First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

MIDDLESEX v SUSSEX Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 24, 26, 1947. Middlesex won by ten wickets. (Points: Middlesex 12, Sussex 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Parks b Cornford 10 2 S.M.Brown c Griffith b Nye 3 not out 2 3 W.J.Edrich b Cornford 106 4 D.C.S.Compton b C.Oakes 110 5 *R.W.V.Robins c Griffith b C.Oakes 23 6 F.G.Mann c Duffield b J.Langridge 69 7 A.W.Thompson st Griffith b J.Langridge 12 8 †L.H.Compton c J.G.Langridge b J.Langridge 6 (1) not out 19 9 J.M.Sims not out 20 10 J.A.Young c C.Oakes b J.Langridge 0 11 L.H.Gray st Griffith b C.Oakes 2 Extras b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 1 19 —— —— 380 (no wicket) 21 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-15, 3-238, 4-252, 5-304, 6-332, 7-346, 8-365, 9-367, 10-380 SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge c and b Gray 4 b Edrich 6 2 C.Oakes b Edrich 1 c sub b Gray 32 3 J.Langridge c Edrich b Sims 6 c Mann b Young 85 4 G.Cox lbw b Edrich 22 lbw b Gray 65 5 H.W.Parks lbw b Edrich 8 b Gray 17 6 †S.C.Griffith c Edrich b Sims 45 (7) b Sims 16 7 *H.T.Bartlett c Sims b Gray 19 (6) c L.H.Compton b Sims 9 8 J.Y.Oakes not out 25 not out 16 9 J.Duffield lbw b Gray 1 c D.C.S.Compton b Sims 0 10 J.K.Nye c Edrich b Gray 0 st L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 7 11 J.H.Cornford c L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 7 c Edrich b Sims 0 Extras b 1 1 b 3, lb 2, nb 1 6 —— —— 139 259 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-7, 3-22, 4-38, 5-45, 6-101, 7-107, 8-112, 9-112, 10-139 FoW (2): 1-33, 2-44, 3-176, 4-200, 5-214, 6-216, 7-235, 8-235, 9-248, 10-259 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Nye 11 2 48 1 Cornford 30 5 98 2 2 0 13 0 Duffield 28 3 88 0 (1) 2 0 4 0 J.Langridge 13 3 38 4 Cox 4 0 17 0 C.Oakes 24 5 70 3 J.G.Langridge 1 0 2 0 Bartlett (3) 0.1 0 4 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 12 1 28 4 20 6 42 3 Edrich 15 3 34 3 15 1 55 1 Sims 17 2 56 2 (5) 20.3 2 46 4 Robins 1 0 2 0 (6) 8 1 28 0 Young 4 1 12 0 (3) 17 4 40 1 D.C.S.Compton 3 0 6 1 (4) 13 4 42 1 Umpires: A.Skelding and J.A.Smart. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Sussex (1) 43-4 (Cox 20*, Griffith 4*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 152