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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 29th, 30th August 1878 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | JB Hide, C Payne |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (2) 41/9 (Lillywhite 5*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Sharp | b Boyle | 25 | |||||
| H Whitfeld | b Allan | 1 | |||||
| HRJ Charlwood | b Boyle | 18 | |||||
| FB Whitfeld | b Spofforth | 1 | |||||
| *FFJ Greenfield | not out | 9 | |||||
| WA Bettesworth | b Spofforth | 2 | |||||
| AW Anstruther | c Allan b Boyle | 9 | |||||
| J Lillywhite | st +Murdoch b Boyle | 0 | |||||
| WB Weighell | run out | 0 | |||||
| +GT Humphreys | c Bailey b Spofforth | 1 | |||||
| A Smith | b Boyle | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54 overs) | 80 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-41, 3-50, 4-50, 5-52, 6-63, 7-63, 8-69, 9-71, 10-80 (54 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spofforth | 27 | 12 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Allan | 8 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 19 | 8 | 26 | 5 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Bannerman | c Bettesworth b Greenfield | 1 | |||||
| C Bannerman | b Lillywhite | 15 | |||||
| TP Horan | run out | 2 | |||||
| GH Bailey | c Greenfield b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| WL Murdoch | c Weighell b Greenfield | 0 | |||||
| *DW Gregory | b Lillywhite | 5 | |||||
| TW Garrett | c Charlwood b Lillywhite | 4 | |||||
| FR Spofforth | c Charlwood b Greenfield | 2 | |||||
| FE Allan | c FB Whitfeld b Lillywhite | 4 | |||||
| +JM Blackham | not out | 23 | |||||
| HF Boyle | c Sharp b Greenfield | 18 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.1 overs) | 75 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-10, 3-10, 4-15, 5-23, 6-24, 7-27, 8-29, 9-38, 10-75 (72.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillywhite | 36 | 22 | 25 | 5 | - | - | |
| Greenfield | 25.1 | 8 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Smith | 11 | 7 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Sharp | c Bailey b Boyle | 3 | |||||
| *FFJ Greenfield | c Bailey b Spofforth | 21 | |||||
| HRJ Charlwood | st +Murdoch b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| H Whitfeld | st +Murdoch b Boyle | 7 | |||||
| WA Bettesworth | b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| FB Whitfeld | b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| AW Anstruther | c sub b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| J Lillywhite | b Spofforth | 11 | |||||
| WB Weighell | st +Murdoch b Boyle | 4 | |||||
| A Smith | b Boyle | 0 | |||||
| +GT Humphreys | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34.3 overs) | 47 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-11, 3-30, 4-31, 5-31, 6-31, 7-35, 8-41, 9-41, 10-47 (34.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spofforth | 17.3 | 6 | 31 | 6 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 17 | 10 | 15 | 4 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Bannerman | c FB Whitfeld b Lillywhite | 8 | |||||
| C Bannerman | c Humphreys b Lillywhite | 16 | |||||
| TP Horan | c FB Whitfeld b Greenfield | 3 | |||||
| GH Bailey | not out | 21 | |||||
| WL Murdoch | not out | 5 | |||||
| *DW Gregory | did not bat | ||||||
| TW Garrett | did not bat | ||||||
| FR Spofforth | did not bat | ||||||
| FE Allan | did not bat | ||||||
| +JM Blackham | did not bat | ||||||
| HF Boyle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 67.1 overs) | 53 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-24, 3-30 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillywhite | 33.1 | 22 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greenfield | 34 | 20 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> FB Whitfeld made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WB Weighell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
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