First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

SUSSEX v AUSTRALIANS Played at County Ground, Hove, June 5, 7, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 325 runs. SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge c Saggers b Lindwall 5 c Saggers b Lindwall 0 2 H.W.Parks lbw b Loxton 4 b Ring 61 3 C.Oakes b Lindwall 22 b Lindwall 0 4 G.Cox lbw b Loxton 6 c sub b Hamence 16 5 J.Langridge c Johnson b Loxton 0 lbw b Lindwall 15 6 J.Y.Oakes b Lindwall 15 b Lindwall 1 7 *H.T.Bartlett b Lindwall 8 lbw b Ring 2 8 †S.C.Griffith b Lindwall 7 b Lindwall 24 9 P.A.H.Carey b Lindwall 5 c Saggers b Ring 0 10 A.E.James run out 4 not out 3 11 J.H.Cornford not out 3 st Saggers b Hamence 1 Extras lb 6, nb 1 7 b 5, lb 9, w 1 15 —— —— 86 138 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-15, 3-34, 4-34, 5-56, 6-69, 7-73, 8-78, 9-81, 10-86 FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-2 (3), 3-24 (4), 4-79 (5), 5-95 (6), 6-98 (7), 7-109 (2), 8-109 (9), 9-133 (8), 10-138 (11) AUSTRALIANS 1 W.A.Brown lbw b C.Oakes 44 2 A.R.Morris c and b J.Langridge 184 3 *D.G.Bradman b Cornford 109 4 R.R.Lindwall c Griffith b Cornford 57 5 R.N.Harvey not out 100 6 R.A.Hamence lbw b C.Oakes 34 7 I.W.G.Johnson 8 †R.A.Saggers 9 S.J.E.Loxton 10 D.T.Ring 11 E.R.H.Toshack Extras b 10, lb 10, nb 1 21 —— (5 wickets, declared) 549 FoW (1): 1-153 (1), 2-342 (2), 3-360 (3), 4-453 (4), 5-549 (6) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 19.4 2 34 6 15 5 25 5 Loxton 10 5 13 3 1nb Ring 2 0 9 0 (5) 13 4 42 3 Toshack 15 4 23 0 (3) 17 14 6 0 Hamence (2) 7.3 3 13 2 1w Johnson (4) 11 4 37 0 Sussex Bowling O M R W Carey 23 1 102 0 Cornford 31 6 122 2 James 26 6 90 0 Cox 16 3 54 0 C.Oakes 15 2 60 2 1nb J.Langridge 16 1 68 1 J.Y.Oakes 3 0 32 0 Umpires: B.Flint and J.J.Hills. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 254-1 (Morris 152*, Bradman 43*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.R.Morris’s 184 included 26 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 109 took 120 minutes and included 11 fours. R.N.Harvey’s 100 took 115 minutes and included 16 fours. 196