First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

SUSSEX v ESSEX Played at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, July 16, 17, 18, 1924. Essex won by an innings and 64 runs. (Points: Sussex 0, Essex 5) ESSEX 1 C.A.G.Russell st Cornford b Cox 68 2 †J.R.Freeman c Watson b Roberts 113 3 J.O’Connor c Cook b Wensley 78 4 H.M.Morris b Roberts 0 5 J.V.Richardson b Roberts 25 6 *P.A.Perrin b Cox 13 7 H.W.F.Franklin st Cornford b Cox 21 8 L.C.Eastman c Cook b Roberts 6 9 A.B.Hipkin b Roberts 2 10 H.J.Palmer c Cornford b Wensley 12 11 G.M.Louden not out 5 Extras b 3, lb 3, nb 5 11 —— 354 FoW (1): 1-121, 2-258, 3-258, 4-270, 5-302, 6-328, 7-334, 8-334, 9-338, 10-354 SUSSEX 1 A.H.H.Gilligan c Freeman b Palmer 34 (2) b Palmer 0 2 E.H.Bowley b Louden 0 (3) b Louden 1 3 †W.L.Cornford b Louden 3 (4) b Palmer 5 4 H.L.Wilson b Palmer 16 (5) c and b Hipkin 12 5 K.A.Higgs c Perrin b Hipkin 54 (1) c and b Louden 15 6 T.E.R.Cook b Palmer 6 c Hipkin b Louden 0 7 J.E.Frazer lbw b Louden 4 c Richardson b Hipkin 20 8 A.F.Wensley b Russell 31 st Freeman b Hipkin 32 9 *A.C.Watson c Hipkin b Russell 0 c Freeman b Louden 0 10 G.R.Cox b Palmer 12 lbw b Louden 22 11 H.E.Roberts not out 6 not out 4 Extras lb 12 12 b 1 1 —— —— 178 112 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-10, 3-54, 4-65, 5-75, 6-92, 7-142, 8-142, 9-161, 10-178 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-5, 3-16, 4-34, 5-34, 6-34, 7-56, 8-56, 9-104, 10-112 Sussex Bowling O M R W Roberts 32 4 89 5 5nb Wensley 39.3 13 84 2 Cox 34 8 77 3 Bowley 21 3 59 0 Higgs 3 2 5 0 Cook 3 1 9 0 Wilson 1 0 17 0 Gilligan 1 0 3 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Louden 18 4 47 3 18 3 41 5 Eastman 6 0 26 0 Palmer 20 2 57 4 (2) 8 1 22 2 Hipkin 5.2 0 16 1 (3) 9.4 2 48 3 O’Connor 4 0 13 0 Russell 4 0 7 2 Umpires: L.C.Braund and A.Warren. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 347-9 (Franklin 9*, Louden 2*); 2nd day: Sussex (1) 146-8 (Higgs 44*, Cox 2*). J.R.Freeman’s 113 took 225 minutes.