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| Venue | Old Trafford, Manchester on 3rd, 4th, 5th May 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Lancashire 0 (Batting 2, Bowling 4, fielding an unregistered player -6); Sussex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | DGL Evans, J van Geloven |
| Close of play day 1 | Lancashire (1) 120/3 (CH Lloyd 55*, Hayes 34*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (2) 25/0 (Barclay 11*, Mendis 13*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JRT Barclay | lbw b Lee | 2 | |||||
| GD Mendis | b Croft | 0 | |||||
| SJ Storey | c Lyon b Lee | 5 | |||||
| PJ Graves | c CH Lloyd b Hughes | 31 | |||||
| Imran Khan | b Hughes | 72 | |||||
| MA Buss | c and b Hughes | 15 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | c Lyon b Hughes | 9 | |||||
| *+A Long | c Hughes b Simmons | 26 | |||||
| GG Arnold | c Lyon b Croft | 7 | |||||
| J Spencer | c Hayes b Hughes | 13 | |||||
| RGL Cheatle | not out | 16 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 18 nb) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-10, 3-11, 4-112, 5-140, 6-141, 7-179, 8-179, 9-193, 10-223 (81 ov) | |||||||
| Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Croft | 17 | 4 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lee | 8 | 2 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hogg | 11 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Simmons | 21 | 8 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 24 | 9 | 46 | 5 | - | - | |
| Lancashire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Wood | b Arnold | 8 | |||||
| D Lloyd | b Arnold | 0 | |||||
| H Pilling | lbw b Arnold | 19 | |||||
| CH Lloyd | not out | 114 | 197 | 13 | 2 | ||
| *FC Hayes | c and b Arnold | 50 | |||||
| DP Hughes | b Spencer | 2 | |||||
| J Simmons | b Arnold | 3 | |||||
| +J Lyon | b Arnold | 1 | |||||
| CEH Croft | lbw b Arnold | 4 | |||||
| W Hogg | lbw b Cheatle | 2 | |||||
| PG Lee | c Spencer b Cheatle | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 58.2 overs) | 213 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-9, 3-34, 4-154, 5-157, 6-172, 7-178, 8-184, 9-197, 10-213 (58.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 13 | 3 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 22 | 6 | 44 | 7 | - | - | |
| Phillipson | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 10 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cheatle | 5.2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JRT Barclay | not out | 11 | |||||
| GD Mendis | not out | 13 | |||||
| SJ Storey | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Graves | did not bat | ||||||
| Imran Khan | did not bat | ||||||
| MA Buss | did not bat | ||||||
| CP Phillipson | did not bat | ||||||
| *+A Long | did not bat | ||||||
| GG Arnold | did not bat | ||||||
| J Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| RGL Cheatle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 10.4 overs) | 25 | |||||
| Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Croft | 5.4 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hogg | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> H Pilling (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> CH Lloyd (1) passed 20500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 95
--> JRT Barclay (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> GG Arnold made his debut for Sussex in County Championship matches
--> GG Arnold made his debut for Sussex in First-Class matches
--> SJ Storey made his debut for Sussex in County Championship matches
--> SJ Storey made his debut for Sussex in First-Class matches
--> J Simmons reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
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