f18517 cc9141	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1949
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 27th, 29th, 30th August 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 51 runs
Points	Sussex 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	JT Bell, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 9/0 (Berry 9*, Lester 0*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 9/0 (JG Langridge 3*, Sheppard 0*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	b Riddington	136		225	17	-
DS Sheppard	c Tompkin b Sperry	147		295	18	-
GHG Doggart	c Corrall b Sperry	35
G Cox	c Corrall b Lester	2
J Langridge	c Corrall b Sperry	14
C Oakes	c Chapman b Lester	3
JY Oakes	b Lester	0
*HT Bartlett	b Sperry	24
+SC Griffith	not out	5
JH Cornford	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 121.1 overs)	374
Fall of wickets:
1-238, 2-318, 3-323, 4-331, 5-341, 6-341, 7-363, 8-374 (121.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	41.1	7	100	4	-	-
Evans	19	1	80	0	-	-
Jackson	24	6	65	0	-	-
Walsh	16	1	62	0	-	-
Lester	13	3	31	3	-	-
Riddington	8	2	28	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c JY Oakes b Wood	141		195	18	-
G Lester	b Wood	7
FT Prentice	st Griffith b C Oakes	12
M Tompkin	lbw b C Oakes	4
VE Jackson	c Griffith b Wood	39
A Riddington	b Cornford	72
TA Chapman	lbw b Doggart	29
*G Evans	c and b J Langridge	13
JE Walsh	c Wood b J Langridge	9
+P Corrall	c Doggart b Wood	29
J Sperry	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 137 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-102, 3-114, 4-210, 5-215, 6-283, 7-316, 8-326, 9-361, 10-371 (137 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	33	6	111	4	-	-
Cornford	20	4	66	1	-	-
JY Oakes	8	3	18	0	-	-
C Oakes	31	7	83	2	-	-
Cox	9	2	18	0	-	-
Doggart	14	6	27	1	-	-
J Langridge	22	8	35	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	st +Chapman b Walsh	60
DS Sheppard	lbw b Sperry	22
GHG Doggart	b Jackson	46
G Cox	b Walsh	28
J Langridge	b Jackson	0
C Oakes	b Jackson	32
JY Oakes	not out	11
*HT Bartlett	not out	18
+SC Griffith	did not bat
JH Cornford	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(30 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	36
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-128, 3-152, 4-152, 5-212, 6-220

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	15	3	53	1	-	-
Evans	7	2	21	0	-	-
Lester	8	1	25	0	-	-
Walsh	17	2	71	2	-	-
Jackson	17	8	47	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b J Langridge	46
G Lester	run out	31
FT Prentice	c JY Oakes b Wood	4
M Tompkin	hit wkt b J Langridge	20
VE Jackson	b J Langridge	19
A Riddington	c Doggart b J Langridge	19
TA Chapman	c JY Oakes b Wood	24
JE Walsh	c Wood b C Oakes	14
+P Corrall	b C Oakes	11
*G Evans	not out	15
J Sperry	c Doggart b Wood	1
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-82, 3-87, 4-113, 5-128, 6-147, 7-167, 8-167, 9-183, 10-205 (57 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	19	3	59	3	-	-
Cornford	5	1	18	0	-	-
JY Oakes	6	0	22	0	-	-
J Langridge	18	3	67	4	-	-
Doggart	1	0	5	0	-	-
C Oakes	8	2	33	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Leicestershire (1) ?/? (Berry 115*, [unknown] ?*)
--> GL Berry (1) passed 27500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 74
--> A Riddington (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68
--> C Oakes reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Langridge reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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