First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

YORKSHIRE v SUSSEX Played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, May 29, 31, 1948. Yorkshire won by an innings and 65 runs. (Points: Yorkshire 12, Sussex 0) SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge c Coxon b Robinson 19 c Yardley b Wardle 26 2 H.W.Parks lbw b Wardle 20 lbw b Robinson 8 3 D.V.Smith b Robinson 2 c Coxon b Wardle 3 4 G.Cox lbw b Robinson 2 c Yardley b Smailes 5 5 J.Langridge c Yardley b Wardle 10 c Lester b Robinson 49 6 C.Oakes c Aspinall b Wardle 8 c Aspinall b Smailes 24 7 *H.T.Bartlett b Wardle 4 b Smailes 8 8 A.E.James b Robinson 2 c Hutton b Wardle 3 9 D.J.Wood not out 5 c Hutton b Smailes 3 10 †R.T.Webb c Hutton b Wardle 0 c Yardley b Aspinall 6 11 J.H.Cornford b Wardle 1 not out 13 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 10, lb 8 18 —— —— 78 166 FoW (1): 1-40, 2-42, 3-43, 4-44, 5-60, 6-63, 7-68, 8-68, 9-68, 10-78 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-30, 3-38, 4-64, 5-99, 6-110, 7-116, 8-119, 9-134, 10-166 YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton not out 176 2 H.Halliday b James 10 3 J.V.Wilson c Oakes b J.Langridge 6 4 E.I.Lester b James 2 5 *N.W.D.Yardley b James 0 6 A.Coxon c Oakes b James 72 7 R.Aspinall not out 31 8 T.F.Smailes 9 J.H.Wardle 10 †D.V.Brennan 11 E.P.Robinson Extras b 9, lb 3 12 —— (5 wickets, declared) 309 FoW (1): 1-38, 2-61, 3-66, 4-66, 5-242 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Aspinall 6 1 23 0 11 4 18 1 Coxon 5 1 6 0 7 3 7 0 Robinson 19 9 27 4 (4) 16.4 7 47 2 Wardle 18.3 10 17 6 (3) 32 14 53 3 Smailes (5) 21 11 23 4 Sussex Bowling O M R W Wood 26 4 75 0 Cornford 17 1 60 0 J.Langridge 18 3 53 1 James 35 6 97 4 Oakes 3 0 12 0 Umpires: J.T.Bell and F.Chester. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 216-4 (Hutton 131*, Coxon 58*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. L.Hutton’s 176 took 255 minutes and included 15 fours. 179