f34686 cc16327	Sussex v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1983
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 2nd, 4th, 5th July 1983 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northamptonshire won by 119 runs
Points	Sussex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 21 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	R Julian, R Palmer
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 23/0 (Mendis 4*, Heath 18*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 73/1 (Cook 36*, Willey 37*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Parker b Jones	58
W Larkins	b le Roux	93
P Willey	lbw b Reeve	39
AJ Lamb	c Gould b Reeve	44
RG Williams	c Gould b Reeve	0
RJ Boyd-Moss	c Gould b Wells	22
DS Steele	lbw b Reeve	0
+G Sharp	b Wells	23
NA Mallender	b Wells	8
JA Carse	not out	6
BJ Griffiths	b Wells	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 95.5 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-124, 2-169, 3-236, 4-236, 5-247, 6-247, 7-284, 8-293, 9-296, 10-300 (95.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	19	4	49	1	-	-
Jones	13	3	57	1	-	-
Reeve	25	5	80	4	-	-
Wells	17.5	2	69	4	-	-
Waller	21	4	38	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	not out	121		320	11	1
JRP Heath	b Griffiths	39
*JRT Barclay	c Sharp b Griffiths	16
Imran Khan	c Lamb b Steele	17
PWG Parker	not out	39
CM Wells	did not bat
+IJ Gould	did not bat
GS le Roux	did not bat
DA Reeve	did not bat
CE Waller	did not bat
AN Jones	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 7 nb)	18
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 89.2 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-127, 3-146

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carse	17	3	59	0	-	-
Mallender	17	1	48	0	-	-
Griffiths	24	4	62	2	-	-
Willey	7	2	21	0	-	-
Steele	24.2	10	42	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Mendis b Waller	67
W Larkins	c Heath b Jones	0
P Willey	c le Roux b Waller	80
AJ Lamb	st Gould b Waller	35
RG Williams	not out	26
RJ Boyd-Moss	st Gould b Waller	9
DS Steele	not out	5
+G Sharp	did not bat
NA Mallender	did not bat
JA Carse	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-114, 3-167, 4-196, 5-216

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	9	0	37	0	-	-
Jones	6	0	37	1	-	-
Reeve	9	3	33	0	-	-
Wells	8	1	38	0	-	-
Waller	29	6	58	4	-	-
Barclay	5	0	19	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Mendis	c Sharp b Steele	18
JRP Heath	b Mallender	2
*JRT Barclay	b Carse	41
Imran Khan	c Sharp b Carse	0
PWG Parker	c Cook b Steele	3
CM Wells	c Lamb b Steele	0
+IJ Gould	b Griffiths	44
GS le Roux	b Willey	11
DA Reeve	b Willey	2
CE Waller	b Griffiths	21
AN Jones	not out	1
Extras	(5 lb, 6 w)	11
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-35, 3-56, 4-63, 5-63, 6-93, 7-124, 8-132, 9-136, 10-154 (35.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carse	9	0	43	2	-	-
Mallender	5	0	23	1	-	-
Griffiths	8.5	0	45	2	-	-
Willey	6	2	14	2	-	-
Steele	7	3	18	3	-	-

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Notes
--> JRP Heath (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> PWG Parker (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> DA Reeve achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 3-48)
--> CM Wells reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> CM Wells achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 3-9)
--> DA Reeve achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 3-48)

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