ESSEX CRICKET

f15742 cc7616	Sussex v Essex
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 2nd, 3rd, 4th June 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 162 runs
Points	Sussex 15; Essex 0
Umpires	J Hardstaff, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Sussex (2) 88/3 (Cox 34*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 164/4 (Avery 29, Pearce 0)

Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Nichols	3
JH Parks	lbw b Nichols	48
G Cox	b Stephenson	1
TER Cook	b Nichols	18
J Langridge	st Wade b Smith	30
HW Parks	c Wade b Stephenson	12
*AJ Holmes	lbw b Smith	52
C Oakes	c Taylor b Nichols	6
MW Tate	c sub b Nichols	32
+WL Cornford	b Nichols	8
JH Cornford	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-30, 3-60, 4-73, 5-90, 6-151, 7-172, 8-176, 9-192, 10-213 (52.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	22.5	4	78	6	-	-
Stephenson	16	0	89	2	-	-
Smith	10	1	33	2	-	-
Eastman	4	0	10	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Eastman	c Holmes b Tate	6
S Proffitt	b JH Cornford	4
AV Avery	b JH Cornford	4
J O'Connor	b JH Parks	16
MS Nichols	c JG Langridge b JH Cornford	25
*TN Pearce	b JH Cornford	2
JWA Stephenson	b JH Parks	1
AB Lavers	b JH Parks	0
RM Taylor	b JH Cornford	30
TPB Smith	run out	0
+TH Wade	not out	3
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 38.4 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-12, 3-14, 4-48, 5-58, 6-59, 7-59, 8-61, 9-71, 10-92 (38.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	9	3	12	1	-	-
JH Cornford	15.4	3	39	5	-	-
JH Parks	12	4	31	3	-	-
J Langridge	2	0	9	0	-	-

Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Nichols	14
JH Parks	b Smith	40
G Cox	c Nichols b Stephenson	110
+WL Cornford	c Taylor b Stephenson	0
TER Cook	b Nichols	49
J Langridge	c Smith b Stephenson	61
HW Parks	b Nichols	6
*AJ Holmes	b Stephenson	15
C Oakes	lbw b Nichols	23
MW Tate	c O'Connor b Stephenson	8
JH Cornford	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-75, 3-88, 4-214, 5-214, 6-234, 7-261, 8-309, 9-324, 10-333 (69.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	27	0	132	4	-	-
Stephenson	26.3	2	109	5	-	-
Smith	10	3	53	1	-	-
Proffitt	4	0	15	0	-	-
O'Connor	2	0	18	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Taylor	c Tate b JH Cornford	39
S Proffitt	b JH Cornford	29
AV Avery	lbw b Oakes	35
J O'Connor	b Oakes	56
+TH Wade	b Oakes	0
*TN Pearce	c JH Parks b Oakes	59
MS Nichols	lbw b Oakes	4
JWA Stephenson	b JH Parks	14
AB Lavers	c J Langridge b JH Parks	22
TPB Smith	not out	22
LC Eastman	absent hurt
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 127.3 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-70, 3-161, 4-161, 5-191, 6-195, 7-217, 8-249, 9-292 (127.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	20	4	49	0	-	-
JH Cornford	30	8	69	2	-	-
JH Parks	31	7	72	2	-	-
J Langridge	10	5	14	0	-	-
Oakes	26.3	6	59	5	-	-
JG Langridge	6	3	6	0	-	-
Cook	4	1	11	0	-	-

Notes
--> MW Tate (1) passed 21500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 21
--> S Proffitt made his debut in first-class matches
--> S Proffitt made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MS Nichols (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> JH Parks (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 25
--> G Cox (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 23
--> C Oakes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-11)
--> C Oakes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-11)