f31635 cc15223	Sussex v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 29th, 30th June, 1st July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 37 runs
Points	Sussex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Somerset 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	TF Brooks, WL Budd
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 55/0 (Rose 42*, Close 12*; 18 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 35/3 (Graves 16*, Spencer 6*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	b Botham	24
PJ Graves	c Richards b Moseley	39
RDV Knight	c Taylor b Botham	10
Javed Miandad	b Dredge	23
*AW Greig	c Dredge b Botham	21
MA Buss	c Kitchen b Dredge	77
GD Mendis	c Botham b Moseley	0
JA Snow	c Kitchen b Clapp	44
+A Long	c Rose b Botham	2
J Spencer	not out	7
CE Waller	c Close b Clapp	8
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 5 w)	15
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-77, 3-80, 4-115, 5-133, 6-134, 7-220, 8-237, 9-260, 10-270 (97.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	32	5	111	4	-	-
Moseley	27	6	61	2	-	-
Dredge	18	5	38	2	-	-
Clapp	15.1	6	35	2	-	-
Breakwell	5	0	10	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Greig b Snow	42
*DB Close	c Buss b Spencer	27
IVA Richards	c Graves b Spencer	204		224	21	6
MJ Kitchen	c Long b Waller	51			11	-
IT Botham	c Graves b Spencer	62
PA Slocombe	c Waller b Spencer	14
+DJS Taylor	c and b Spencer	12
D Breakwell	c Waller b Greig	0
CH Dredge	not out	9
HR Moseley	not out	10
RJ Clapp	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 8 nb)	17
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 102 overs)	448
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-105, 3-225, 4-399, 5-408, 6-428, 7-429, 8-429

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	20	4	68	1	-	-
Spencer	27	4	116	5	-	-
Greig	20	2	71	1	-	-
Buss	8	0	29	0	-	-
Knight	5	0	27	0	-	-
Waller	11	1	47	1	-	-
Javed Miandad	11	1	73	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	c Richards b Botham	0
PJ Graves	lbw b Moseley	16
RDV Knight	lbw b Botham	7
Javed Miandad	b Moseley	5
CE Waller	b Botham	15
*AW Greig	c Close b Botham	5
MA Buss	c Richards b Clapp	45
GD Mendis	c Moseley b Clapp	23
JA Snow	c Dredge b Botham	9
+A Long	not out	2
J Spencer	c Dredge b Botham	13
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 56.5 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-22, 4-41, 5-46, 6-47, 7-115, 8-116, 9-124, 10-141 (56.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	23.5	10	50	6	-	-
Moseley	16	3	50	2	-	-
Dredge	13	4	38	0	-	-
Clapp	4	2	2	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
--> Day 2 Lunch: Somerset (1) ?/? (Richards 100*, [unknown] ?*)
--> RJ Clapp made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJ Clapp made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DB Close (1) passed 25000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 39
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 110
--> IT Botham (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> IT Botham reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings

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