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| Venue | Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 13th, 14th, 15th August 1980 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Sussex Second XI 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Essex Second XI 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | JR Cave, AB Thomas |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex Second XI (1) 214/7 |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex Second XI (1) 314/4 (Pont 66*, Stone 14*) |
| Sussex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JRP Heath | c Pont b Foster | 29 | |||||
| +TJ Head | b Foster | 19 | |||||
| AM Green | c Lowe b Foster | 3 | |||||
| P Harris | c McEvoy b Pont | 23 | |||||
| A Beer | b Sainsbury | 70 | |||||
| *ACS Pigott | c and b Pont | 8 | |||||
| PJ Hayes | not out | 74 | |||||
| GD Sprenger | c Taylor b Stone | 7 | |||||
| MR Donald | not out | 65 | |||||
| CDB Fletcher | did not bat | ||||||
| A Willows | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs) | 314 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48 (Heath), 2-53 (Head), 3-54 (Green), 4-105 (Harris), 5-138 (Pigott), 6-173 (Beer), 7-199 (Sprenger) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Foster | 26 | 7 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sainsbury | 26 | 3 | 84 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Pont | 17 | 5 | 33 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Herbert | 20 | 6 | 71 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stone | 11 | 2 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Gladwin | b Willows | 33 | |||||
| MSA McEvoy | retired hurt | 24 | |||||
| RJ Leiper | lbw b Willows | 27 | |||||
| AW Lilley | c Beer b Willows | 121 | |||||
| KR Pont | not out | 66 | |||||
| R Herbert | c Willows b Fletcher | 11 | |||||
| C Stone | not out | 14 | |||||
| +E Lowe | did not bat | ||||||
| NA Foster | did not bat | ||||||
| GE Sainsbury | did not bat | ||||||
| *B Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 91 overs) | 314 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-70 (Gladwin), 2-155 (Leiper), 3-246 (Lilley), 4-273 (Herbert) | |||||||
| Sussex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pigott | 17 | 4 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fletcher | 15 | 2 | 50 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Willows | 27 | 9 | 77 | 3 | - | - | |
| Heath | 10 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Donald | 15 | 4 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hayes | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |