First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SUSSEX v ESSEX Played at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, August 20, 21, 22, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Sussex 0, Essex 4) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Griffith b Cornford 17 2 H.P.Crabtree lbw b Nye 5 3 A.V.Avery c Griffith b C.Oakes 37 4 T.P.B.Smith b Cox 83 5 T.E.Bailey b Nye 205 6 F.H.Vigar run out 29 7 S.J.Cray b Nye 32 8 D.J.Insole b Cornford 10 9 *D.R.Wilcox c Griffith b Cornford 3 10 R.Smith c J.Langridge b Nye 28 11 †T.H.Wade not out 2 Extras b 5, lb 2, w 2 9 —— 460 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-43, 3-80, 4-199, 5-267, 6-397, 7-420, 8-426, 9-454, 10-460 SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge lbw b Bailey 9 b T.P.B.Smith 73 2 H.W.Parks lbw b Bailey 22 lbw b R.Smith 72 3 C.Oakes c Dodds b R.Smith 113 b Avery 20 4 J.Langridge c Insole b T.P.B.Smith 47 b T.P.B.Smith 29 5 G.Cox c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 13 st Wade b Dodds 186 6 *H.T.Bartlett c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 12 st Wade b Wilcox 66 7 D.S.Sheppard st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 11 not out 20 8 J.Y.Oakes c and b T.P.B.Smith 0 9 †S.C.Griffith c and b T.P.B.Smith 1 10 J.K.Nye c Wade b Bailey 13 11 J.H.Cornford not out 2 Extras lb 4, w 1 5 b 4, lb 5, nb 2 11 —— —— 248 (6 wickets) 477 FoW (1): 1-32, 2-35, 3-123, 4-141, 5-172, 6-192, 7-196, 8-202, 9-246, 10-248 FoW (2): 1-107, 2-146, 3-183, 4-258, 5-421, 6-477 Sussex Bowling O M R W Nye 30.3 4 102 4 Cornford 31 6 97 3 Cox 14 4 26 1 C.Oakes 30 3 112 1 J.Y.Oakes 21 3 85 0 J.Langridge 6 1 24 0 J.G.Langridge 2 1 5 0 Bartlett 1 1 0 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 15 3 40 3 18 3 50 0 R.Smith 20.2 3 59 1 37 5 101 1 T.P.B.Smith 34 4 90 6 39 5 133 2 Insole 3 0 9 0 Vigar 5 0 20 0 (6) 9 1 25 0 Avery 20 5 25 0 (5) 23 5 55 1 Dodds (4) 3.1 0 8 1 Cray (7) 3 0 34 0 Wilcox (8) 6 0 46 1 Crabtree (9) 4 0 14 0 Umpires: F.Chester and C.F.Root. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 434-8 (Wilcox 1*, R.Smith 7*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 43-0 (J.G.Langridge 28*, Parks 12*). T.E.Bailey’s 205 took 270 minutes and included 26 fours and 1 five. C.Oakes’s 113 took 210 minutes. G.Cox’s 186 took 190 minutes and included 25 fours and 1 six. 369