| 
County Championship, 1947Sussex v Kent
 Central Recreation Ground, Hastings
 9,11,12 August 1947 (3-day match)
 
Result: Kent won by 9 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: F Chester and CAR Coleman
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Kent 1st innings
LJ Todd                                  b Nye                 45
AE Fagg               lbw                b Cox                163
LEG Ames              c Griffith         b Nye                  3
JGW Davies                               b Cornford             4
*BH Valentine         c JG Langridge     b Cox                 32
GF Anson              c JG Langridge     b Cox                 24
+TG Evans             c J Langridge      b Cox                 57
AWH Mallett           c Oakes            b Nye                  5
RR Dovey                                 b J Langridge         16
DVP Wright            not out                                   9
Extras                (b 3, w 1, nb 1)                          5
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 102.2 overs)       363
DNB: NW Harding.
FoW: 1-89, 2-93, 3-108, 4-170, 5-261, 6-276, 7-295, 8-339, 9-363.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nye                         25      4    120      3
Cornford                    22      6     55      1
Dobree-Carey                13      2     62      0
Oakes                        8      0     31      0
Cox                         28      8     75      4
J Langridge                  6.2    1     15      1
Sussex 1st innings
JG Langridge          c Mallett          b Wright              23
HW Parks                                 b Harding              0
J Langridge           hit wicket         b Wright              54
RG Stainton           c Mallett          b Wright               3
G Cox                 c Evans            b Wright              44
C Oakes               c Ames             b Wright               0
*HT Bartlett          c Anson            b Dovey                3
+SC Griffith          c Fagg             b Dovey                8
PAH Dobree-Carey      not out                                  11
JK Nye                c Fagg             b Wright               0
JH Cornford                              b Wright               0
Extras                (b 18, lb 16, w 3)                       37
Total                 (all out, 67.5 overs)                   183
FoW: 1-2, 2-80, 3-86, 4-130, 5-130,
     6-135, 7-149, 8-183, 9-183, 10-183.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Harding                     10      2     33      1
Mallett                      9      3     21      0
Wright                      24.5    4     54      7
Davies                       8      5     12      0
Dovey                       16      5     26      2
Sussex 2nd innings (following on)
JG Langridge          c Anson            b Wright              76
HW Parks              c Davies           b Wright              56
J Langridge                              b Wright               2
RG Stainton           c Davies           b Wright               3
G Cox                 c Evans            b Dovey               85
C Oakes                                  b Dovey                1
*HT Bartlett                             b Wright               9
+SC Griffith          lbw                b Wright               0
PAH Dobree-Carey      c Ames             b Wright              26
JK Nye                lbw                b Wright               0
JH Cornford           not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 7)                              11
Total                 (all out, 96 overs)                     269
FoW: 1-127, 2-141, 3-142, 4-146, 5-149,
     6-150, 7-161, 8-269, 9-269, 10-269.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Harding                     16      6     43      0
Mallett                     12      2     44      0
Wright                      34      7    119      8
Davies                       4      1     13      0
Dovey                       30     16     39      2
Kent 2nd innings (target: 90 runs)
LJ Todd               c Oakes            b Nye                  9
AE Fagg               not out                                  59
LEG Ames              not out                                  19
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, w 1)                          4
Total                 (1 wicket, 19.5 overs)                   91
DNB: JGW Davies, *BH Valentine, GF Anson, +TG Evans, AWH Mallett,
     RR Dovey, DVP Wright, NW Harding.
FoW: 1-10.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nye                          5      0     12      1
Cornford                     4      1     18      0
Oakes                        5      1     23      0
Cox                          2      0     10      0
J Langridge                  3.5    0     24      0
 |