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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 18th, 19th, 20th August 1879 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Surrey won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | C Payne, J Street |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 52/2 (Whitfeld 23*, Howard 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (1) 89/4 (Whitfeld 38*, Sclater 0*; 91 overs) |
| Surrey first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *J Shuter | b Sharood | 110 | |||||
| H Jupp | lbw b Sharp | 14 | |||||
| LA Shuter | c Sharp b Sharood | 28 | |||||
| WW Read | b Sclater | 6 | |||||
| R Humphrey | c H Phillips b Sclater | 3 | |||||
| W Lindsay | c Millard b Sclater | 2 | |||||
| WG Wyld | c Whitfeld b Sclater | 5 | |||||
| J Potter | not out | 4 | |||||
| +EW Pooley | c Whitfeld b Lillywhite | 2 | |||||
| E Blamires | b Lillywhite | 3 | |||||
| J Southerton | hit wkt b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 129.2 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-81, 2-150, 3-162, 4-167, 5-168, 6-177, 7-177, 8-184, 9-188, 10-188 (129.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillywhite | 33.2 | 20 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sclater | 47 | 33 | 43 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sharood | 26 | 10 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greenfield | 14 | 6 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sharp | 9 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Whitfeld | not out | 38 | |||||
| FFJ Greenfield | b Blamires | 15 | |||||
| +H Phillips | c Pooley b Southerton | 8 | |||||
| C Howard | b Read | 26 | |||||
| *C Sharp | b Read | 0 | |||||
| AWB Sclater | not out | 0 | |||||
| AJ Sharood | did not bat | ||||||
| HRJ Charlwood | did not bat | ||||||
| J Phillips | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Millard | did not bat | ||||||
| J Lillywhite | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 91 overs) | 89 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-41, 3-89, 4-89 | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Southerton | 43 | 20 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Blamires | 41 | 24 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Read | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| Potter | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> AWB Sclater made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AJ Sharood made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AJ Sharood made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Shuter (1) passed his previous highest score of 98 in First-Class matches
--> J Shuter (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
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