First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

YORKSHIRE v SUSSEX Played at Headingley, Leeds, June 29, 30, July 1, 1949. Match drawn. (Points: Yorkshire 4, Sussex 0) SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge c Firth b Coxon 30 lbw b Coxon 33 2 A.E.James b Close 4 b Coxon 9 3 C.Oakes b Coxon 14 c Coxon b Robinson 38 4 J.Langridge c Hutton b Coxon 9 not out 133 5 G.Cox c Firth b Close 18 not out 212 6 *H.T.Bartlett not out 51 7 J.Y.Oakes b Close 13 8 K.G.Suttle lbw b Coxon 2 9 †R.T.Webb c Robinson b Coxon 1 10 J.H.Cornford b Close 17 11 D.J.Wood c Firth b Close 2 Extras b 13, lb 3, nb 4 20 b 10, lb 4, nb 3 17 —— —— 181 (3 wickets) 442 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-56, 3-60, 4-84, 5-88, 6-105, 7-109, 8-119, 9-165, 10-181 FoW (2): 1-38, 2-43, 3-116 YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c C.Oakes b James 80 2 F.A.Lowson lbw b J.Langridge 61 3 J.V.Wilson not out 157 4 E.I.Lester st Webb b J.Langridge 112 5 G.A.Smithson run out 2 6 *N.W.D.Yardley c J.G.Langridge b J.Langridge 41 7 D.B.Close c Cox b Wood 44 8 E.P.Robinson c James b Wood 9 9 A.Coxon 10 †J.Firth 11 A.Mason Extras b 8, lb 5, w 1 14 —— (7 wickets, declared) 520 FoW (1): 1-132, 2-167, 3-375, 4-390, 5-450, 6-501, 7-520 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Coxon 24 2 56 5 30 6 79 2 Close 17.5 5 73 5 20 7 51 0 Yardley 11 1 32 0 8 2 23 0 Robinson (4) 46 23 73 1 Hutton (5) 20 7 46 0 Mason (6) 33 10 86 0 Lester (7) 7 4 11 0 Wilson (8) 4 0 16 0 Smithson (9) 3 0 27 0 Lowson (10) 2 0 13 0 Sussex Bowling O M R W Wood 35 9 111 2 Cornford 28 6 70 0 James 37 9 100 1 J.Y.Oakes 19 5 85 0 J.Langridge 27 6 89 3 C.Oakes 8 2 31 0 Cox 3 0 20 0 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and A.Lockett. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 178-2 (Wilson 26*, Lester 5*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 147-3 (J.Langridge 47*, Cox 18*). J.V.Wilson’s 157 took 295 minutes and included 19 fours. E.I.Lester’s 112 took 160 minutes and included 18 fours. J.Langridge’s 133 took 405 minutes and included 14 fours. G.Cox’s 212 took 320 minutes and included 36 fours. 236