f31618 cc15213	Essex v Sussex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 25th, 27th, 28th June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Sussex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	HD Bird, TF Brooks
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 12/1 (Hardie 7*, East 1*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 70/1 (Barclay 10*, Knight 16*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	c Smith b Turner	35
KC Wessels	lbw b Lever	0
RDV Knight	b East	52
Javed Miandad	c Hardie b East	33
PJ Graves	b Turner	23
*AW Greig	c Hardie b East	30
MA Buss	run out	2
JA Snow	b East	7
+A Long	c Pont b Acfield	17
J Spencer	not out	43
CE Waller	b Acfield	1
Extras	(12 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-71, 3-125, 4-140, 5-189, 6-193, 7-194, 8-200, 9-243, 10-263 (99.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	25	5	71	1	-	-
Turner	31	7	73	2	-	-
Gooch	6	0	21	0	-	-
East	30	8	63	4	-	-
Acfield	7.5	3	15	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Long b Snow	7
MH Denness	b Spencer	1
RE East	c Long b Spencer	3
KS McEwan	c Javed Miandad b Greig	218		248	35	2
*KWR Fletcher	c and b Greig	70
GA Gooch	c Spencer b Buss	16
KR Pont	b Greig	22
S Turner	not out	18
+N Smith	c Greig b Snow	7
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb, 5 w)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 98.4 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-12, 3-12, 4-270, 5-315, 6-325, 7-356, 8-371 (98.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	20.4	3	64	2	-	-
Spencer	12	5	29	2	-	-
Greig	17	0	95	3	-	-
Buss	29	12	65	1	-	-
Javed Miandad	8	1	34	0	-	-
Waller	12	2	75	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	st Smith b Acfield	24
KC Wessels	c Smith b Lever	39
RDV Knight	c Hardie b East	81
Javed Miandad	c McEwan b East	9
*AW Greig	c Hardie b Pont	88
PJ Graves	lbw b Acfield	16
MA Buss	lbw b Gooch	8
JA Snow	b Gooch	4
+A Long	not out	8
J Spencer	not out	8
CE Waller	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 126 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-124, 3-139, 4-173, 5-216, 6-276, 7-280, 8-293

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	22	6	60	1	-	-
Turner	19	4	42	0	-	-
Gooch	5	2	14	2	-	-
East	35	12	61	2	-	-
Acfield	36	10	67	2	-	-
Pont	6	2	32	1	-	-
McEwan	2	1	7	0	-	-
Hardie	1	0	2	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
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) ?/? (McEwan 103*, [unknown] ?*)
--> Javed Miandad (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> KS McEwan (1) passed his previous highest score of 156 in County Championship matches
--> KS McEwan (1) passed his previous highest score of 156 in First-Class matches
--> AW Greig (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> JA Snow reached 1150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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