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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 2nd, 4th, 5th June 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Derbyshire won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Sussex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Derbyshire 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | WL Budd, AGT Whitehead |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 197 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (2) 16/0 (Wessels 10*, Barclay 6*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KC Wessels | c Barnett b Hendrick | 10 | |||||
| JRT Barclay | lbw b Steele | 70 | |||||
| GD Mendis | c Tunnicliffe b Hendrick | 3 | |||||
| PWG Parker | c Taylor b Tunnicliffe | 10 | |||||
| Imran Khan | c Taylor b Hendrick | 4 | |||||
| PJ Graves | c Taylor b Hendrick | 43 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | b Steele | 17 | |||||
| ACS Pigott | b Miller | 10 | |||||
| *+A Long | c Wright b Miller | 1 | |||||
| J Spencer | c Wright b Miller | 5 | |||||
| CE Waller | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 9 lb, 5 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91.5 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-14, 3-28, 4-41, 5-123, 6-176, 7-185, 8-190, 9-196, 10-197 (91.5 ov) | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hendrick | 24 | 9 | 32 | 4 | - | - | |
| Tunnicliffe | 20 | 7 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 25.5 | 9 | 47 | 3 | - | - | |
| Russell | 8 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Steele | 14 | 3 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Derbyshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Hill | c +Mendis b Pigott | 38 | |||||
| JG Wright | c Parker b Waller | 115 | 242 | 15 | 1 | ||
| *DS Steele | c Phillipson b Pigott | 1 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | c Phillipson b Imran Khan | 40 | |||||
| AJ Borrington | c +Mendis b Pigott | 9 | |||||
| G Miller | c Wessels b Imran Khan | 9 | |||||
| KJ Barnett | c +Mendis b Pigott | 5 | |||||
| +RW Taylor | c Parker b Waller | 16 | |||||
| CJ Tunnicliffe | not out | 31 | |||||
| PE Russell | b Imran Khan | 1 | |||||
| M Hendrick | c +Mendis b Spencer | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 4 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 101.4 overs) | 280 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-103, 2-109, 3-189, 4-203, 5-213, 6-226, 7-237, 8-253, 9-271, 10-280 (101.4 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 29 | 8 | 71 | 3 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 20.4 | 9 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pigott | 18 | 3 | 72 | 4 | - | - | |
| Phillipson | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waller | 22 | 8 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 9 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KC Wessels | c sub (J Walters) b Miller | 113 | 220 | 14 | 2 | ||
| JRT Barclay | c Taylor b Hendrick | 6 | |||||
| GD Mendis | c Kirsten b Steele | 26 | |||||
| PWG Parker | b Miller | 53 | |||||
| Imran Khan | c Borrington b Miller | 10 | |||||
| PJ Graves | b Kirsten | 21 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | c Wright b Miller | 1 | |||||
| ACS Pigott | c Steele b Miller | 12 | |||||
| J Spencer | c sub (J Walters) b Barnett | 11 | |||||
| CE Waller | not out | 3 | |||||
| *+A Long | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88.4 overs) | 262 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-65, 3-195, 4-204, 5-232, 6-234, 7-246, 8-256, 9-262 (88.4 ov) | |||||||
| Derbyshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hendrick | 14 | 4 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tunnicliffe | 9 | 4 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Miller | 32 | 9 | 84 | 5 | - | - | |
| Steele | 15 | 4 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barnett | 8.4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kirsten | 10 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Derbyshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Hill | c +Mendis b Imran Khan | 33 | |||||
| JG Wright | c Parker b Imran Khan | 61 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | c +Mendis b Spencer | 40 | |||||
| AJ Borrington | not out | 31 | |||||
| KJ Barnett | not out | 7 | |||||
| *DS Steele | did not bat | ||||||
| G Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Tunnicliffe | did not bat | ||||||
| PE Russell | did not bat | ||||||
| M Hendrick | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 36.4 overs) | 180 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-92, 2-103, 3-156 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 13 | 0 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 4.4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pigott | 4 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waller | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
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
--> CJ Tunnicliffe (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> ACS Pigott (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> ACS Pigott (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> PN Kirsten (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> G Miller reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings
GD Mendis kept wicket in both Derbyshire innings because Long was injured
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