f16072 cc7799	Sussex v Somerset
	County Championship 1938
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 4th, 5th, 6th May 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 8 wickets
Points	Sussex 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	W Reeves, CAG Russell
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 143/4 (Stainton 18*, HW Parks 37*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 201/7 (Seamer 30*, Barnwell 4*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b JH Cornford	10
H Gimblett	b Hammond	91
MD Lyon	b JH Cornford	7
HFT Buse	st WL Cornford b JH Cornford	44
*EF Longrigg	b JH Cornford	9
WHR Andrews	lbw b JH Cornford	18
AW Wellard	b JH Cornford	10
JW Seamer	lbw b JH Parks	27
CJP Barnwell	run out	4
+WT Luckes	not out	8
HL Hazell	b JH Parks	2
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-36, 3-138, 4-162, 5-168, 6-183, 7-206, 8-211, 9-236, 10-240 (83.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JH Cornford	23	7	48	6	-	-
Hammond	26	2	93	1	-	-
JH Parks	14.3	1	37	2	-	-
J Langridge	11	2	23	0	-	-
JY Oakes	3	0	21	0	-	-
JG Langridge	6	1	8	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Parks	c Longrigg b Hazell	37
JG Langridge	b Wellard	5
G Cox	c Longrigg b Buse	15
*RG Stainton	c Lee b Wellard	23
J Langridge	c Longrigg b Buse	16
HW Parks	c Wellard b Andrews	41
C Oakes	b Buse	61
HE Hammond	lbw b Wellard	0
JY Oakes	lbw b Wellard	51
+WL Cornford	not out	27
JH Cornford	b Buse	4
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-52, 3-60, 4-91, 5-147, 6-184, 7-184, 8-248, 9-280, 10-297 (96 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	32	1	105	4	-	-
Andrews	16	3	56	1	-	-
Buse	28	2	80	4	-	-
Hazell	20	5	39	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b JH Cornford	12
H Gimblett	c and b JH Cornford	8
MD Lyon	b JH Cornford	8
HFT Buse	c JH Parks b Hammond	37
*EF Longrigg	b JH Cornford	40
WHR Andrews	lbw b JH Cornford	45
AW Wellard	c J Langridge b C Oakes	8
JW Seamer	c JH Parks b Hammond	34
CJP Barnwell	c JG Langridge b JH Cornford	17
+WT Luckes	lbw b JH Cornford	0
HL Hazell	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-21, 3-34, 4-98, 5-123, 6-145, 7-186, 8-220, 9-222, 10-224 (80 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JH Cornford	26	2	75	7	-	-
Hammond	23	8	37	2	-	-
JH Parks	20	9	30	0	-	-
J Langridge	8	1	41	0	-	-
C Oakes	3	0	27	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Parks	c Longrigg b Buse	19
JG Langridge	st Luckes b Buse	67
G Cox	not out	77
*RG Stainton	not out	2
J Langridge	did not bat
HW Parks	did not bat
C Oakes	did not bat
HE Hammond	did not bat
JY Oakes	did not bat
+WL Cornford	did not bat
JH Cornford	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 46 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-140

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	9	1	25	0	-	-
Andrews	9	1	47	0	-	-
Buse	18	3	53	2	-	-
Hazell	9	0	28	0	-	-
Lyon	1	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JY Oakes made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JY Oakes (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> AW Wellard reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> JH Cornford reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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At the end of the second day, silver salvers were presented to the Langridge brothers to commemorate the first occasion that two brothers had scored over 2,000 runs for the county in the same year (1937). JH Parks also received a silver salver and 50 pounds in recognition of his world record in 1937 of 3,000 runs and 100 wickets.

 

 

 

 

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