f15865 cc7712	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 21st, 22nd, 23rd July 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 5; Leicestershire 3
Umpires	D Hendren, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 13/1 (Berry 9*, Armstrong 0*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 173/4 (J Langridge 9*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Dawkes b Flamson	13
JH Parks	b Astill	67
G Cox	b Astill	30
TER Cook	lbw b Geary	4
J Langridge	c Graham b Astill	85
HW Parks	c Smith b Astill	26
*AJ Holmes	b Geary	27
HE Hammond	not out	47
C Oakes	lbw b Smith	31
+WL Cornford	b Smith	0
JH Cornford	c and b Smith	2
Extras	(6 b, 13 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 91.3 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-102, 3-107, 4-135, 5-203, 6-262, 7-274, 8-341, 9-341, 10-351 (91.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	29	5	100	1	-	-
Smith	24.3	2	102	3	-	-
Geary	17	2	51	2	-	-
Astill	21	2	79	4	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b JH Parks	31
FT Prentice	lbw b Hammond	0
NF Armstrong	c JG Langridge b Hammond	108
*CS Dempster	c WL Cornford b JH Parks	6
GS Watson	c JG Langridge b JH Parks	0
HC Graham	c HW Parks b Oakes	21
G Geary	c and b Hammond	6
WE Astill	b Hammond	43
HA Smith	b JH Parks	4
+GO Dawkes	not out	1
WH Flamson	b JH Parks	0
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-57, 3-87, 4-87, 5-125, 6-142, 7-219, 8-234, 9-236, 10-236 (84 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	24	4	76	4	-	-
JH Cornford	15	1	36	0	-	-
JH Parks	21	7	32	5	-	-
J Langridge	9	1	22	0	-	-
Oakes	12	0	46	1	-	-
JG Langridge	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Dawkes b Smith	74
JH Parks	lbw b Flamson	5
G Cox	b Smith	2
TER Cook	c Armstrong b Astill	77
J Langridge	not out	9
HW Parks	did not bat
*AJ Holmes	did not bat
HE Hammond	did not bat
C Oakes	did not bat
+WL Cornford	did not bat
JH Cornford	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 55.1 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-13, 3-157, 4-173 (55.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	13	3	43	1	-	-
Smith	11.1	1	26	2	-	-
Geary	12	4	24	0	-	-
Astill	10	1	53	1	-	-
Prentice	9	2	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JH Parks (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 40
--> J Langridge (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 40
--> G Geary reached 2000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> G Geary reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> C Oakes reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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