f32099 cc15382	Somerset v Sussex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 14th, 15th, 16th June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 38 runs
Points	Somerset 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Sussex 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1)
Umpires	R Aspinall, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 123/4 (Roebuck 19*, Rose 34*; 55 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 313/6 (Burgess 33*, Taylor 4*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	lbw b Jennings	15
GD Mendis	c Kitchen b Garner	12
JJ Groome	c Taylor b Garner	14
Imran Khan	b Jennings	0
CP Phillipson	c Taylor b Garner	2
SJ Storey	b Dredge	1
MA Buss	c Taylor b Dredge	3
*+A Long	c Kitchen b Garner	31
J Spencer	c Jennings b Dredge	30
RGL Cheatle	b Garner	21
RPT Marshall	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-38, 3-38, 4-45, 5-53, 6-57, 7-58, 8-112, 9-150, 10-155 (66.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	23.1	7	50	5	-	-
Dredge	14	5	44	3	-	-
Burgess	7	2	13	0	-	-
Jennings	22	11	26	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Denning	c Mendis b Marshall	16
PA Slocombe	c Long b Spencer	13
IVA Richards	c Cheatle b Marshall	36
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Spencer	1
PM Roebuck	b Spencer	77
*BC Rose	b Phillipson	112		247	14	-
GI Burgess	not out	33
+DJS Taylor	not out	4
J Garner	did not bat
KF Jennings	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-61, 3-67, 4-67, 5-261, 6-289

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marshall	27	5	93	2	-	-
Spencer	44	14	93	3	-	-
Storey	10	4	12	0	-	-
Phillipson	21	6	52	1	-	-
Cheatle	15	5	32	0	-	-
Barclay	5	1	10	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	b Dredge	15
GD Mendis	c Burgess b Dredge	2
JJ Groome	c Jennings b Dredge	5
Imran Khan	c Dredge b Burgess	26
CP Phillipson	b Richards	15
SJ Storey	b Richards	6
MA Buss	retired hurt	0
*+A Long	c Rose b Garner	2
J Spencer	c Rose b Dredge	8
RGL Cheatle	run out	32
RPT Marshall	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 62.5 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-14, 3-47, 4-49, 5-61, 6-66, 7-77, 8-101, 9-120 (62.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	18	9	29	1	-	-
Dredge	18	7	29	4	-	-
Burgess	13	6	23	1	-	-
Jennings	3	2	1	0	-	-
Roebuck	6	0	22	0	-	-
Richards	4.5	2	11	2	-	-

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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
--> J Spencer (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> PM Roebuck (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 48
--> MA Buss retired hurt in the Sussex second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 5 wickets)

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