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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 11th, 13th, 14th July 1981 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Sussex won by 6 wickets | 
| Points | Somerset 4 (Bowling 4); Sussex 22 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) | 
| Umpires | DJ Halfyard, AGT Whitehead | 
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 225/9 (le Roux 58*, Waller 22*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 315/6 (Denning 34*, Taylor 0*) | 
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | c Wells b le Roux | 6 | |||||
| JW Lloyds | b Arnold | 3 | |||||
| IVA Richards | b le Roux | 8 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | c Phillipson b Greig | 31 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Arnold b Greig | 31 | |||||
| IT Botham | b Greig | 15 | |||||
| NFM Popplewell | c and b Arnold | 8 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | lbw b Greig | 0 | |||||
| D Breakwell | c Phillipson b Arnold | 0 | |||||
| HR Moseley | not out | 0 | |||||
| CH Dredge | c Gould b Arnold | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 24.5 overs) | 104 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-14, 3-23, 4-72, 5-83, 6-96, 7-96, 8-101, 9-104, 10-104 (24.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| le Roux | 6 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 11.5 | 3 | 30 | 4 | - | - | |
| Greig | 7 | 1 | 33 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GD Mendis | c Dredge b Botham | 25 | |||||
| *JRT Barclay | c Taylor b Dredge | 13 | |||||
| TD Booth Jones | c Richards b Botham | 0 | |||||
| PWG Parker | c Taylor b Moseley | 19 | |||||
| CM Wells | c Taylor b Botham | 1 | |||||
| IA Greig | c Taylor b Botham | 0 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | b Botham | 30 | |||||
| +IJ Gould | c Denning b Popplewell | 25 | |||||
| GS le Roux | not out | 65 | |||||
| GG Arnold | c Taylor b Popplewell | 13 | |||||
| CE Waller | c Taylor b Botham | 22 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 11 nb, 1 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.5 overs) | 233 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-40, 3-40, 4-54, 5-58, 6-63, 7-122, 8-122, 9-154, 10-233 (82.5 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 34.5 | 10 | 90 | 6 | - | - | |
| Moseley | 13 | 6 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 14 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 13 | 5 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Richards | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lloyds | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | run out | 82 | |||||
| JW Lloyds | b le Roux | 68 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c Barclay b le Roux | 26 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | c Phillipson b le Roux | 0 | |||||
| PW Denning | lbw b le Roux | 61 | |||||
| NFM Popplewell | b Greig | 4 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Greig b le Roux | 72 | 73 | ||||
| +DJS Taylor | c Gould b le Roux | 1 | |||||
| D Breakwell | not out | 21 | |||||
| CH Dredge | c Gould b le Roux | 0 | |||||
| HR Moseley | lbw b le Roux | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 10 w) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 105.2 overs) | 367 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-151, 2-191, 3-191, 4-192, 5-197, 6-305, 7-330, 8-351, 9-363, 10-367 (105.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| le Roux | 33.2 | 10 | 107 | 8 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 34 | 8 | 104 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greig | 22 | 3 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Waller | 11 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GD Mendis | b Breakwell | 12 | |||||
| *JRT Barclay | b Dredge | 4 | |||||
| TD Booth Jones | b Breakwell | 75 | |||||
| PWG Parker | not out | 105 | 200 | 11 | 1 | ||
| IA Greig | c Rose b Popplewell | 19 | |||||
| CM Wells | not out | 12 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | did not bat | ||||||
| +IJ Gould | did not bat | ||||||
| GS le Roux | did not bat | ||||||
| GG Arnold | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Waller | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 76.5 overs) | 242 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-24, 3-155, 4-205 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 17 | 5 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 14 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Richards | 9 | 0 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 27 | 8 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lloyds | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rose | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PM Roebuck (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> IA Greig (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> GS le Roux achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 7-40)
--> GS le Roux reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 8th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> GS le Roux achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 6-84)
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