f16643 cc8191	Essex v Sussex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 29th, 31st July, 1st August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 76 runs
Points	Essex 4; Sussex 12
Umpires	HW Lee, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 170/2 (TPB Smith 50*, O'Connor 47*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 130/3 (HW Parks 53*, J Langridge 4*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Stephenson	71
JH Parks	lbw b Taylor	25
HW Parks	c Taylor b Nichols	29
G Cox	c Wilcox b Nichols	0
J Langridge	b R Smith	15
RG Stainton	b R Smith	38
*AJ Holmes	b R Smith	0
HE Hammond	lbw b R Smith	3
+WL Cornford	b Nichols	4
JK Nye	lbw b R Smith	7
JH Cornford	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 47.6 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-129, 3-129, 4-129, 5-154, 6-154, 7-158, 8-163, 9-176, 10-199 (47.6 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	17	1	70	3	-	-
R Smith	11.6	1	47	5	-	-
Stephenson	12	3	40	1	-	-
Taylor	7	0	36	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	b Nye	22
AV Avery	b JH Parks	42
TPB Smith	lbw b JH Cornford	55
J O'Connor	lbw b JH Cornford	50
MS Nichols	lbw b Nye	4
R Smith	b Nye	1
*DR Wilcox	c JH Cornford b Nye	8
FH Vigar	b Nye	3
RM Taylor	b JH Cornford	7
JWA Stephenson	not out	12
+TH Wade	c JG Langridge b JH Cornford	5
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-88, 3-179, 4-180, 5-184, 6-189, 7-195, 8-200, 9-212, 10-220 (61.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	22	1	79	5	-	-
JH Cornford	18.5	3	69	4	-	-
JH Parks	12	3	22	1	-	-
Hammond	5	0	18	0	-	-
J Langridge	2	0	10	0	-	-
JG Langridge	1	0	10	0	-	-
Holmes	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b R Smith	8
JH Parks	c Wade b Nichols	11
HW Parks	not out	133
G Cox	c Wilcox b Taylor	44
J Langridge	b Taylor	96
RG Stainton	not out	17
*AJ Holmes	did not bat
HE Hammond	did not bat
+WL Cornford	did not bat
JK Nye	did not bat
JH Cornford	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-37, 3-113, 4-292

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	17	1	57	1	-	-
R Smith	13	2	43	1	-	-
Stephenson	8	0	46	0	-	-
Taylor	17	1	87	2	-	-
TPB Smith	16	1	76	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c HW Parks b Hammond	39
AV Avery	c JH Cornford b Hammond	20
TPB Smith	c Hammond b Nye	32
J O'Connor	c J Langridge b Nye	28
MS Nichols	lbw b Hammond	40
R Smith	b JH Parks	8
*DR Wilcox	c JH Cornford b JH Parks	19
JWA Stephenson	c Nye b J Langridge	17
FH Vigar	c Hammond b Nye	15
RM Taylor	lbw b JH Parks	3
+TH Wade	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-65, 3-120, 4-133, 5-163, 6-187, 7-211, 8-211, 9-228, 10-235 (57.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	16	2	89	3	-	-
JH Cornford	12	3	46	0	-	-
JH Parks	16.5	5	32	3	-	-
Hammond	11	4	38	3	-	-
J Langridge	2	0	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Langridge (1) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> WL Cornford (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 28500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> G Cox (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> MS Nichols (2) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> JH Cornford reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JH Parks reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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