f32632 cc15588	Essex v Sussex
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 7th, 9th, 10th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Sussex 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	RS Herman, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 28/0 (Wessels 21*, Barclay 6*; 12 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 146/6 (Phillipson 26*, Arnold 12*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	st Long b Waller	136		297	16	-
GA Gooch	c Barclay b Phillipson	86
KS McEwan	c Long b Arnold	29
*KWR Fletcher	not out	52
BR Hardie	lbw b Phillipson	1
KR Pont	b Waller	17
N Phillip	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 11 nb)	17
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 99.3 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-170, 2-230, 3-292, 4-295, 5-338 (99.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	17	4	61	0	-	-
Arnold	19	3	50	1	-	-
Phillipson	21	4	55	2	-	-
Spencer	14	2	51	0	-	-
Waller	22.3	3	79	2	-	-
Barclay	6	1	25	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c Smith b Lever	21
JRT Barclay	c Fletcher b Turner	40
GD Mendis	lbw b Lever	19
PWG Parker	c McEwan b Phillip	13
Imran Khan	c Gooch b Phillip	1
PJ Graves	c Smith b Phillip	0
CP Phillipson	c Smith b Turner	6
GG Arnold	b Phillip	14
*+A Long	not out	5
J Spencer	b Lever	4
CE Waller	c Gooch b Turner	6
Extras	(9 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-52, 3-71, 4-78, 5-82, 6-100, 7-126, 8-130, 9-136, 10-143 (60 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	5	46	3	-	-
Phillip	17	8	42	4	-	-
Turner	15	5	17	3	-	-
Pont	7	1	19	0	-	-
East	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c Turner b Lever	33
JRT Barclay	c Hardie b Lever	3
GD Mendis	c East b Phillip	0
PWG Parker	c Gooch b Lever	41
Imran Khan	c Smith b Lever	2
PJ Graves	c McEwan b Pont	16
CP Phillipson	lbw b Turner	42
GG Arnold	c Smith b Phillip	21
*+A Long	c Smith b Phillip	2
J Spencer	c Fletcher b Phillip	9
CE Waller	not out	8
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 15 nb, 3 w)	27
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-18, 3-71, 4-81, 5-82, 6-124, 7-155, 8-160, 9-180, 10-204 (72 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	24	7	67	4	-	-
Phillip	19	5	55	4	-	-
Turner	17	6	29	1	-	-
Pont	6	1	16	1	-	-
East	6	3	10	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	not out	4
GA Gooch	not out	5
KS McEwan	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
BR Hardie	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(no wicket, 2 overs)	12

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	1	1	0	0	-	-
Barclay	1	0	9	0	-	-

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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
--> MH Denness (1) passed 24500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 98
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> KC Wessels (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> CP Phillipson (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> N Phillip reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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