f16308 cc7989	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by an innings and 32 runs
Points	Sussex 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	F Chester, JA Newman
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 162/0 (JG Langridge 73*, JH Parks 81*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 100/2 (Berry 70*, Prentice 15*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Holmes b Hammond	33
LD Thursting	lbw b JH Parks	5
NF Armstrong	lbw b J Langridge	53
FT Prentice	lbw b JH Parks	5
GS Watson	b JH Parks	9
M Tompkin	c JG Langridge b J Langridge	18
*G Geary	b J Langridge	0
+GO Dawkes	b J Langridge	39
HA Smith	b JH Parks	2
G Lester	not out	13
J Sperry	c Griffith b Nye	7
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-46, 3-53, 4-65, 5-116, 6-116, 7-145, 8-150, 9-168, 10-186 (77 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	18	4	48	1	-	-
Hammond	11	2	29	1	-	-
JH Parks	32	7	70	4	-	-
J Langridge	16	5	37	4	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Prentice b Armstrong	170		235	17	-
JH Parks	c Geary b Sperry	146		201	19	-
HW Parks	b Smith	39
RG Stainton	run out	39
RAA Holt	lbw b Smith	5
HT Bartlett	b Smith	8
*AJ Holmes	b Armstrong	39
J Langridge	not out	67
HE Hammond	not out	59
+SC Griffith	did not bat
JK Nye	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb, 6 w)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 163 overs)	597
Fall of wickets:
1-295, 2-337, 3-400, 4-414, 5-428, 6-495, 7-495

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	39	5	112	1	-	-
Smith	40	6	134	3	-	-
Prentice	34	2	134	0	-	-
Lester	25	1	118	0	-	-
Geary	12	2	29	0	-	-
Thursting	3	0	16	0	-	-
Armstrong	10	2	29	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c JH Parks b Nye	86
LD Thursting	b Hammond	2
NF Armstrong	c Hammond b Nye	9
FT Prentice	b JG Langridge	138		315	16	-
GS Watson	c and b JH Parks	41
M Tompkin	b Nye	16
*G Geary	lbw b JG Langridge	31
+GO Dawkes	not out	28
HA Smith	c JH Parks b J Langridge	11
G Lester	lbw b J Langridge	3
J Sperry	b J Langridge	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 w)	14
Total	(all out, 135.4 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-47, 3-133, 4-194, 5-233, 6-347, 7-347, 8-366, 9-379, 10-379 (135.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	36	6	124	3	-	-
Hammond	26	5	80	1	-	-
JH Parks	30	12	51	1	-	-
J Langridge	21.4	5	38	3	-	-
JG Langridge	12	1	37	2	-	-
Holmes	9	2	26	0	-	-
Bartlett	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RAA Holt made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RAA Holt made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Geary made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> G Geary made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GL Berry (1) passed 18000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> JG Langridge (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> JG Langridge (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 170
--> HE Hammond (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> GL Berry (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 62
--> GL Berry (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 86
--> G Geary (2) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> J Langridge reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JK Nye reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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