First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

SUSSEX v SOMERSET Played at County Ground, Hove, May 31, June 2, 3, 1924. Sussex won by 16 runs. (Points: Sussex 5, Somerset 0) SUSSEX 1 A.H.H.Gilligan b White 12 c Young b White 6 2 E.H.Bowley b White 68 b White 10 3 A.J.Holmes b Young 0 (7) b Hunt 2 4 G.R.Cox c Young b White 4 b Hunt 16 5 T.E.R.Cook c Luckes b Bridges 20 c Young b White 17 6 A.F.Wensley c Luckes b Bridges 6 (8) b White 11 7 J.K.Mathews hit wkt b White 5 (9) c Earle b White 3 8 *A.E.R.Gilligan b Bridges 11 (6) c Bridges b Hunt 0 9 M.W.Tate b Bridges 5 (10) c Young b White 34 10 A.C.Watson c Luckes b White 21 (3) c Hunt b White 17 11 †W.L.Cornford not out 0 not out 3 Extras lb 3, nb 1 4 b 3 3 —— —— 156 122 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-40, 3-47, 4-107, 5-107, 6-117, 7-125, 8-131, 9-156, 10-156 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-31, 3-33, 4-59, 5-61, 6-68, 7-70, 8-74, 9-99, 10-122 SOMERSET 1 A.Young lbw b Tate 13 c Watson b Tate 7 2 J.C.W.MacBryan c and b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 hit wkt b Bowley 37 3 A.E.S.Rippon b Tate 13 b A.E.R.Gilligan 13 4 S.G.U.Considine b Tate 1 not out 20 5 *P.R.Johnson c Bowley b A.E.R.Gilligan 53 (6) c A.E.R.Gilligan b Cox 20 6 G.E.Hunt c Cornford b A.E.R.Gilligan 8 (9) c Bowley b Tate 0 7 G.F.Earle b Cox 55 (5) c Bowley b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 8 F.A.Waldock b A.E.R.Gilligan 3 (7) c Cornford b Cox 1 9 J.C.White c Mathews b Tate 3 (8) b Cox 0 10 J.J.Bridges b A.E.R.Gilligan 10 lbw b Tate 0 11 †W.T.Luckes not out 0 c Wensley b Tate 0 Extras b 2 2 b 1, nb 2 3 —— —— 161 101 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-18, 3-24, 4-33, 5-41, 6-116, 7-121, 8-126, 9-156, 10-161 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-55, 3-59, 4-59, 5-82, 6-84, 7-90, 8-101, 9-101, 10-101 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Bridges 20.1 2 66 4 1nb 10 1 33 0 White 28 13 45 5 22.1 4 46 7 Young 14 5 30 1 5 0 22 0 Hunt 5 1 11 0 10 4 18 3 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W A.E.R.Gilligan 26.4 10 53 5 14 4 24 2 2nb Tate 28 7 70 4 18 4 44 4 Cox 7 2 25 1 13 5 14 3 A.H.H.Gilligan 1 0 2 0 Bowley 2 0 9 0 4 1 7 1 Wensley (4) 3 0 9 0 Umpires: A.J.Atfield and H.I.Young. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 31-3 (Rippon 13*, Hunt 1*); 2nd day: Somerset (1) 116-6 (Johnson 26*, Waldock 0*). P.R.Johnson retired hurt in the Somerset first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 3 wickets) - he returned when the score was 33-4.