f17691 cc8669	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 13th, 14th, 15th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	D Hendren, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 382/7 (Bartlett 6*, Griffith 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 399/4 (Tompkin 162*, Prentice 5*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Jackson	11
HW Parks	c Jackson b Riddington	111
DS Sheppard	lbw b Jackson	0
J Langridge	c Lester b Walsh	105
G Cox	c Walsh b Sperry	91
RG Stainton	c Chapman b Walsh	16
C Oakes	c Riddington b Sperry	27
*HT Bartlett	lbw b Walsh	19
+SC Griffith	b Walsh	24
JK Nye	st Corrall b Walsh	1
JH Cornford	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 156.2 overs)	422
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-22, 3-225, 4-253, 5-305, 6-374, 7-375, 8-417, 9-421, 10-422 (156.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	33	10	90	2	-	-
Jackson	48	14	107	2	-	-
Lester	20	2	34	0	-	-
Walsh	32.2	5	114	5	-	-
Riddington	19	2	48	1	-	-
Prentice	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Stainton b Oakes	65
A Riddington	lbw b Oakes	72
GS Watson	c JG Langridge b J Langridge	63
M Tompkin	lbw b Oakes	163			24	1
VE Jackson	c JG Langridge b Oakes	18
FT Prentice	lbw b Cornford	45
G Lester	run out	26
TA Chapman	c Bartlett b Oakes	33
JE Walsh	b Cox	29
+P Corrall	not out	5
J Sperry	c Parks b Oakes	14
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 153.3 overs)	547
Fall of wickets:
1-142, 2-147, 3-310, 4-375, 5-400, 6-441, 7-476, 8-525, 9-529, 10-547 (153.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	19	1	88	0	-	-
Cornford	16	1	64	1	-	-
Cox	24	8	52	1	-	-
Oakes	53.3	8	206	6	-	-
J Langridge	37	6	99	1	-	-
JG Langridge	3	0	22	0	-	-
Bartlett	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	not out	121
HW Parks	lbw b Lester	55
DS Sheppard	lbw b Lester	2
J Langridge	lbw b Lester	2
G Cox	c Corrall b Sperry	38
RG Stainton	lbw b Prentice	0
C Oakes	not out	7
*HT Bartlett	did not bat
+SC Griffith	did not bat
JK Nye	did not bat
JH Cornford	did not bat
Extras	(34 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	36
Total	(5 wickets, 77 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-141, 2-151, 3-153, 4-233, 5-238

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	13	3	36	1	-	-
Riddington	9	2	16	0	-	-
Jackson	8	4	10	0	-	-
Walsh	16	1	64	0	-	-
Lester	20	6	51	3	-	-
Prentice	8	0	31	1	-	-
Chapman	2	0	6	0	-	-
Tompkin	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DS Sheppard made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DS Sheppard made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RG Stainton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RG Stainton made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Langridge (1) passed 19000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 64
--> G Cox (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> M Tompkin (1) passed his previous highest score of 101 in County Championship matches
--> M Tompkin (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in First-Class matches
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> JE Walsh reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> JH Cornford reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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