f18052 cc8855	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1948
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*)

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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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