First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

SUSSEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Hove, May 23, 24, 25, 1951. Sussex won by an innings and 64 runs. (Points: Sussex 12, Leicestershire 0) SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge c Smithson b Jackson 192 2 A.P.Doggart lbw b Walsh 16 3 G.Cox b Jackson 19 4 *J.Langridge b Lester 0 5 G.W.Lees st Firth b Lester 1 6 J.Y.Oakes lbw b Palmer 54 7 A.S.M.Oakman b Sperry 5 8 A.E.James lbw b Lester 8 9 †R.T.Webb lbw b Lester 4 10 D.J.Wood b Jackson 24 11 J.H.Cornford not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 3 5 —— 328 FoW (1): 1-29, 2-72, 3-75, 4-83, 5-176, 6-181, 7-227, 8-239, 9-321, 10-328 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry lbw b Cornford 4 b James 21 2 V.S.Munden c Wood b Cornford 10 c J.G.Langridge b Oakes 12 3 M.Tompkin c Doggart b J.Langridge 25 b James 3 4 *C.H.Palmer hit wkt b J.Langridge 9 b James 4 5 V.E.Jackson c Webb b J.Langridge 16 b James 1 6 G.A.Smithson c J.Langridge b Oakes 11 b J.Langridge 41 7 F.T.Prentice b Cornford 38 c Wood b Cornford 7 8 G.Lester not out 6 b Cornford 7 9 †J.Firth c Oakman b Cornford 0 not out 14 10 J.E.Walsh b Cornford 12 c Cox b Oakes 2 11 J.Sperry c Oakman b Wood 3 c J.Langridge b Oakes 2 Extras b 8, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 13 lb 3 3 —— —— 147 117 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-27, 3-51, 4-72, 5-75, 6-106, 7-132, 8-132, 9-144, 10-147 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-36, 3-40, 4-40, 5-48, 6-59, 7-88, 8-110, 9-115, 10-117 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Sperry 14 3 34 1 Jackson 33.2 14 65 3 Walsh 26 2 82 1 Palmer 16 3 49 1 Munden 6 2 16 0 Lester 25 6 77 4 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Cornford 21 9 34 5 15 5 28 2 Wood 15.1 5 23 1 7 3 15 0 James 2 1 1 0 24 10 37 4 Oakman 12 4 23 0 (6) 2 0 7 0 J.Langridge 21 10 27 3 7 3 10 1 Oakes 13 5 26 1 (4) 12.3 6 17 3 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and F.Chester. Toss: Sussex Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 27-1 (Munden 10*, Tompkin 8*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 72-6 (Smithson 22*, Lester 2*). J.G.Langridge’s 192 took 295 minutes and included 23 fours and 1 six. 186