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| Venue | The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Sussex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Kent 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | A Jepson, J van Geloven |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 10/1 (Woolmer 5*, Downton 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (2) 65/3 (Wessels 45*, Spencer 0*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KC Wessels | run out | 187 | 308 | 21 | - | ||
| JRT Barclay | c Tavaré b Dilley | 0 | |||||
| GD Mendis | b Dilley | 2 | |||||
| PWG Parker | c Johnson b Underwood | 74 | |||||
| Imran Khan | b Shepherd | 52 | |||||
| PJ Graves | c Ealham b Shepherd | 28 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | c Downton b Shepherd | 15 | |||||
| GG Arnold | c Woolmer b Shepherd | 0 | |||||
| *+A Long | not out | 2 | |||||
| J Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Waller | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 9 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 99.3 overs) | 374 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-8, 3-214, 4-323, 5-333, 6-364, 7-365, 8-374 (99.3 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dilley | 17 | 0 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jarvis | 27 | 2 | 129 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 23.3 | 3 | 88 | 4 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 20 | 9 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 12 | 3 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Woolmer | c and b Waller | 43 | |||||
| GW Johnson | c Long b Arnold | 4 | |||||
| +PR Downton | c Phillipson b Barclay | 18 | |||||
| CJ Tavaré | c and b Waller | 43 | |||||
| Asif Iqbal | c Barclay b Waller | 47 | |||||
| *AGE Ealham | lbw b Waller | 15 | |||||
| JN Shepherd | c Imran Khan b Barclay | 6 | |||||
| CS Cowdrey | c Phillipson b Barclay | 5 | |||||
| GR Dilley | not out | 32 | |||||
| DL Underwood | b Barclay | 1 | |||||
| KBS Jarvis | b Imran Khan | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.5 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-76, 3-78, 4-168, 5-195, 6-196, 7-206, 8-207, 9-212, 10-249 (97.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 13.5 | 4 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 22 | 13 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waller | 30 | 8 | 64 | 4 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 22 | 6 | 81 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KC Wessels | b Underwood | 62 | |||||
| JRT Barclay | b Dilley | 4 | |||||
| GD Mendis | st Downton b Underwood | 9 | |||||
| PWG Parker | b Underwood | 5 | |||||
| J Spencer | not out | 20 | |||||
| Imran Khan | not out | 2 | |||||
| PJ Graves | did not bat | ||||||
| CP Phillipson | did not bat | ||||||
| GG Arnold | did not bat | ||||||
| *+A Long | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Waller | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 3 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 41.2 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-53, 3-64, 4-106 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dilley | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jarvis | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 16.2 | 10 | 17 | 3 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 14 | 4 | 36 | 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
--> KC Wessels (1) passed his previous highest score of 138 in County Championship matches
--> KC Wessels (1) passed his previous highest score of 146 in First-Class matches
--> RA Woolmer (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> KC Wessels (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 38
--> CE Waller reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings
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