f32603 cc15569	Leicestershire v Sussex
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 20th, 21st, 22nd June 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Sussex 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	TW Spencer, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 32/1 (Steele 24*, Dudleston 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 254/4 (Steele 155*, Schepens 4*; 89 overs)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	lbw b Shuttleworth	80
JRT Barclay	lbw b Higgs	7
GD Mendis	c Balderstone b Taylor	0
PWG Parker	lbw b Taylor	0
PJ Graves	c and b Higgs	47
CP Phillipson	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	0
ACS Pigott	lbw b Higgs	28
GG Arnold	c Higgs b Clift	51
*+A Long	c Tolchard b Taylor	28
J Spencer	not out	16
CE Waller	not out	18
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 9 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-59, 3-64, 4-126, 5-136, 6-158, 7-188, 8-262, 9-262

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	22	3	88	3	-	-
Higgs	21	7	47	3	-	-
Shuttleworth	25	8	58	2	-	-
Clift	24	5	57	1	-	-
Steele	5	2	15	0	-	-
Balderstone	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	not out	155		271	19	1
NE Briers	lbw b Spencer	0
B Dudleston	c Long b Spencer	15
BF Davison	c Long b Arnold	31
JC Balderstone	c Wessels b Phillipson	35
M Schepens	not out	4
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 9 nb)	14
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 89.3 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-59, 3-122, 4-244

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pigott	8	1	41	0	-	-
Spencer	20	5	54	2	-	-
Phillipson	7	1	15	1	-	-
Waller	29	9	79	0	-	-
Arnold	19.3	7	41	1	-	-
Barclay	6	2	10	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c and b Balderstone	14
JRT Barclay	c Balderstone b Steele	13
GD Mendis	lbw b Steele	1
PWG Parker	st Tolchard b Steele	1
PJ Graves	lbw b Dudleston	20
CP Phillipson	c Higgs b Dudleston	32
ACS Pigott	c Davison b Clift	19
*+A Long	b Clift	17
GG Arnold	c Briers b Clift	13
J Spencer	not out	7
CE Waller	not out	8
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-29, 3-30, 4-30, 5-56, 6-96, 7-118, 8-133, 9-137

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	6	1	17	0	-	-
Higgs	5	2	4	0	-	-
Clift	20	4	42	3	-	-
Steele	17	7	20	3	-	-
Balderstone	24	10	37	1	-	-
Dudleston	15	8	25	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c and b Spencer	4
NE Briers	lbw b Barclay	48
B Dudleston	c Long b Arnold	1
BF Davison	b Waller	41
+RW Tolchard	c Waller b Barclay	11
PB Clift	c Mendis b Barclay	0
JC Balderstone	not out	12
M Schepens	c Mendis b Barclay	6
K Shuttleworth	not out	5
*K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(7 wickets, 39 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-17, 3-88, 4-105, 5-107, 6-110, 7-122

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	3	0	18	1	-	-
Waller	16	2	45	1	-	-
Arnold	6	2	21	1	-	-
Barclay	13	4	40	4	-	-
Wessels	1	0	4	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
--> ACS Pigott (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> ACS Pigott (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> GG Arnold (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> A Long (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> JF Steele (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 115
--> A Long (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> NE Briers (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> LB Taylor reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> JRT Barclay reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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