f17475 cc8496	Sussex v Surrey
	County Championship 1947
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 14th, 15th, 16th May 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 70 runs
Points	Sussex 12; Surrey 0
Umpires	CAR Coleman, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 20/2 (Barling 2*, Watts 3*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 90/1 (JG Langridge 29*, J Langridge 4*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Gover	8
C Oakes	c McIntyre b Gover	9
J Langridge	run out	68
G Cox	lbw b AV Bedser	2
HW Parks	lbw b AV Bedser	63
*HT Bartlett	b Squires	55
+SC Griffith	c Holmes b Gover	0
JY Oakes	lbw b AV Bedser	14
DV Smith	lbw b Squires	16
JK Nye	not out	29
JH Cornford	c Gover b AV Bedser	18
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 97.2 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-28, 3-33, 4-159, 5-176, 6-183, 7-207, 8-252, 9-253, 10-302 (97.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	20	4	63	3	-	1
AV Bedser	29.2	8	82	4	-	3
Watts	20	5	56	0	-	-
Parker	6	1	15	0	-	-
EA Bedser	7	2	9	0	-	-
Squires	15	3	57	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	c C Oakes b Cornford	1
EA Bedser	lbw b C Oakes	10
HT Barling	lbw b Cornford	91
EA Watts	c Griffith b Nye	76
+AJW McIntyre	c JY Oakes b Nye	8
JF Parker	lbw b C Oakes	57
*ERT Holmes	c Cox b Nye	6
HS Squires	c JG Langridge b C Oakes	0
GJ Whittaker	c JG Langridge b Cornford	8
AV Bedser	b Cornford	22
AR Gover	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-17, 3-164, 4-184, 5-225, 6-259, 7-261, 8-266, 9-289, 10-296 (104.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	28	6	76	3	-	-
Cornford	24.5	5	87	4	-	-
Cox	7	3	4	0	-	-
C Oakes	34	7	75	3	-	-
J Langridge	4	0	19	0	1	-
Smith	3	0	12	0	-	-
JY Oakes	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	run out	67
C Oakes	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	52
J Langridge	c McIntyre b EA Bedser	57
G Cox	c McIntyre b Watts	34
HW Parks	c Parker b Watts	11
*HT Bartlett	not out	33
+SC Griffith	not out	0
JY Oakes	did not bat
DV Smith	did not bat
JK Nye	did not bat
JH Cornford	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-157, 3-215, 4-233, 5-262

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	24	6	57	0	-	-
AV Bedser	27	4	59	1	-	-
Parker	3	0	20	0	-	-
Watts	17	1	77	2	-	-
EA Bedser	17	7	37	1	-	-
Squires	4	3	4	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	b C Oakes	22
EA Bedser	c Bartlett b Cornford	72
AV Bedser	b Cornford	1
EA Watts	c JG Langridge b C Oakes	14
JF Parker	b Nye	1
*ERT Holmes	c JG Langridge b JY Oakes	60
+AJW McIntyre	c Nye b Cornford	0
HT Barling	c JG Langridge b Cornford	0
HS Squires	c JY Oakes b J Langridge	14
AR Gover	c JY Oakes b J Langridge	3
GJ Whittaker	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-64, 3-107, 4-108, 5-133, 6-147, 7-152, 8-189, 9-196, 10-199 (57.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nye	7	0	26	1	-	-
Cornford	21	5	62	4	-	-
C Oakes	17	1	75	2	-	-
J Langridge	8.4	3	15	2	-	-
JY Oakes	4	2	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HT Bartlett (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> HT Barling (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> EA Watts (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> JF Parker (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> C Oakes (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> EA Bedser (2) passed his previous highest score of 67 in County Championship matches
--> EA Bedser (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> J Langridge reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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