f31066 cc14993	Sussex v Somerset
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 12th, 13th, 14th May 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Somerset 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WL Budd, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 239/7 (Breakwell 17*, Denning 4*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 29/0 (Rose 22*, Slocombe 7*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Long b Spencer	67
PA Slocombe	lbw b Snow	7
PW Denning	c Long b Snow	10
*DB Close	b Barclay	59
MJ Kitchen	st Long b Barclay	51
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Waller	10
GI Burgess	b Waller	4
IT Botham	c Spencer b Waller	6
D Breakwell	c Graves b Spencer	18
HR Moseley	not out	1
RJ Clapp	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-131, 3-165, 4-186, 5-192, 6-212, 7-220, 8-247, 9-247

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	20	5	50	2	-	-
Spencer	30	8	69	2	-	-
Greig	3	2	3	0	-	-
Buss	9	2	22	0	-	-
Knight	11	1	24	0	-	-
Barclay	16	6	38	2	-	-
Waller	11	2	29	3	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	lbw b Clapp	23
JJ Groome	c Burgess b Botham	41
RDV Knight	c Botham b Moseley	80
PJ Graves	not out	133		191	18	1
*AW Greig	run out	41
MJJ Faber	c Taylor b Botham	0
MA Buss	b Moseley	16
+A Long	run out	2
JA Snow	did not bat
J Spencer	did not bat
CE Waller	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 13 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	24
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 98.5 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-89, 3-230, 4-321, 5-323, 6-353, 7-360 (98.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	27	7	86	2	-	-
Botham	29.5	5	113	2	-	-
Burgess	22	4	71	0	-	-
Clapp	9	0	28	1	-	-
Breakwell	8	1	33	0	-	-
Close	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Graves b Spencer	42
PA Slocombe	c Long b Spencer	15
PW Denning	c Faber b Waller	66
MJ Kitchen	c Long b Spencer	10
+DJS Taylor	c Long b Knight	82
GI Burgess	c Greig b Waller	0
*DB Close	c Graves b Waller	10
IT Botham	b Buss	97		79
D Breakwell	c Spencer b Buss	4
HR Moseley	not out	4
RJ Clapp	b Buss	0
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 120.2 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-60, 3-86, 4-188, 5-188, 6-206, 7-331, 8-339, 9-343, 10-346 (120.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	22	5	45	0	-	-
Spencer	18	7	33	3	-	-
Greig	25	5	93	0	-	-
Buss	10.2	6	13	3	-	-
Knight	13	1	45	1	-	-
Barclay	10	1	38	0	-	-
Waller	22	9	63	3	-	-

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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
--> RDV Knight (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> AW Greig (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> DB Close (2) passed 33500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> IT Botham (2) passed his previous highest score of 65 in First-Class matches
--> IT Botham (2) passed his previous highest score of 65 in County Championship matches
--> IT Botham (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 85
--> JA Snow reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> CE Waller reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> MA Buss reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> PW Denning retired hurt in the Somerset first innings (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 220/7

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