f31206 cc15100	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 7th, 9th, 10th August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 188 runs
Points	Sussex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	C Cook, H Horton
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 42/2 (Knight 3*, Spencer 3*; 30 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 133/5 (Tolchard 44*, Illingworth 19*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	lbw b Buss	6
JF Steele	c Long b Spencer	14
JC Balderstone	b Snow	52
BF Davison	st Long b Waller	36
J Birkenshaw	c Snow b Spencer	0
+RW Tolchard	not out	69
*R Illingworth	b Buss	19
PB Clift	c Greig b Buss	6
NM McVicker	c Greig b Buss	27
P Booth	b Buss	3
K Higgs	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-38, 3-113, 4-113, 5-157, 6-158, 7-175, 8-231, 9-237

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	33	8	71	2	-	-
Snow	19	4	44	1	-	-
Buss	34	9	68	5	-	-
Cheatle	3	0	18	0	-	-
Waller	11	2	35	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Morley	lbw b Illingworth	8
JRT Barclay	c Birkenshaw b Balderstone	23
RDV Knight	c Steele b Balderstone	12
J Spencer	c Booth b Birkenshaw	33
PJ Graves	not out	53
*AW Greig	c Higgs b Balderstone	4
JA Snow	lbw b Birkenshaw	1
MA Buss	c Clift b Steele	7
+A Long	run out	17
CE Waller	b Steele	5
RGL Cheatle	c Illingworth b Balderstone	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-37, 3-77, 4-91, 5-99, 6-100, 7-109, 8-148, 9-169, 10-174 (94.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	6	3	9	0	-	-
Higgs	13	3	25	0	-	-
Illingworth	23	12	35	1	-	-
Balderstone	25.4	8	49	4	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	9	33	2	-	-
Steele	8	2	12	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Barclay b Buss	2
JF Steele	c and b Spencer	8
JC Balderstone	b Waller	41
BF Davison	lbw b Buss	4
J Birkenshaw	b Barclay	17
+RW Tolchard	not out	69
*R Illingworth	lbw b Waller	24
PB Clift	c Long b Waller	2
NM McVicker	not out	25
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-12, 3-23, 4-53, 5-94, 6-144, 7-150

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	5	2	6	1	-	-
Snow	4	1	9	0	-	-
Buss	11	7	13	2	-	-
Cheatle	18	6	42	0	-	-
Waller	36	16	70	3	-	-
Barclay	22	3	52	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Morley	c Illingworth b Higgs	7
JRT Barclay	lbw b Balderstone	10
RDV Knight	lbw b Illingworth	17
PJ Graves	c Steele b Birkenshaw	0
*AW Greig	b Birkenshaw	2
MA Buss	lbw b Birkenshaw	0
JA Snow	lbw b Balderstone	13
+A Long	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	6
J Spencer	c Birkenshaw b Balderstone	14
CE Waller	not out	0
RGL Cheatle	b Balderstone	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 31.2 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Morley), 2-17 (Barclay), 3-20 (Graves), 4-36 (Knight), 5-38 (Greig), 6-40 (Buss), 7-56 (Long), 8-73 (Spencer), 9-78 (Snow), 10-78 (Cheatle, 31.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	6	3	10	1	-	-
Illingworth	5	3	6	1	-	-
Balderstone	5.2	2	18	4	-	-
Birkenshaw	10	1	28	4	-	-
Clift	5	3	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> PJ Graves (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> NM McVicker (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> CE Waller reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JC Balderstone completed a hat-trick in the Sussex second innings (Spencer, Snow, Cheatle)

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