f19124 cc9422	Sussex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 23rd, 24th, 25th May 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by an innings and 64 runs
Points	Sussex 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, F Chester
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 27/1 (Munden 10*, Tompkin 8*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 72/6 (Smithson 22*, Lester 2*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Smithson b Jackson	192		295	23	1
AP Doggart	lbw b Walsh	16
G Cox	b Jackson	19
*J Langridge	b Lester	0
GW Lees	st Firth b Lester	1
JY Oakes	lbw b Palmer	54
ASM Oakman	b Sperry	5
AE James	lbw b Lester	8
+RT Webb	lbw b Lester	4
DJ Wood	b Jackson	24
JH Cornford	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 120.2 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-72, 3-75, 4-83, 5-176, 6-181, 7-227, 8-239, 9-321, 10-328 (120.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	14	3	34	1	-	-
Jackson	33.2	14	65	3	-	-
Walsh	26	2	82	1	-	-
Palmer	16	3	49	1	-	-
Munden	6	2	16	0	-	-
Lester	25	6	77	4	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Cornford	4
VS Munden	c Wood b Cornford	10
M Tompkin	c Doggart b J Langridge	25
*CH Palmer	hit wkt b J Langridge	9
VE Jackson	c Webb b J Langridge	16
GA Smithson	c J Langridge b Oakes	11
FT Prentice	b Cornford	38
G Lester	not out	6
+J Firth	c Oakman b Cornford	0
JE Walsh	b Cornford	12
J Sperry	c Oakman b Wood	3
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-27, 3-51, 4-72, 5-75, 6-106, 7-132, 8-132, 9-144, 10-147 (84.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cornford	21	9	34	5	-	-
Wood	15.1	5	23	1	-	-
James	2	1	1	0	-	-
Oakman	12	4	23	0	-	-
J Langridge	21	10	27	3	-	-
Oakes	13	5	26	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b James	21
VS Munden	c JG Langridge b Oakes	12
M Tompkin	b James	3
*CH Palmer	b James	4
VE Jackson	b James	1
GA Smithson	b J Langridge	41
FT Prentice	c Wood b Cornford	7
G Lester	b Cornford	7
+J Firth	not out	14
JE Walsh	c Cox b Oakes	2
J Sperry	c J Langridge b Oakes	2
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-36, 3-40, 4-40, 5-48, 6-59, 7-88, 8-110, 9-115, 10-117 (67.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cornford	15	5	28	2	-	-
Wood	7	3	15	0	-	-
James	24	10	37	4	-	-
Oakes	12.3	6	17	3	-	-
J Langridge	7	3	10	1	-	-
Oakman	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GW Lees made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GW Lees made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GW Lees made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JG Langridge (1) passed 27000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 143
--> GW Lees made his debut for Sussex in First-Class matches
--> JY Oakes reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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