f17493 cc8511	Middlesex v Sussex
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 24th, 26th May 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 10 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Sussex 0
Umpires	A Skelding, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 43/4 (Cox 20*, Griffith 4*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Parks b Cornford	10
SM Brown	c Griffith b Nye	3
WJ Edrich	b Cornford	106
DCS Compton	b C Oakes	110
*RWV Robins	c Griffith b C Oakes	23
FG Mann	c Duffield b J Langridge	69
AW Thompson	st Griffith b J Langridge	12
+LH Compton	c JG Langridge b J Langridge	6
JM Sims	not out	20
JA Young	c C Oakes b J Langridge	0
LH Gray	st Griffith b C Oakes	2
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 111 overs)	380
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-15, 3-238, 4-252, 5-304, 6-332, 7-346, 8-365, 9-367, 10-380 (111 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	11	2	48	1	-	-
Cornford	30	5	98	2	-	-
Duffield	28	3	88	0	-	-
J Langridge	13	3	38	4	-	-
Cox	4	0	17	0	-	-
C Oakes	24	5	70	3	-	-
JG Langridge	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	c and b Gray	4
C Oakes	b Edrich	1
J Langridge	c Edrich b Sims	6
G Cox	lbw b Edrich	22
HW Parks	lbw b Edrich	8
+SC Griffith	c Edrich b Sims	45
*HT Bartlett	c Sims b Gray	19
JY Oakes	not out	25
J Duffield	lbw b Gray	1
JK Nye	c Edrich b Gray	0
JH Cornford	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	7
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 52 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-22, 4-38, 5-45, 6-101, 7-107, 8-112, 9-112, 10-139 (52 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	12	1	28	4	-	-
Edrich	15	3	34	3	-	-
Sims	17	2	56	2	-	-
Robins	1	0	2	0	-	-
Young	4	1	12	0	-	-
DCS Compton	3	0	6	1	-	-

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Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	b Edrich	6
C Oakes	c sub b Gray	32
J Langridge	c Mann b Young	85
G Cox	lbw b Gray	65
HW Parks	b Gray	17
*HT Bartlett	c LH Compton b Sims	9
+SC Griffith	b Sims	16
JY Oakes	not out	16
J Duffield	c DCS Compton b Sims	0
JK Nye	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	7
JH Cornford	c Edrich b Sims	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 93.3 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-44, 3-176, 4-200, 5-214, 6-216, 7-235, 8-235, 9-248, 10-259 (93.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	20	6	42	3	-	-
Edrich	15	1	55	1	-	-
Young	17	4	40	1	-	-
DCS Compton	13	4	42	1	-	-
Sims	20.3	2	46	4	-	-
Robins	8	1	28	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+LH Compton	not out	19
SM Brown	not out	2
JDB Robertson	did not bat
WJ Edrich	did not bat
DCS Compton	did not bat
*RWV Robins	did not bat
FG Mann	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 4.1 overs)	21

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Duffield	2	0	4	0	-	-
Cornford	2	0	13	0	-	-
Bartlett	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> LH Gray reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex first innings

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