f11936	Sussex v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1927
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 28th, 30th, 31st May 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealanders won by 8 wickets
Umpires	J Stone, HI Young
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 11/0 (Blunt 3*, Dempster 8*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 10/0 (AHH Gilligan 7*, Wensley 2*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AHH Gilligan	b Merritt	8
AF Wensley	st James b Merritt	21
LCR Isherwood	b McGirr	7
JH Parks	c Dempster b McGirr	63
J Langridge	st James b Merritt	37
RA Hollingdale	c Dacre b Merritt	17
GR Cox	c Page b McGirr	35
*AER Gilligan	b Merritt	86
+WL Cornford	b Bernau	18
HW Parks	not out	1
LA Waghorn	c Allcott b Merritt	0
Extras	(13 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 108.4 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-33, 3-48, 4-141, 5-154, 6-181, 7-250, 8-306, 9-314, 10-316 (108.4 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bernau	13	2	43	1	-	-
McGirr	29	5	81	3	-	-
Merritt	26.4	5	92	6	-	-
Allcott	22	7	37	0	-	-
Blunt	17	6	38	0	-	-
Lowry	1	0	2	0	-	-

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Blunt	c AER Gilligan b Wensley	67
CS Dempster	b Waghorn	57
ML Page	c AHH Gilligan b Langridge	63
*TC Lowry	c Wensley b Langridge	105
CCR Dacre	c Waghorn b Cox	28
+KC James	run out	15
HM McGirr	st Cornford b JH Parks	34
CJ Oliver	run out	21
WE Merritt	b Cox	28
EHL Bernau	not out	34
CFW Allcott	c Cornford b Hollingdale	5
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 142.2 overs)	466
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-129, 3-293, 4-300, 5-340, 6-340, 7-392, 8-402, 9-455, 10-466 (142.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wensley	34	3	130	1	-	-
JH Parks	17	6	33	1	-	-
Langridge	19	2	53	2	-	-
Cox	38	8	106	2	-	-
Hollingdale	17.2	2	75	1	-	-
Waghorn	17	1	60	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AHH Gilligan	c Lowry b McGirr	14
AF Wensley	c Merritt b Bernau	16
LCR Isherwood	lbw b Merritt	29
JH Parks	st James b Merritt	15
J Langridge	c Oliver b Blunt	46
RA Hollingdale	c James b Oliver	6
GR Cox	not out	15
*AER Gilligan	b Blunt	38
+WL Cornford	b Blunt	0
HW Parks	b Blunt	1
LA Waghorn	c McGirr b Merritt	7
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-33, 3-64, 4-101, 5-114, 6-130, 7-180, 8-180, 9-182, 10-191 (67.5 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bernau	11	2	39	1	-	-
McGirr	10	5	33	1	-	-
Merritt	14.5	4	36	3	-	-
Allcott	5	1	7	0	-	-
Lowry	1	0	1	0	-	-
Oliver	14	3	35	1	-	-
Blunt	12	2	36	4	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EHL Bernau	c Wensley b Isherwood	14
CFW Allcott	not out	22
+KC James	c HW Parks b AHH Gilligan	7
CJ Oliver	not out	0
RC Blunt	did not bat
CS Dempster	did not bat
ML Page	did not bat
*TC Lowry	did not bat
CCR Dacre	did not bat
HM McGirr	did not bat
WE Merritt	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 16.4 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-39

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Isherwood	8.4	2	16	1	-	-
AHH Gilligan	8	1	27	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JH Parks (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 18
--> AER Gilligan (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> WL Cornford (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> EHL Bernau (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> WE Merritt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 5-48)

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