Sussex County Cricket Club

Playing records

Reproduced with permission from the Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder, 1990

b) PLAYING RECORD (showing the championship and Sunday league positions, and rounds reached in knock-out competitions) {227,297}:

1890 8
1891 7
1892 9
1893 7
1894 8
1895 11
1896 14
1897 6
1898 9
1899 5
1900 4
1901 4
1902 2
1903 2
1904 6
1905 3
1906 10
1907 13
1908 5
1909 4
1910 7
1911 13
1912 10
1913 7
1914 6

1919 11
1920 6
1921 9
1922 9
1923 6
1924 10
1925 13
1926 10
1927 10
1928 7
1929 4
1930 7
1931 4
1932 2
1933 2
1934 2
1935 7
1936 14
1937 5
1938 8
1939 10

1946 17
1947 9
1948 16
1949 13
1950 13
1951 10
1952 13
1953 2
1954 9
1955 4
1956 9
1957 9
1958 13
1959 15
1960 4
1961 8
1962 12

CC        Gillette/ B & H Sunday
NatWest

1963      4               Winners     -                -
1964      9               Winners     -                -
1965      16              Q-F            -                -
1966      10              1                -                -
1967      13              S-F            -                -
1968      17              Finalist      -                -
1969      7               S-F            -                17
1970      9               Finalist      -                17
1971      11              2                -                7
1972      16              1                Q-F           15
1973      15              Finalist Group             7
1974      13              2                Group        6
1975      17              1                Group        11
1976      10              Q-F            Group        5
1977      8               2                Q-F           4
1978      9               Winners     Q-F           8
1979      4               S-F            Group        12
1980      4               S-F            Q-F           9
1981      2               Q-F            Q-F           5
1982      8               1                S-F            1
1983      11              Q-F            Group        4
1984      6               2                Q-F           3
1985      7               2                Group        2
1986      14              Winners     Q-F           4
1987      7               2                Group        14
1988      16              1                Group        14
1989      10              Q-F            Group        11
1990      17              2                Group        13

c) RECORDS {297}:

Highest innings total: 705-8 dec. v. Surrey, 1902.
Lowest innings total: 19 v. Notts., 1873.
Highest partnership: 490, first wicket, E.H.Bowley and John Langridge v. Middlesex, 1933.

Most appearances: 622, James Langridge, 1924-53.

Most runs in career: 34,152, John Langridge, 1928-57.
Most centuries in career: 76, John Langridge, 1928-57.
Most runs in season: 2,850, John Langridge, 1949.
Most centuries in season: 12, John Langridge, 1949.
Most runs in innings: 333, K.S.Duleepsinjhi v. Northants., 1930.

Most wickets in career: 2,211, M.W.Tate, 1912-37.
Most wickets in season: 198, M.W.Tate, 1925.
Most wickets in match: 17-106, G.R.Cox senior v. Warwicks., 1926.
Most wickets in innings: 10-48, C.H.G.Bland v. Kent, 1899.
10-49, N.I.Thomson v. Warwicks., 1964.