First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

ESSEX v SUSSEX Played at Old County Ground, Brentwood, June 7, 9, 10, 1947. Sussex won by five wickets. (Points: Essex 0, Sussex 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds st W.L.Cornford b J.H.Cornford 41 b Carey 5 2 S.J.Cray b Wood 18 c Smith b J.H.Cornford 9 3 F.H.Vigar b J.H.Cornford 5 c Langridge b Carey 4 4 R.Horsfall st W.L.Cornford b Cox 53 c Langridge b J.H.Cornford 5 5 L.S.Clark b Carey 59 b Wood 27 6 *T.N.Pearce b J.H.Cornford 19 c W.L.Cornford b C.Oakes 16 7 R.Smith b J.H.Cornford 20 lbw b J.H.Cornford 22 8 T.P.B.Smith b C.Oakes 1 lbw b C.Oakes 8 9 W.J.Dines lbw b C.Oakes 43 not out 69 10 W.B.Morris c Bartlett b Carey 29 b Wood 49 11 †T.H.Wade not out 16 lbw b C.Oakes 11 Extras b 5, lb 6 11 b 3, lb 6 9 —— —— 315 234 FoW (1): 1-62, 2-68, 3-68, 4-166, 5-194, 6-207, 7-227, 8-227, 9-281, 10-315 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-15, 3-20, 4-29, 5-68, 6-78, 7-94, 8-100, 9-211, 10-234 SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge c Wade b R.Smith 36 c Wade b R.Smith 90 2 C.Oakes c Dines b R.Smith 4 st Wade b Vigar 51 3 H.W.Parks c Pearce b T.P.B.Smith 112 lbw b T.P.B.Smith 10 4 *H.T.Bartlett c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 55 c Pearce b T.P.B.Smith 0 5 G.Cox c Pearce b T.P.B.Smith 75 c Dodds b R.Smith 44 6 J.Y.Oakes b T.P.B.Smith 23 not out 8 7 D.V.Smith b R.Smith 1 not out 9 8 †W.L.Cornford c Horsfall b R.Smith 10 9 P.A.H.Carey not out 10 10 D.J.Wood c T.P.B.Smith b R.Smith 1 11 J.H.Cornford not out 6 Extras b 1, lb 2 3 lb 4 4 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 336 (5 wickets) 216 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-87, 3-181, 4-248, 5-276, 6-285, 7-303, 8-323, 9-324 FoW (2): 1-95, 2-118, 3-122, 4-189, 5-200 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Carey 17 1 56 2 (2) 8 0 29 2 J.H.Cornford 31 6 76 4 (1) 19 2 62 3 Cox 18 2 46 1 (6) 4 0 14 0 Wood 20 4 43 1 (3) 22 7 46 2 C.Oakes 23.3 7 47 2 (4) 22.5 5 60 3 J.Y.Oakes 3 0 11 0 (5) 2 0 14 0 Langridge 2 0 7 0 Smith 2 0 18 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W R.Smith 43 10 113 5 14 3 51 2 Dines 12 3 41 0 5 0 27 0 T.P.B.Smith 28 4 87 4 19.1 0 79 2 Vigar 16 3 71 0 13 2 37 1 Morris 6 2 21 0 2 0 18 0 Umpires: N.Harris and P.T.Mills. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 227-6 (R.Smith 20*, T.P.B.Smith 1*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 6-1 (Cray 0*, Vigar 1*). H.W.Parks’s 112 took 150 minutes and included 7 fours and 4 sixes. 185