First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SUSSEX v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Hove, August 2, 4, 5, 1947. Middlesex won by nine wickets. (Points: Sussex 0, Middlesex 12) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson c Griffith b Cornford 106 not out 43 2 S.M.Brown b Nye 40 c J.Langridge b Nye 9 3 W.J.Edrich c Oakes b Cornford 76 not out 54 4 D.C.S.Compton not out 100 5 *R.W.V.Robins lbw b Cornford 15 6 F.G.Mann not out 53 7 †L.H.Compton 8 A.W.Thompson 9 J.M.Sims 10 J.A.Young 11 L.H.Gray Extras b 4, lb 5, w 2 11 lb 4, nb 1 5 —— —— (4 wickets, declared) 401 (1 wicket) 111 FoW (1): 1-77, 2-208, 3-240, 4-274 FoW (2): 1-23 SUSSEX 1 H.W.Parks b Edrich 2 lbw b Sims 17 2 J.G.Langridge st L.H.Compton b Robins 40 b Sims 42 3 †S.C.Griffith c L.H.Compton b D.C.S.Compton 4 (8) lbw b Young 3 4 J.Langridge lbw b D.C.S.Compton 2 (3) lbw b Sims 18 5 R.G.Stainton st L.H.Compton b Robins 28 (4) c L.H.Compton b Sims 18 6 C.Oakes run out 2 b Young 89 7 G.Cox c Robins b D.C.S.Compton 11 (5) c D.C.S.Compton b Sims 2 8 *H.T.Bartlett hit wkt b Gray 44 (7) c D.C.S.Compton b Edrich 95 9 P.A.H.Carey b Sims 31 c D.C.S.Compton b Sims 9 10 J.K.Nye c Brown b D.C.S.Compton 10 not out 2 11 J.H.Cornford not out 9 b Edrich 2 Extras b 6, lb 6 12 b 13, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 19 —— —— 195 316 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-19, 3-21, 4-21, 5-50, 6-88, 7-94, 8-153, 9-173, 10-195 FoW (2): 1-46, 2-80, 3-93, 4-99, 5-116, 6-254, 7-258, 8-310, 9-314, 10-316 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Nye 24 0 100 1 5 0 33 1 Carey 20 0 106 0 (4) 4 0 22 0 Cornford 25 3 79 3 (2) 4 0 12 0 Cox 18.1 4 75 0 (5) 2 0 14 0 Oakes 7 1 30 0 (3) 3 0 23 0 Parks (6) 0.1 0 2 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 12 4 18 1 20.5 4 41 2 Gray 4 1 6 1 8 2 26 0 D.C.S.Compton 21 3 90 4 (5) 13 1 47 0 Robins 16 6 44 2 (6) 8 1 27 0 Sims 6 0 25 1 (4) 30 5 83 6 Young (3) 33 12 73 2 Umpires: P.T.Mills and A.Skelding. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Sussex (1) 21-3 (J.G.Langridge 10*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 258-6 (Bartlett 50*, Griffith 3*). D.C.S.Compton’s 100 included 13 fours. 325