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f15888 cc7732	Sussex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 31st July, 2nd August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 351 runs
Points	Sussex 0; Middlesex 15
Umpires	W Bestwick, W Reeves
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 284/4 (Hendren 132, Human 2)

Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Robins b Smith	5
JH Parks	c Compton b Smith	34
G Cox	b Owen-Smith	7
TER Cook	c Price b Gray	29
J Langridge	b Gray	8
HW Parks	c Edrich b Gray	0
*AJ Holmes	c Gray b Owen-Smith	3
HE Hammond	b Owen-Smith	5
C Oakes	c and b Owen-Smith	0
+WL Cornford	not out	2
JK Nye	b Owen-Smith	3
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-31, 3-57, 4-75, 5-75, 6-80, 7-96, 8-96, 9-96, 10-101 (35.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	12	5	30	3	-	-
Smith	9	1	17	2	-	-
Owen-Smith	14.5	2	49	5	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Webster	c Cornford b Nye	31
+WFF Price	c Cornford b Hammond	10
WJ Edrich	lbw b JH Parks	37
EH Hendren	c JG Langridge b Hammond	187
DCS Compton	lbw b JH Parks	61
JH Human	st Cornford b Hammond	125
*RWV Robins	c Cornford b Hammond	48
HGO Owen-Smith	c Cook b Oakes	38
JM Sims	not out	30
CIJ Smith	not out	44
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 14 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 157 overs)	632
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-49, 3-116, 4-274, 5-448, 6-489, 7-536, 8-564

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	33	2	140	1	-	-
Hammond	45	3	173	4	-	-
JH Parks	42	6	145	2	-	-
J Langridge	16	1	61	0	-	-
Oakes	12	1	54	1	-	-
JG Langridge	5	1	23	0	-	-
Cook	4	0	15	0	-	-

Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Owen-Smith	23
JH Parks	b Owen-Smith	46
G Cox	b Owen-Smith	0
TER Cook	c Price b Gray	29
J Langridge	c Gray b Owen-Smith	7
HW Parks	b Owen-Smith	5
*AJ Holmes	c Price b Sims	19
HE Hammond	not out	31
C Oakes	b Sims	2
+WL Cornford	c and b Sims	1
JK Nye	c Webster b Sims	11
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-66, 3-89, 4-109, 5-109, 6-135, 7-149, 8-152, 9-164, 10-180 (50.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	11	2	40	1	-	-
Smith	10	1	40	0	-	-
Owen-Smith	22	1	83	5	-	-
Robins	1	0	1	0	-	-
Sims	6.3	1	10	4	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Day 2 Lunch: Middlesex (1) ?/? (Human ?*, [unknown] ?*)
--> TER Cook (1) passed 20000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> EH Hendren (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 149
--> CIJ Smith (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> JM Sims reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings