	2	33	0	4.12	-	-	-	2
Chris Adams	3	1	5	0	1.66	-	-	-	0
Richard Montgomerie	2	2	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 24 Apr - day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 4/0 (Jamie Cox 1*, Matt Wood 1*, 3 ov)

Thu, 25 Apr - day 2 - Somerset 1st innings 380/8 (Richard Johnson 13*, Matthew Bulbeck 0*, 107 ov)

Fri, 26 Apr - day 3 - Sussex 2nd innings 178/3 (Chris Adams 68*, Michael Yardy 29*, 42 ov)

Sat, 27 Apr - day 4 - Somerset 2nd innings 94/2 (32 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Hove
Toss	Sussex, elected to bat first
Series	Frizzell County Championship Division One
Season	2002
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Pasty Harris Trevor Jesty
Points	Sussex 10, Somerset 12

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Somerset Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JD Lewry	8	2	27	0	3.37
RSC Martin-Jenkins	7	0	19	1	2.71
RJ Kirtley	4	1	10	1	2.5
MH Yardy	8	2	33	0	4.12 (2 nb)
CJ Adams	3	1	5	0	1.66
RR Montgomerie	2	2	0	0	0

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