f16276 cc7956	Leicestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Sussex 0
Umpires	GM Lee, HW Lee
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 354/8 (Cornford 15*, Tuppin 1*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 354/5 (Watson 59*, Geary 8*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c Geary b Prentice	68
JH Parks	c Dawkes b Sperry	6
HW Parks	lbw b Lester	87
G Cox	c and b Prentice	10
J Langridge	c Thursting b Smith	93
*AJ Holmes	b Sperry	16
C Oakes	c Berry b Sperry	11
HE Hammond	c Watson b Smith	35
+WL Cornford	c Watson b Smith	22
AG Tuppin	st Dawkes b Lester	18
JK Nye	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 141 overs)	384
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-130, 3-152, 4-184, 5-222, 6-245, 7-332, 8-353, 9-372, 10-384 (141 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	31	3	99	3	-	-
Smith	32	5	71	3	-	-
Geary	19	6	35	0	-	-
Prentice	31	4	76	2	-	-
Lester	24	3	73	2	-	-
Thursting	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c HW Parks b Tuppin	172
LD Thursting	c JG Langridge b J Langridge	20
NF Armstrong	lbw b Nye	7
FT Prentice	lbw b JH Parks	32
M Tompkin	c Hammond b Nye	36
GS Watson	c HW Parks b Tuppin	81
*G Geary	lbw b Oakes	20
+GO Dawkes	not out	8
G Lester	c JG Langridge b Oakes	5
HA Smith	not out	0
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 14 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 130 overs)	403
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-95, 3-166, 4-267, 5-354, 6-389, 7-389, 8-403

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	29	4	88	2	-	-
Hammond	15	1	59	0	-	-
JH Parks	21	10	63	1	-	-
Tuppin	24	3	62	2	-	-
J Langridge	32	7	86	1	-	-
Oakes	8	0	23	2	-	-
Holmes	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HW Parks (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 56
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> GS Watson (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> AG Tuppin reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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Berry 172, two 6's, seventeen 4's in 260 minutes. He broke two pavilion windows, the ball having to be replaced as a consequence.

 

 

 

 

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