f32149 cc15420	Sussex v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 8th, 10th, 11th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 4 wickets
Points	Sussex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	AGT Whitehead, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 106/4 (Mendis 62*, Greig 0*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 210/7 (Turner 30*; 68.4 overs)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c Gooch b Lever	14
GD Mendis	c Smith b East	128		255	15	-
PWG Parker	c Gooch b Phillip	21
CP Phillipson	c McEwan b Turner	1
Imran Khan	c Hardie b Turner	0
AW Greig	b Phillip	9
JRT Barclay	not out	55
MA Buss	b Phillip	2
*+A Long	not out	7
GG Arnold	did not bat
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 80.4 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-101, 3-106, 4-106, 5-123, 6-234, 7-237

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	4	66	1	-	-
Phillip	22.4	2	82	3	-	-
Turner	24	6	58	2	-	-
East	13	6	21	1	-	-
Acfield	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Arnold	19
GA Gooch	c Long b Arnold	20
KS McEwan	b Imran Khan	25
*KWR Fletcher	c Mendis b Arnold	69
BR Hardie	c Long b Imran Khan	17
N Phillip	c Greig b Cheatle	8
S Turner	not out	30
RE East	lbw b Arnold	6
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 8 nb, 4 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 68.4 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-50, 3-100, 4-125, 5-147, 6-190, 7-210 (68.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	19	4	52	2	-	-
Arnold	16.4	6	38	4	-	-
Greig	18	5	35	0	-	-
Buss	7	1	27	0	-	-
Cheatle	8	0	42	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c Smith b Lever	6
GD Mendis	b Lever	4
PWG Parker	c Hardie b Phillip	1
CP Phillipson	c McEwan b Lever	5
Imran Khan	c Turner b Lever	42
AW Greig	c Smith b Lever	2
JRT Barclay	lbw b Lever	1
MA Buss	b Phillip	1
*+A Long	lbw b Lever	17
GG Arnold	c Gooch b Turner	17
RGL Cheatle	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 40.5 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-12, 3-19, 4-30, 5-38, 6-39, 7-44, 8-85, 9-96, 10-115 (40.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	15	3	32	7	-	-
Phillip	16	3	52	2	-	-
Turner	9.5	2	16	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Wessels b Imran Khan	2
GA Gooch	c Cheatle b Greig	50
KS McEwan	c Cheatle b Arnold	5
*KWR Fletcher	c Greig b Arnold	23
BR Hardie	lbw b Buss	0
N Phillip	run out	34
S Turner	not out	30
RE East	not out	2
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(6 wickets, 53.3 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-17, 3-76, 4-77, 5-99, 6-156

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	15	3	49	1	-	-
Arnold	16.3	3	39	2	-	-
Greig	10	2	24	1	-	-
Buss	12	2	34	1	-	-

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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
--> AW Greig made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AW Greig made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GD Mendis (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in First-Class matches
--> GD Mendis (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in County Championship matches
--> KS McEwan (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 12
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 27000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65

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