FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SUSSEX v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Hove, August 3, 5, 6, 1946. Middlesex won by ten wickets. (Points: Sussex 0, Middlesex 12) SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge c Edrich b Robins 27 lbw b Sims 26 2 H.W.Parks b Edrich 70 c Routledge b Robins 22 3 R.G.Stainton b Edrich 20 b Gray 21 4 G.Cox b Edrich 4 lbw b Sims 0 5 J.Langridge run out 52 c Mann b Robins 11 6 C.Oakes b Edrich 26 c Price b Robins 1 7 H.T.Bartlett hit wkt b Young 48 c Price b Robins 2 8 *†S.C.Griffith c Price b Gray 6 st Price b Robins 0 9 H.E.Hammond not out 32 c Compton b Sims 17 10 R.F.H.Darwall-Smith c Robertson b Sims 22 c Price b Gray 2 11 J.H.Cornford not out 0 Extras b 3, lb 10, nb 1 14 b 18, lb 13 31 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 321 133 FoW (1): 1-74, 2-115, 3-121, 4-132, 5-191, 6-217, 7-236, 8-282, 9-321 FoW (2): 1-52, 2-78, 3-82, 4-102, 5-103, 6-107, 7-107, 8-120, 9-123, 10-133 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson st Griffith b J.Langridge 53 not out 7 2 S.M.Brown b Darwall-Smith 6 not out 16 3 W.J.Edrich lbw b Cornford 72 4 D.C.S.Compton lbw b Cornford 121 5 *R.W.V.Robins c J.G.Langridge b Cox 71 6 J.P.Mann run out 29 7 R.Routledge b Cox 0 8 †W.F.F.Price run out 4 9 J.M.Sims c J.Langridge b Cornford 45 10 L.H.Gray c Griffith b Hammond 13 11 J.A.Young not out 3 Extras b 2, lb 11, w 1 14 lb 1 1 —— —— 431 (no wicket) 24 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-106, 3-166, 4-315, 5-349, 6-350, 7-359, 8-379, 9-420, 10-431 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 34 8 55 1 19 4 39 2 Edrich 27 3 71 4 9 1 15 0 Routledge 9 1 22 0 Compton 7 2 20 0 Robins 7 0 21 1 (4) 13 3 22 5 Sims 22.5 4 75 1 (3) 16.4 4 26 3 Young 26 9 43 1 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Darwall-Smith 14 0 91 1 4.2 1 13 0 Hammond 19 0 96 1 Cornford 33.5 6 89 3 J.Langridge 27 5 76 1 (2) 4 0 10 0 Cox 14 1 44 2 Oakes 7 2 21 0 Umpires: F.Chester and Harry Elliott. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Sussex (1) 321-9 (Hammond 32*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 52-1 (J.G.Langridge 20*). D.C.S.Compton’s 121 took 175 minutes and included 15 fours. 302