First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

ESSEX v SUSSEX Played at County Ground, Leyton, May 9, 10, 11, 1923. Sussex won by 290 runs. (Points: Essex 0, Sussex 5) SUSSEX 1 A.H.H.Gilligan lbw b Douglas 4 c Russell b Douglas 59 2 E.H.Bowley lbw b Douglas 75 c H.M.Morris b Douglas 15 3 M.W.Tate c P.E.Morris b Douglas 97 lbw b Russell 73 4 A.J.Holmes b Douglas 6 c Freeman b Douglas 0 5 T.E.R.Cook b Douglas 0 b P.E.Morris 37 6 †G.B.Street b Douglas 0 b P.E.Morris 13 7 A.C.Watson st Freeman b P.E.Morris 34 b Douglas 10 8 G.R.Cox lbw b Douglas 12 b P.E.Morris 4 9 G.A.Stannard not out 15 c O’Connor b Douglas 2 10 *A.E.R.Gilligan st Freeman b P.E.Morris 4 c Perrin b Hipkin 65 11 H.E.Roberts b P.E.Morris 9 not out 28 Extras b 21, lb 5 26 b 9, lb 3 12 —— —— 282 318 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-191, 3-191, 4-191, 5-195, 6-202, 7-252, 8-252, 9-266, 10-282 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-104, 3-106, 4-168, 5-194, 6-209, 7-217, 8-219, 9-219, 10-318 ESSEX 1 C.A.G.Russell c Cox b A.E.R.Gilligan 33 lbw b Bowley 17 2 F.A.Loveday b Tate 9 b Tate 30 3 †J.R.Freeman c Cox b Tate 6 lbw b Bowley 6 4 J.O’Connor b Tate 12 c and b Tate 4 5 P.A.Perrin lbw b A.E.R.Gilligan 2 c Street b A.E.R.Gilligan 3 6 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Cox 14 c Bowley b A.E.R.Gilligan 4 7 H.M.Morris not out 60 c Street b A.E.R.Gilligan 3 8 H.G.Clark lbw b Cox 0 c Cox b A.E.R.Gilligan 2 9 L.C.Eastman lbw b Cox 7 lbw b A.E.R.Gilligan 57 10 P.E.Morris lbw b A.H.H.Gilligan 16 c Street b A.E.R.Gilligan 4 11 A.B.Hipkin c Holmes b A.H.H.Gilligan 4 not out 1 Extras b 8, lb 4 12 b 3, lb 1 4 —— —— 175 135 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-51, 3-57, 4-62, 5-72, 6-107, 7-107, 8-126, 9-171, 10-175 FoW (2): 1-39, 2-49, 3-57, 4-65, 5-80, 6-92, 7-102, 8-124, 9-134, 10-135 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 19 1 110 7 21 1 119 5 Hipkin 10 1 38 0 7.1 0 29 1 Eastman 6 0 36 0 8 0 50 0 P.E.Morris 10.4 1 46 3 18 0 87 3 Russell 6 0 26 0 11 1 21 1 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Tate 22 4 62 3 18 7 31 2 Roberts 4 0 5 0 4 0 24 0 A.E.R.Gilligan 18 10 25 2 (5) 10 1 35 6 Cox 16 5 34 3 7 0 20 0 Bowley 7 3 13 0 (3) 11 3 21 2 A.H.H.Gilligan 3.4 0 24 2 Umpires: L.C.Braund and W.A.J.West. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 109-7 (H.M.Morris 21*, Eastman 2*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 51-2 (Loveday 27*, Eastman 0*). J.W.H.T.Douglas took a hat-trick in the Sussex first innings (Tate, Bowley, Cook). 70