Date-stamped : 01 May97 - 06:16
Chilton sweeps up harassed Sussex

By Doug Ibbotson at Fenner`s

British Univs (217-6) bt Sussex (198) by 19 runs

A RETURN of five wickets for 26 runs  off  6.3   overs   by  Mark
Chilton,  Durham  University  and  Lancashire,  hustled Sussex to
a humiliating 19-run defeat at Fenner`s.

But,   remarkable   as    was     this     Gold     Award-winning
performance, a decisive contribution  was  the  sheer astringency
of Stefan Jones, associated with Glamorgan but as yet uncapped by
Cambridge.

It was Jones who first stimulated coach  Derek  Randall`s  belief
that  British  Universities, having raised a  modest  217 for six
on a perfect pitch, could  achieve  only  their   fourth  victory
against county opposition in 10 years.

Jones, said the jubilant Randall, had  "bowled  out  of his skin"
in  conceding only 22 runs off 10 overs,  four  of  them maidens,
for the wicket of Keith Greenfield.

It was indeed significant in as much  that  Sussex,   as  captain
Peter  Moores  conceded,  were  systematically   pressurised  and
ultimately   driven   to   desperate   strokeplay   against   the
persistently taunting Chilton.

The outcome, with overs slipping away, was the  collapse  of  the
last  seven  wickets for  74  runs  and  a  Universities` victory
with nine balls unused.

There was some delightful strokeplay  by  Ed  Smith   (43),  deft
technique  from  Tim  Hodgson  (41), Chilton (34) and  Will House
(24), but equally there was naivety  in  milking  field placings,
run-calling  and general awareness. But when it came to concerted
application in  the  field,   to   relentlessly  nagging  bowling
without  recourse   to  desperate  ambition,  the students proved
superbly `professional`.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)

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