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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 24th, 26th, 27th July 1948 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Leicestershire won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Leicestershire 12; Sussex 0 |
| Umpires | A Lockett, K McCanlis |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 8/0 (Berry 3*, Watson 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (2) 22/1 (Parks 16*, James 3*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | c Watson b Walsh | 67 | |||||
| HW Parks | c Howard b Jackson | 81 | |||||
| C Oakes | c Lester b Cornock | 16 | |||||
| G Cox | run out | 1 | |||||
| J Langridge | c Walsh b Lester | 61 | |||||
| PDS Blake | c Corrall b Jackson | 17 | |||||
| +SC Griffith | c Jackson b Walsh | 5 | |||||
| JY Oakes | st Corrall b Sperry | 64 | |||||
| AE James | not out | 5 | |||||
| DJ Wood | not out | 1 | |||||
| JH Cornford | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 3 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 124 overs) | 330 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-137, 2-158, 3-169, 4-182, 5-208, 6-219, 7-315, 8-327 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sperry | 34 | 11 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cornock | 11 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 22 | 6 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 28 | 3 | 110 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lester | 29 | 14 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GL Berry | c and b Cox | 13 | |||||
| GS Watson | c JG Langridge b C Oakes | 101 | 15 | 1 | |||
| FT Prentice | c Wood b Cornford | 80 | |||||
| M Tompkin | lbw b C Oakes | 62 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c Cornford b James | 65 | |||||
| G Lester | lbw b J Langridge | 2 | |||||
| WB Cornock | b Cornford | 6 | |||||
| J Howard | c JY Oakes b Cornford | 13 | |||||
| JE Walsh | c Cox b Wood | 27 | |||||
| +P Corrall | b Cornford | 0 | |||||
| J Sperry | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 10 lb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 122.3 overs) | 388 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75, 2-134, 3-254, 4-284, 5-306, 6-313, 7-346, 8-380, 9-380, 10-388 (122.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wood | 18.3 | 6 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cornford | 25 | 4 | 74 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cox | 14 | 3 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| C Oakes | 17 | 3 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |
| James | 26 | 12 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| J Langridge | 17 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| JY Oakes | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | b Sperry | 2 | |||||
| HW Parks | c Watson b Jackson | 28 | |||||
| AE James | b Walsh | 5 | |||||
| C Oakes | b Jackson | 42 | |||||
| PDS Blake | c Cornock b Walsh | 9 | |||||
| J Langridge | c Walsh b Jackson | 16 | |||||
| G Cox | c Jackson b Walsh | 15 | |||||
| +SC Griffith | c and b Jackson | 5 | |||||
| JY Oakes | b Walsh | 38 | |||||
| DJ Wood | c Howard b Walsh | 15 | |||||
| JH Cornford | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53.3 overs) | 183 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-31, 3-61, 4-80, 5-92, 6-115, 7-125, 8-125, 9-166, 10-183 (53.3 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sperry | 11 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cornock | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 24.3 | 2 | 96 | 5 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 16 | 4 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GL Berry | c J Langridge b Wood | 6 | |||||
| GS Watson | c Cox b Wood | 17 | |||||
| FT Prentice | c Blake b C Oakes | 24 | |||||
| M Tompkin | c sub b C Oakes | 26 | |||||
| VE Jackson | not out | 36 | |||||
| G Lester | not out | 14 | |||||
| WB Cornock | did not bat | ||||||
| J Howard | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Walsh | did not bat | ||||||
| +P Corrall | did not bat | ||||||
| J Sperry | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 41.1 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-25, 3-66, 4-95 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wood | 9 | 1 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cornford | 13 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| James | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| C Oakes | 8 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| J Langridge | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blake | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> J Langridge (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 25
--> HW Parks (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> C Oakes (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> JH Cornford reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JE Walsh reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> C Oakes reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
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