f18407 cc9049	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch on 13th, 14th, 15th July 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Sussex 0
Umpires	F Chester, B Flint
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 9/0 (Lester 5*, Chapman 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 238/9 (Riddington 9*, Sperry 9*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Oakes	b Sperry	60
DV Smith	b Sperry	65
CE Winn	b Evans	71
G Cox	st Corrall b Walsh	26
J Langridge	not out	132			19	-
*HT Bartlett	c Jackson b Sperry	20
JY Oakes	b Sperry	1
AE James	b Evans	4
DJ Wood	lbw b Walsh	10
JH Cornford	c Chapman b Jackson	34
+WW Davidson	st Corrall b Walsh	6
Extras	(18 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 123.1 overs)	454
Fall of wickets:
1-127, 2-144, 3-218, 4-271, 5-296, 6-302, 7-327, 8-353, 9-438, 10-454 (123.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	33	7	112	4	-	-
Evans	24	3	91	2	-	-
Jackson	22	3	55	1	-	-
Walsh	29.1	2	120	3	-	-
Lester	10	2	31	0	-	-
Riddington	5	0	20	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Davidson b Wood	84
TA Chapman	c Langridge b Cornford	1
VS Munden	c C Oakes b JY Oakes	32
M Tompkin	c Winn b Langridge	1
VE Jackson	b Cornford	78
GS Watson	c Davidson b Wood	0
A Riddington	not out	20
JE Walsh	b Cornford	0
*G Evans	c Davidson b Cornford	0
+P Corrall	c C Oakes b Langridge	4
J Sperry	not out	13
Extras	(17 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	22
Total	(9 wickets, 121 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-79, 3-81, 4-207, 5-207, 6-220, 7-220, 8-220, 9-229

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	30	5	57	2	-	-
Cornford	26	12	27	4	-	-
Langridge	28	10	83	2	-	-
James	16	6	21	0	-	-
JY Oakes	14	3	33	1	-	-
Cox	4	3	1	0	-	-
C Oakes	3	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CE Winn (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> G Cox (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> JH Cornford (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> JH Cornford (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> VS Munden (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> J Sperry reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings

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