First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

MIDDLESEX v SUSSEX Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 27, 29, 30, 1950. Match drawn. (Points: Middlesex 4, Sussex 0) MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson st Webb b J.Langridge 21 c C.Oakes b James 4 2 H.P.H.Sharp c and b James 84 b Cornford 10 3 *W.J.Edrich b Oakman 6 not out 152 4 D.C.S.Compton b James 50 5 A.W.Thompson c and b C.Oakes 80 (4) b Cornford 9 6 †L.H.Compton b C.Oakes 9 (5) b Cornford 0 7 F.J.Titmus c Parks b J.Langridge 11 (6) run out 11 8 J.M.Sims c J.Langridge b C.Oakes 35 (7) lbw b J.Y.Oakes 44 9 J.A.Young c J.G.Langridge b C.Oakes 7 (8) not out 4 10 P.I.Bedford c James b C.Oakes 10 11 L.H.Gray not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 5 6 —— —— 319 (6 wickets, declared) 234 FoW (1): 1-53, 2-64, 3-155, 4-168, 5-181, 6-220, 7-302, 8-303, 9-310, 10-319 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-15, 3-31, 4-35, 5-52, 6-183 SUSSEX 1 D.V.Smith c L.H.Compton b Gray 0 b Sims 3 2 J.G.Langridge b Gray 5 c and b Sims 53 3 D.S.Sheppard c L.H.Compton b Sims 34 c L.H.Compton b Titmus 70 4 C.Oakes c Bedford b Young 40 b Sims 21 5 *J.Langridge not out 92 (7) not out 31 6 J.Y.Oakes c L.H.Compton b Young 11 (5) c Edrich b Sims 38 7 A.E.James b Sims 5 (9) b Gray 10 8 J.M.Parks c Bedford b Gray 33 (6) lbw b Titmus 6 9 A.S.M.Oakman c L.H.Compton b Gray 4 (8) b Sims 6 10 †R.T.Webb lbw b Bedford 18 not out 5 11 J.H.Cornford run out 9 Extras lb 5, nb 1 6 b 2, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 10 —— —— 257 (8 wickets) 253 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-7, 3-65, 4-91, 5-108, 6-129, 7-173, 8-183, 9-232, 10-257 FoW (2): 1-18, 2-102, 3-138, 4-184, 5-188, 6-196, 7-209, 8-242 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Cornford 21 3 66 0 31 9 73 3 James 27 11 47 2 33 14 70 1 J.Y.Oakes 14 2 41 0 (4) 9 3 28 1 J.Langridge 30 11 67 2 (5) 13 1 28 0 Oakman 10 1 36 1 (6) 2 2 0 0 C.Oakes 22 3 56 5 (3) 15 4 35 0 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 22 5 53 4 6 1 8 1 Edrich 13 3 31 0 5 2 9 0 Sims 33.4 6 104 2 (4) 33 3 114 5 Young 25 10 43 2 (5) 9 5 19 0 Bedford 7 1 20 1 (3) 6 1 35 0 Titmus (6) 18 4 58 2 Umpires: W.H.Ashdown and F.Chester. Toss: Middlesex Close of Play: 1st day: Sussex (1) 17-2 (Sheppard 4*, C.Oakes 7*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 76-5 (Edrich 31*, Sims 11*). W.J.Edrich’s 152 took 255 minutes and included 19 fours and 1 six. 167