First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

MIDDLESEX v SUSSEX Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 4, 6, 7, 1949. Match drawn. (Points: Middlesex 4, Sussex 0) SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge lbw b Gray 1 c L.H.Compton b Sims 139 2 D.V.Smith b Young 85 b Edrich 0 3 C.Oakes b Young 25 c L.H.Compton b Young 52 4 *H.T.Bartlett c Young b Edrich 4 (6) c Edrich b Young 31 5 G.Cox c Edrich b D.C.S.Compton 17 lbw b Young 20 6 J.Langridge b Gray 40 (4) lbw b D.C.S.Compton 20 7 †S.C.Griffith not out 68 c L.H.Compton b Sims 5 8 J.Y.Oakes c D.C.S.Compton b Young 1 st L.H.Compton b Sims 53 9 A.E.James c L.H.Compton b Young 7 not out 31 10 J.H.Cornford run out 14 not out 15 11 D.J.Wood b Sims 0 Extras b 2, lb 5 7 b 5, lb 3 8 —— —— 269 (8 wickets) 374 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-50, 3-57, 4-109, 5-159, 6-199, 7-200, 8-236, 9-269, 10-269 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-83, 3-141, 4-193, 5-257, 6-272, 7-274, 8-339 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Cornford 1 2 S.M.Brown c J.Y.Oakes b J.Langridge 66 3 W.J.Edrich c J.G.Langridge b James 21 4 D.C.S.Compton c Bartlett b Cornford 182 5 *F.G.Mann b Cornford 26 6 H.P.H.Sharp c J.Langridge b Wood 35 7 A.W.Thompson st Griffith b Wood 3 8 †L.H.Compton not out 59 9 J.M.Sims not out 19 10 J.A.Young 11 L.H.Gray Extras b 7, w 1 8 —— (7 wickets, declared) 420 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-46, 3-138, 4-187, 5-327, 6-337, 7-346 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 16 2 39 1 18 3 65 1 Gray 22 7 32 2 16 7 28 0 Young 30 9 69 4 (4) 31 11 123 3 Sims 14 0 58 1 (3) 38 3 111 3 D.C.S.Compton 17 3 64 1 13 3 39 1 Sussex Bowling O M R W Cornford 26 9 71 3 Wood 24 7 82 2 James 32 8 85 1 C.Oakes 29 3 98 0 J.G.Langridge 1 0 4 0 J.Langridge 11 0 56 1 Cox 4 0 16 0 Umpires: H.Elliott and A.Skelding. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Sussex (1) 251-8 (Griffith 66*, Cornford 0*); 2nd day: Middlesex (1) 420-7 (L.H.Compton 59*, Sims 19*). D.C.S.Compton’s 182 took 210 minutes and included 20 fours. J.G.Langridge’s 139 took 270 minutes. 171