First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SUSSEX v LANCASHIRE Played at The Saffrons, Eastbourne, August 23, 25, 26, 1947. Lancashire won by ten wickets. (Points: Sussex 0, Lancashire 12) SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge c and b Bowes 0 lbw b Bowes 53 2 H.W.Parks not out 119 c Brierley b Roberts 53 3 C.Oakes run out 10 c Pollard b Ikin 5 4 J.Langridge c Brierley b Ikin 32 c Bowes b Roberts 70 5 G.Cox c Edrich b Pollard 6 lbw b Wharton 103 6 *H.T.Bartlett b Bowes 9 (7) not out 29 7 J.Y.Oakes b Pollard 2 (6) st Brierley b Roberts 31 8 †S.C.Griffith c Bowes b Ikin 33 not out 3 9 M.T.Robinson b Ikin 0 10 J.Duffield b Cranston 0 11 J.H.Cornford run out 0 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 b 4, lb 3, w 3, nb 2 12 —— —— 221 (6 wickets, declared) 359 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-17, 3-59, 4-83, 5-100, 6-113, 7-211, 8-213, 9-214, 10-221 FoW (2): 1-100, 2-114, 3-116, 4-293, 5-296, 6-350 LANCASHIRE 1 W.Place c and b C.Oakes 34 not out 106 2 C.Washbrook c Parks b J.Y.Oakes 176 not out 121 3 J.T.Ikin run out 65 4 G.A.Edrich not out 38 5 B.J.Howard not out 28 6 †T.L.Brierley 7 *K.Cranston 8 A.Wharton 9 R.Pollard 10 J.B.Bowes 11 W.B.Roberts Extras b 4, lb 2, nb 1 7 lb 2, w 4 6 —— —— (3 wickets, declared) 348 (no wicket) 233 FoW (1): 1-77, 2-260, 3-290 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pollard 22 5 55 2 23 5 65 0 Bowes 25 9 51 2 21 10 33 1 Cranston 21 4 34 1 (4) 11 3 41 0 Roberts 27 17 29 0 (5) 33 13 73 3 Ikin 15.4 3 42 3 (3) 35 6 117 1 Wharton (6) 6 2 18 1 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Cornford 20 3 56 0 (2) 10 0 47 0 Robinson 20 5 59 0 (1) 7 0 33 0 Cox 4 1 16 0 (4) 8 0 51 0 J.Y.Oakes 26 6 58 1 (6) 2 0 21 0 C.Oakes 22 2 74 1 6 1 32 0 Duffield 13 2 60 0 (3) 7 0 35 0 J.Langridge 4 0 18 0 J.G.Langridge (7) 1 0 3 0 Parks (8) 0.4 0 5 0 Umpires: D.Hendren and C.F.Root. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Lancashire (1) 33-0 (Place 11*, Washbrook 22*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 98-0 (J.G.Langridge 51*, Parks 45*). H.W.Parks’s 119 took 240 minutes. C.Washbrook’s 176 took 225 minutes and included 22 fours and 1 six. G.Cox’s 103 included 14 fours. W.Place’s 106 took 120 minutes and included 15 fours. C.Washbrook’s 121 took 120 minutes and included 11 fours. 378