a1639	Somerset v Sussex
	John Player League 1976
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 2nd May 1976 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Sussex 4
Umpires	WE Alley, DGL Evans

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+DJS Taylor	b Spencer	2
BC Rose	b Spencer	20
PW Denning	not out	45
*DB Close	lbw b Greig	1
PA Slocombe	run out	13
MJ Kitchen	run out	1
GI Burgess	c Graves b Greig	5
IT Botham	run out	11
TW Cartwright	retired hurt	2
HR Moseley	b Snow	9
RJ Clapp	not out	1
Extras	(12 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 39 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-35, 3-43, 4-65, 5-70, 6-83, 7-97, 8-114

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Snow	7	2	15	1	-	-	42.00	2.14
Spencer	8	2	17	2	-	-	24.00	2.12
Buss	8	1	31	0	-	-	-	3.88
Greig	8	0	26	2	-	-	24.00	3.25
Phillipson	7	0	20	0	-	-	-	2.86
Barclay	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.00

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Sussex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MA Buss	c and b Botham	38
MJJ Faber	c Close b Clapp	9
RDV Knight	not out	35
*AW Greig	not out	28
PJ Graves	did not bat
JJ Groome	did not bat
JRT Barclay	did not bat
+A Long	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
J Spencer	did not bat
CP Phillipson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(2 wickets, 32.5 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-72

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Moseley	8	0	25	0	-	-	-	3.12
Clapp	4	2	10	1	-	-	24.00	2.50
Burgess	8	1	18	0	-	-	-	2.25
Botham	8	1	22	1	-	-	48.00	2.75
Rose	4	0	29	0	-	-	-	7.25
Kitchen	0.5	0	6	0	-	-	-	7.20

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Notes
--> The match was reduced to 39 overs per side
--> IT Botham reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex innings
--> TW Cartwright retired hurt in the Somerset innings having scored 2 (team had lost 7 wickets)

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