f32055 cc15348	Middlesex v Sussex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Sussex 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	DJ Constant, JG Langridge
Scorers	GGA Saulez (Sussex), HPH Sharp (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 34/0 (Barclay 20*, Mendis 9*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 67/3 (Gatting 10*, Barlow 10*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	b Cheatle	61
WN Slack	b Cheatle	21
CT Radley	c Smith b Buss	105		193	8	-
MW Gatting	b Spencer	20
GD Barlow	st Long b Cheatle	76
*JM Brearley	c Phillipson b Buss	2
PH Edmonds	not out	43
JE Emburey	c Groome b Cheatle	4
+MOC Sturt	b Imran Khan	2
MWW Selvey	not out	3
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 8 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99.3 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-91, 3-158, 4-265, 5-273, 6-303, 7-317, 8-345

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	20.3	4	51	1	-	8
Arnold	17	2	52	0	-	-
Spencer	13	3	39	1	-	-
Cheatle	22	3	89	4	-	-
Buss	21	5	67	2	-	-
Barclay	3	0	15	0	-	-
Phillipson	3	0	24	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	b Jones	37
GD Mendis	st Sturt b Edmonds	41
JJ Groome	c Edmonds b Emburey	7
Imran Khan	c Slack b Edmonds	42
MA Buss	c Sturt b Selvey	47
CP Phillipson	c Sturt b Emburey	24
KB Smith	b Edmonds	0
*+A Long	not out	13
GG Arnold	c Sturt b Edmonds	10
J Spencer	not out	0
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-84, 3-105, 4-164, 5-205, 6-207, 7-207, 8-225

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	22	6	46	1	-	3
Jones	13	3	29	1	1	-
Emburey	34	8	87	2	-	-
Edmonds	31	7	59	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Long b Spencer	16
WN Slack	c Long b Arnold	11
CT Radley	c Mendis b Spencer	13
MW Gatting	c Cheatle b Spencer	19
GD Barlow	lbw b Spencer	10
*JM Brearley	not out	39
PH Edmonds	c and b Cheatle	3
JE Emburey	not out	19
+MOC Sturt	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-30, 3-53, 4-67, 5-100, 6-107

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	10	2	22	0	-	-
Arnold	11	1	18	1	-	-
Spencer	29	13	42	4	-	-
Cheatle	18	5	48	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRT Barclay	lbw b Jones	43
GD Mendis	c Radley b Edmonds	22
Imran Khan	c Gatting b Emburey	3
MA Buss	not out	79
CP Phillipson	c Sturt b Selvey	1
*+A Long	c Barlow b Selvey	9
JJ Groome	c Gatting b Emburey	0
KB Smith	not out	7
GG Arnold	did not bat
J Spencer	did not bat
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, 88 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-41, 3-134, 4-143, 5-166, 6-168

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	18	5	44	2	-	-
Jones	10	0	29	1	-	-
Emburey	31	11	36	2	-	-
Edmonds	27	8	55	1	-	-
Brearley	1	1	0	0	-	-
Radley	1	1	0	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
--> KB Smith made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MA Buss (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 55
--> GG Arnold reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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