f31651 cc15237	Somerset v Sussex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Sussex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 103/3 (Kitchen 16*, Botham 27*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 150/4 (Buss 6*, Spencer 4*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	c Kitchen b Garner	1
*PJ Graves	c Close b Botham	15
RDV Knight	c Kitchen b Dredge	10
Javed Miandad	c Gurr b Dredge	8
MA Buss	b Garner	6
PWG Parker	c Breakwell b Botham	89
GD Mendis	c Close b Botham	66
JA Snow	lbw b Botham	0
+A Long	lbw b Botham	2
J Spencer	not out	6
CE Waller	c Richards b Botham	0
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-23, 3-35, 4-44, 5-44, 6-196, 7-196, 8-206, 9-215, 10-219 (80.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	21	7	52	2	-	-
Botham	25.2	12	58	6	-	-
Gurr	11	1	33	0	-	-
Dredge	8	1	23	2	-	-
Breakwell	13	5	29	0	-	-
Richards	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Javed Miandad b Spencer	14
PA Slocombe	lbw b Snow	7
IVA Richards	c Long b Knight	38
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Spencer	20
IT Botham	c Waller b Snow	39
*DB Close	c Long b Knight	8
+DJS Taylor	not out	43
D Breakwell	c Knight b Buss	21
CH Dredge	lbw b Spencer	2
J Garner	c Graves b Spencer	15
DR Gurr	c Graves b Snow	4
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-21, 3-60, 4-122, 5-134, 6-134, 7-168, 8-173, 9-195, 10-225 (78.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	22.3	5	67	3	-	-
Spencer	27	12	52	4	-	-
Buss	13	3	37	1	-	-
Knight	10	2	46	2	-	-
Waller	6	1	9	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	c Taylor b Botham	30
*PJ Graves	b Gurr	44
RDV Knight	c Botham b Breakwell	3
Javed Miandad	c Gurr b Breakwell	59
MA Buss	b Botham	72
J Spencer	c Taylor b Garner	16
PWG Parker	c Taylor b Breakwell	9
GD Mendis	lbw b Gurr	25
JA Snow	b Gurr	4
+A Long	not out	35
CE Waller	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-73, 3-113, 4-141, 5-175, 6-184, 7-231, 8-241, 9-289

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	31	8	81	1	-	-
Botham	23	5	78	2	-	-
Gurr	17	2	64	3	-	-
Dredge	10	3	15	0	-	-
Breakwell	20	8	45	3	-	-
Richards	4	1	16	0	-	-
Slocombe	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	st Long b Barclay	26
PA Slocombe	c Long b Snow	2
IVA Richards	b Waller	89		71
MJ Kitchen	c Barclay b Waller	21
IT Botham	c Graves b Barclay	14
*DB Close	not out	19
+DJS Taylor	b Barclay	16
D Breakwell	c and b Javed Miandad	15
CH Dredge	c Buss b Javed Miandad	1
J Garner	not out	12
DR Gurr	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 11 nb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, 77 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-104, 3-136, 4-138, 5-167, 6-188, 7-210, 8-213

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	5	1	29	1	-	-
Spencer	6	2	30	0	-	-
Buss	9	4	20	0	-	-
Waller	22	5	67	2	-	-
Barclay	24	12	31	3	-	-
Javed Miandad	11	3	38	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
--> RDV Knight (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> J Garner (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> PJ Graves (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> IVA Richards (2) 50 in 37 minutes
--> DB Close (2) passed 34500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> IT Botham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> JA Snow reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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