f15721 cc7600	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 26th, 27th, 28th May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3; Sussex 5
Umpires	LC Braund, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 11/0 (Berry 6*, Prentice 5*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 49/1 (Langridge 19*, WL Cornford 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Hammond b Oakes	18
FT Prentice	c Holmes b Oakes	82
NF Armstrong	c Cook b Oakes	0
*CS Dempster	b JH Cornford	110
GS Watson	b Tate	80
H Riley	c Holmes b JH Cornford	0
G Geary	lbw b JH Cornford	0
WE Astill	c WL Cornford b Hammond	4
FJ Bowley	b Tate	25
HA Smith	b JH Cornford	2
+P Corrall	not out	8
Extras	(12 b, 8 lb, 2 w)	22
Total	(all out, 118.3 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-32, 3-190, 4-225, 5-225, 6-225, 7-230, 8-330, 9-335, 10-351 (118.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	30.3	9	72	2	-	-
JH Cornford	29	3	83	4	-	-
Oakes	27	1	96	3	-	-
Hammond	15	4	24	1	-	-
Tuppin	8	3	21	0	-	-
Cook	6	1	18	0	-	-
Langridge	2	0	11	0	-	-
Holmes	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	b Smith	112
HE Hammond	b Geary	24
+WL Cornford	b Geary	23
G Cox	lbw b Astill	12
TER Cook	not out	141
*AJ Holmes	not out	122
HW Parks	did not bat
JH Cornford	did not bat
MW Tate	did not bat
C Oakes	did not bat
AG Tuppin	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, 147 overs)	446
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-95, 3-112, 4-220

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	40	9	93	1	-	-
Geary	44	15	86	2	-	-
Bowley	15	3	61	0	-	-
Astill	21	2	74	1	-	-
Prentice	12	0	60	0	-	-
Armstrong	5	0	24	0	-	-
Riley	8	0	24	0	-	-
Berry	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GS Watson (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in County Championship matches
--> FJ Bowley (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> FJ Bowley (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> G Cox (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> AJ Holmes (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Holmes (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in County Championship matches
--> AJ Holmes (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 50
--> MW Tate reached 2750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JH Cornford reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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