f32696 cc15639	Sussex v Kent
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
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*)

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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
--> 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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