a2117	Sussex v Minor Counties East
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Group C)
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 29th April 1978 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Minor Counties East won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sussex won by 123 runs
Points	Sussex 3; Minor Counties East 0
Umpires	DJ Constant, PB Wight
Player of the Match	PJ Graves

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Sussex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JRT Barclay	c Beaty b Wilkinson	1
GD Mendis	c Lander b Bailey	31
SJ Storey	lbw b O'Brien	14
PJ Graves	not out	74
Imran Khan	c O'Brien b Wilkinson	31
MA Buss	b Wilkinson	8
CP Phillipson	not out	1
*+A Long	did not bat
GG Arnold	did not bat
J Spencer	did not bat
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 10 w)	26
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-44, 3-73, 4-170, 5-183

Minor Counties East bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Wilkinson	11	2	23	3	-	-	22.00	2.09
Rutterford	11	4	34	0	-	-	-	3.09
Bailey	11	1	25	1	-	-	66.00	2.27
Robinson	4	2	8	0	-	-	-	2.00
O'Brien	11	1	38	1	-	-	66.00	3.45
Lander	7	0	32	0	-	-	-	4.57

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Minor Counties East innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SR Atkinson	c Buss b Spencer	19
DA Hancock	lbw b Arnold	2
PN Gill	b Spencer	6
*D Bailey	c Barclay b Buss	2
NT O'Brien	lbw b Buss	1
G Robinson	c Phillipson b Arnold	21
NA Riddell	b Buss	2
BR Lander	c Phillipson b Buss	6
+M Beaty	lbw b Buss	0
C Rutterford	b Imran Khan	1
JS Wilkinson	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-22, 3-27, 4-31, 5-31, 6-33, 7-43, 8-43, 9-59, 10-63 (37.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Imran Khan	8	1	17	1	-	-	48.00	2.12
Arnold	7.4	3	12	2	-	-	23.00	1.57
Spencer	11	4	12	2	-	-	33.00	1.09
Buss	11	2	19	5	-	-	13.20	1.73

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Notes
--> GD Mendis passed his previous highest score of 23 in List A matches
--> MA Buss reached 150 wickets in List A matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Minor Counties East innings

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