First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

SUSSEX v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Hove, July 4, 5, 6, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Sussex 4, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Wood b Cornford 70 b Wood 3 2 A.V.Avery c Parks b Cornford 9 b Wood 106 3 †P.A.Gibb c Parks b Cornford 27 run out 4 4 R.Horsfall b James 0 c J.G.Langridge b Wood 21 5 *D.J.Insole lbw b James 0 not out 184 6 T.E.Bailey b Cornford 0 run out 20 7 R.Smith b James 5 not out 2 8 F.H.Vigar c J.G.Langridge b Cornford 34 9 W.T.Greensmith c Davidson b Cornford 4 10 T.P.B.Smith c Parks b James 19 11 K.C.Preston not out 19 Extras b 10, lb 2 12 b 5, lb 1 6 —— —— 199 (5 wickets, declared) 346 FoW (1): 1-40, 2-108, 3-108, 4-108, 5-108, 6-108, 7-113, 8-118, 9-143, 10-199 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-8, 3-48, 4-263, 5-332 SUSSEX 1 J.G.Langridge run out 14 c Gibb b Greensmith 45 2 D.V.Smith lbw b Bailey 3 c Bailey b R.Smith 25 3 J.M.Parks c Gibb b Preston 1 (4) c Horsfall b T.P.B.Smith 13 4 C.Oakes b T.P.B.Smith 63 (3) c Bailey b Greensmith 22 5 *J.Langridge c Gibb b Preston 79 (7) not out 20 6 G.Cox lbw b R.Smith 37 (5) lbw b R.Smith 54 7 A.S.M.Oakman b Preston 9 (6) c Vigar b Preston 44 8 A.E.James b R.Smith 1 not out 12 9 †W.W.Davidson b R.Smith 7 10 D.J.Wood not out 1 11 J.H.Cornford b Preston 0 Extras lb 5, w 5, nb 1 11 lb 7, nb 1 8 —— —— 226 (6 wickets) 243 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-13, 3-38, 4-149, 5-202, 6-213, 7-216, 8-224, 9-226, 10-226 FoW (2): 1-42, 2-83, 3-94, 4-118, 5-183, 6-224 Sussex Bowling O M R W O M R W Wood 13 2 52 0 24 2 91 3 Cornford 22.4 8 52 6 14 2 56 0 James 24 8 48 4 29 8 92 0 Oakes 7 0 28 0 (5) 8 0 30 0 Oakman 2 0 7 0 (4) 12 2 31 0 Cox (6) 5 1 22 0 J.Langridge (7) 2 0 18 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 25 6 53 1 Preston 27.5 4 64 4 (1) 15 1 37 1 R.Smith 34 13 68 3 (2) 24 7 62 2 Greensmith 4 2 5 0 17 1 70 2 T.P.B.Smith 17 8 23 1 (3) 20 8 43 1 Insole 1 0 2 0 Vigar (5) 6 0 23 0 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and D.Davies. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Sussex (1) 132-3 (Oakes 53*, J.Langridge 43*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 241-3 (Avery 96*, Insole 113*). A.V.Avery’s 106 included 11 fours. D.J.Insole’s 184 took 220 minutes and included 24 fours. 294