f32069 cc15361	Sussex v Gloucestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 1 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	WE Alley, RT Wilson
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 99/0 (Barclay 28*, Mendis 60*; 40 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 96/1 (Stovold 35*, Zaheer Abbas 33*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c Long b Imran Khan	0
A Tait	c Mendis b Spencer	28
Zaheer Abbas	c Cheatle b Arnold	23
NHC Cooper	lbw b Spencer	8
*MJ Procter	c Cheatle b Imran Khan	15
DR Shepherd	c Long b Arnold	8
MD Partridge	c Long b Imran Khan	12
DA Graveney	b Spencer	15
+AJ Brassington	lbw b Spencer	10
BM Brain	c Arnold b Buss	0
J Davey	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-34, 3-56, 4-75, 5-81, 6-100, 7-102, 8-125, 9-129, 10-129 (70.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	17	6	44	3	-	-
Arnold	16	4	33	2	-	-
Spencer	22	10	25	4	-	-
Buss	15.2	10	17	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	c Zaheer Abbas b Davey	35
GD Mendis	c Tait b Procter	108		281	9	-
PWG Parker	c Procter b Partridge	19
Imran Khan	c Graveney b Brain	167		125	20	4
CP Phillipson	c Cooper b Brain	36
KB Smith	lbw b Procter	4
*+A Long	c Brassington b Brain	9
GG Arnold	not out	6
J Spencer	not out	14
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
MA Buss	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb, 8 nb)	26
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	424
Fall of wickets:
1-110, 2-139, 3-267, 4-370, 5-385, 6-400, 7-403

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	36	7	110	2	-	-
Brain	23	3	83	3	-	-
Davey	19	2	51	1	-	-
Partridge	15	1	45	1	-	-
Graveney	25	6	109	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	run out	41
A Tait	c Parker b Cheatle	18
Zaheer Abbas	c Imran Khan b Cheatle	213		317	27	4
NHC Cooper	b Imran Khan	0
*MJ Procter	c Cheatle b Spencer	13
DR Shepherd	c Long b Spencer	2
MD Partridge	c Long b Cheatle	7
DA Graveney	c and b Phillipson	14
+AJ Brassington	run out	22
BM Brain	c Mendis b Barclay	26
J Davey	not out	8
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 133.3 overs)	381
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-113, 3-115, 4-145, 5-155, 6-217, 7-294, 8-342, 9-348, 10-381 (133.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	32	5	84	1	-	-
Arnold	3	0	11	0	-	-
Spencer	31	7	65	2	-	-
Phillipson	15	4	51	1	-	-
Cheatle	38	17	92	3	-	-
Barclay	14.3	1	61	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	lbw b Procter	6
GD Mendis	not out	42
PWG Parker	c Shepherd b Brain	1
Imran Khan	b Procter	2
CP Phillipson	lbw b Procter	0
KB Smith	b Brain	0
*+A Long	b Brain	15
J Spencer	b Brain	5
RGL Cheatle	run out	3
GG Arnold	not out	1
MA Buss	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 20 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-25, 3-32, 4-32, 5-33, 6-68, 7-78, 8-82

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	10	2	35	3	-	-
Brain	10	1	40	4	-	-

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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
--> GD Mendis (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in First-Class matches
--> GD Mendis (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GD Mendis (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in County Championship matches
--> GD Mendis (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> PWG Parker (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> Imran Khan (1) 100 in 95 minutes
--> Imran Khan (1) passed his previous highest score of 166 in County Championship matches
--> Imran Khan (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 47
--> Imran Khan (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68
--> CP Phillipson (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> Zaheer Abbas (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 97
--> Imran Khan reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> GG Arnold reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> J Spencer reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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