First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

WARWICKSHIRE v SUSSEX Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, May 5, 7, 8, 1951. Warwickshire won by eight wickets. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Sussex 0) SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge lbw b Grove 27 b Grove 93 2 D.V.Smith c Townsend b Hollies 48 b Pritchard 0 3 A.S.M.Oakman c Dollery b Grove 3 c Spooner b Pritchard 0 4 G.Cox b Grove 8 c Gardner b Hollies 9 5 *J.Langridge c Spooner b Pritchard 29 b Weeks 6 6 J.Y.Oakes st Spooner b Hollies 14 c Pritchard b Hollies 118 7 K.G.Suttle c Gardner b Pritchard 3 lbw b Grove 4 8 A.E.James c Dollery b Pritchard 1 b Hollies 0 9 †R.T.Webb c Ord b Hollies 10 not out 13 10 J.H.Cornford c Gardner b Pritchard 6 c Dollery b Hollies 0 11 D.J.Wood not out 3 b Pritchard 6 Extras b 3, lb 2, nb 1 6 b 1, lb 3, nb 3 7 —— —— 158 256 FoW (1): 1-59, 2-82, 3-85, 4-94, 5-113, 6-116, 7-118, 8-142, 9-151, 10-158 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-13, 3-35, 4-51, 5-200, 6-224, 7-235, 8-237, 9-237, 10-256 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner c J.G.Langridge b Cornford 5 c Smith b Wood 12 2 †R.T.Spooner c Suttle b James 46 not out 94 3 D.D.Taylor b Oakes 66 b James 14 4 J.S.Ord c J.G.Langridge b Oakes 23 not out 20 5 *H.E.Dollery b James 71 6 A.V.G.Wolton b James 1 7 A.Townsend b Oakes 15 8 R.T.Weeks c Smith b Oakes 0 9 T.L.Pritchard c J.G.Langridge b Wood 15 10 C.W.C.Grove b James 19 11 W.E.Hollies not out 3 Extras b 2 2 b 4, lb 5 9 —— —— 266 (2 wickets) 149 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-79, 3-126, 4-149, 5-152, 6-193, 7-201, 8-220, 9-255, 10-266 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-52 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 19.2 2 52 4 27.3 5 86 3 Grove 19 7 34 3 23 6 52 2 Hollies 28 10 46 3 39 14 73 4 Weeks 7 2 20 0 10 5 25 1 Townsend (5) 5 0 13 0 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Cornford 25 9 53 1 8 0 30 0 Wood 16 4 53 1 7 0 35 1 James 25.5 7 65 4 14 3 37 1 Oakman 9 1 37 0 (5) 2 0 18 0 Oakes 17 4 56 4 (4) 3 0 20 0 Umpires: J.S.Buller and H.L.Parkin. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 4-0 (Gardner 1*, Spooner 3*); 2nd day: Sussex (2) 111-4 (J.G.Langridge 50*, Oakes 43*). J.Y.Oakes’s 118 took 170 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 six. 142