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The tables below set out records for the main categories of individual achievement in the men’s official County Championship starting in 1890. Names of Sussex- born players are set in italics.

Appearances

Most appearances

Pos	Matches	Player	Seasons	Runs	Wkts	Ct/st
1	561	Jas.Langridge	1924-1953	25,893	1,257	309
2	555	G.R.Cox	1898-1928	12,507	1.645	485
3	546	K.G.Suttle	1949-1971	26,588	242	343/2
4	518	J.M.Parks	1949-1972	27,233	27	813/61
5	505	J.G.Langridge	1929-1955	30,338	33	707
6	479	M.W.Tate	1912-1937	15,240	2,014	200
7	461	H.R.Butt	1890-1912	6,179	0	809/233
8	452	W.L.Cornford	1921-1939, 1947	5,837	0	608/299
9	451	J.Vine	1896-1922	21,399	519	185
10	448	A.S.M.Oakman	1947, 1948, 1950-1968	17,952	601	507
11	432	H.W.Parks	1926-1948	19,471	9	170
12	418	T.E.R.Cook	1922-1937	18,247	66	157/1
13	415	E.H.Bowley	1912-1914, 1920-1934	22,861	594	296
14	401	A.E.Relf	1900-1921	16,557	1,428	349
15	400	G.Cox	1931-1955, 1957, 1960	19,351	161	128

Notes: The table lists all players making 400 or more appearances. Matches abandoned without a ball bowled are excluded.

Suttle’s appearances include 423 successive matches from 1954 to 1969, the most for any county. A.H.H.Gilligan made 264 appearances between 1919 and 1932, the most by an amateur. G.R.Cox is the oldest player for the side: he was 54 yr 6 mth in the match v Hampshire, Horsham, 1928. J.R.T.,Barclay is the youngest: he was 16 yr, 6 mth in the match v Glamorgan, Swansea, 1970.

Most matches as captain

Pos	Player	Matches	Seasons	Highest finish
1	A.E.R.Gilligan	166	1920-1929	4th in 1929
2	C.J.Adams	165	1998-2008	1st in 2003, 2006, 2007
3	R.G.Marlar	137	1955-1960	4th in 1955
4	J.R.T.Barclay	117	1979-1986	2nd in 1981
	H.P.Chaplin	117	1910-1914	6th in 1914
6	A.J.Holmes	115	1925, 1935-1939	5th in 1937
7	W.L.Murdoch	113	1893-1899	5th in 1899
8	M.G.Griffith	101	1968-1972	7th in 1969
9	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	100	1896, 1899-1903, 1908, 1912, 1920	2nd in 1902, 1903,
10	E.R.Dexter	98	1960-1965	4th in 1960, 1963
11	A.P.Wells	95	1990-1996	7th in 1996
12	A.H.H.Gilligan	86	1920, 1922-1930	7th in 1930
	H.T.Bartlett	86	1939-1949	9th in 1947
14	Jas Langridge	83	1950-1953	10th in 1951
15	C.L.A.Smith	77	1905-1909, 1911	4th in 1909

Notes: The table lists all players captaining the side in 75 or more matches. In a small number of matches, information on captains is missing: this may affect the figures for one or two players listed above. The years given in the ‘Seasons’ column include matches where a player was a ‘stand-in’ captain, in addition to those as a full ‘appointed’ captain for a season. The ‘Highest Finish’ column refers to seasons in which the player was a full ‘appointed’ captain.

G.A.K.Collins is the youngest player to captain the side: he was 20 yr,1 mth in the match v Somerset, Bath, 1929. K.S.Ranjitsinhji, the nineteenth Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, is the oldest player to captain the side: he was 47 yr, 10 mth in the match v Yorkshire, Leeds, 1920.

Batting

Most runs in an innings

Pos	Runs	Player	Match	Ground	Season
1	344*	M.W.Goodwin	Sussex v Somerset	Taunton	2009
2	335*	M.W.Goodwin	Sussex v Leicestershire	Hove	2003
3	333	K.S.Duleepsinhji	Sussex v Northamptonshire	Hove	1930
4	285*	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	Sussex v Somerset	Taunton	1901
5	283	E.H.Bowley	Sussex v Middlesex	Hove	1933
6	280*	E.H.Bowley	Sussex v Gloucestershire	Hove	1929
7	278	T.E.R.Cook	Sussex v Hampshire	Hove	1930
8	275	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	Sussex v Leicestershire	Leicester [GR]	1900
9	274*	M.W.Goodwin	Sussex v Yorkshire	Hove	2011
10	272*	R.R.Relf	Sussex v Worcestershire	Eastbourne	1909
11	258	L.W.P.Wells	Sussex v Durham	Hove	2017
12	254	K.C.Wessels	Sussex v Middlesex	Hove	1980
13	253*	A.P.Wells	Sussex v Yorkshire	Middlesborough	1991
14	250*	J.G.Langridge	Sussex v Glamorgan	Hove	1933
	250	E.C.Joyce	Sussex v Derbyshire	Derby	2016

Notes: The table lists all scores of 250 or more in an innings; asterisks indicate a not-out innings .Matches in bold indicate a second innings score otherwise they are first innings scores

Duleepsinhji’s 333 is the most in a day’s play and the highest score by an amateur. He scored 361 runs (115 and 246) v Kent, Hastings, 1929, the most in a match.

Most runs in partnerships, by wicket

Wkt	Runs	Players	Match	Ground	Season
1	490	E.H.Bowley & J.G.Langridge	Sussex v Middlesex	Hove	1933
2	385	E.H.Bowley & M.W.Tate	Sussex v Northamptonshire	Hove	1921
3	385*	M.H.Yardy & M.W.Goodwin	Sussex v Warwickshire	Hove	2006
4	363	M.W.Goodwin & C.D.Hopkinson	Sussex v Somerset	Taunton	2009
5	297	J.H.Parks & H.W.Parks	Sussex v Hampshire	Portsmouth	1937
6	335	L.J.Wright & B.C.Brown	Sussex v Durham	Hove	2014
7	344	K.S.Ranjitsinhji & W.Newham	Sussex v Essex	Leyton	1902
8	291	R.S.C.Martin-Jenkins & M.J.G.Davis	Sussex v Somerset	Taunton	2002
9	178	A.F.Wensley & H.W.Parks	Sussex v Derbyshire	Horsham	1930
10	164	O.E.Robinson & M.E.Holden	Sussex v Durham	Chester-le-Street	2015

Notes: Asterisks indicate unfinished partnerships. In the match column, names in bold indicates a second innings partnership, otherwise they are first innings partnerships.

There have been four other partnerships of 350 runs or more. These are:

3	376	L.P.T.Wells & S. van Zyl	Sussex v Durham	Hove	2017
1	372*	M.W.Goodwin & R.R. Montgomerie	*Sussex v Notts*	Nottingham	2001
1	368	E.H.Bowley & J.H.Parks	Sussex v Gloucestershire	Hove	1929
3	351	T.J Haines & C.A.Pujara	Sussex v Derbyshire	Hove	2022

Notes: Of these players, Wells, Parks and Haines are Sussex-born.

Most runs in a season

Pos	Player	Season	Mtch	Inns	Runs	Avge
1	J.H.Parks	1937	30	54	2,578	50.54
2	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	1900	22	34	2,563	85.43
3	J.G.Langridge	1949	22	41	2,441	65.97
4	C.B.Fry	1903	23	36	2,413	80.43
5	C.B.Fry	1901	23	34	2,382	74.43
6	C.B.Fry	1904	23	32	2,376	79.20
7	J.G.Langridge	1937	32	57	2,364	43.77
8	J.G.Langridge	1938	31	52	2,302	47.95
9	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	1899	20	35	2,285	76.16
10	E.H.Bowley	1928	30	50	2,135	43.57
11	J.G.Langridge	1939	31	51	2,106	41.29
12	J.M.Parks	1959	28	49	2,082	53.38
13	T.E.R.Cook	1934	30	43	2,072	56.00
14	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	1901	21	31	2,067	76.55
15	K.G.Suttle	1962	32	59	2,057	38.81
16	K.S.Duleepsinhji	1929	21	36	2,028	56.33
17	J.G.Langridge	1934	30	46	2,007	48.95

Notes: The table lists all batters scoring 2,000 runs or more in a season.

Ranjitsinhji’s 2,563 total in 1900 is the most by an amateur. J.G.Langridge and J.H.Parks scored ten hundreds in 1937, and Langridge another ten in 1949, the most in a season. Fry scored 1,116 runs in August 1901, the most for any county in a calendar month.

Most runs in a career

Pos	Player	Seasons	Mtch	Inns	Runs	Avge
1	J.G.Langridge	1928-1955	505	866	30,338	37.50
2	J.M.Parks	1949-1972	518	877	27.233	36.16
3	K.G.Suttle	1949-1971	546	953	26,588	30.42
4	Jas.Langridge	1924-1953	561	861	25,893	35.18
5	E.H.Bowley	1912-1914, 1920-1934	415	699	22,861	34.42
6	J.Vine	1896-1922	451	762	21,399	30.48
7	H.W.Parks	1926-1948	432	666	19,471	33.78
8	G.Cox	1931-1955, 1957, 1960	400	655	19,351	31.82
9	C.B.Fry	1894-1908	215	349	18,471	56.65
10	T.E.R.Cook	1922-1937	418	663	18,247	30.01
11	A.S.M.Oakman	1947, 1948, 1950-1968	448	769	17,952	25.53
12	J.M.Parks	1924-1939	398	640	17,874	30.50
13	A.E.Relf	1900-1921	401	641	16,557	28.11
14	K.S.Ranjitsinhji	1895-1897, 1899-1904, 1908, 1912, 1920	187	297	16,194	62.04
15	A.P.Wells	1982-1996	281	470	16,251	39.92
16	E.H.Killick	1893-1913	397	659	16,101	26.13
17	M.W.Tate	1912-1937	479	702	15,240	23.84

Notes: The table lists all batters scoring 15,000 runs or more in a career.

Fry’s 18,451 total is the most by an amateur. J.G.Langridge scored 67 hundreds, and Fry 62, the most in a career.

Bowling

Most wickets in a season

Analysis	Player	Match	Ground	Season
25.2-9-48-10	C.H.G.Bland	Sussex v Kent	Tonbridge	1899
34.2-19-49-10	N.I.Thomson	Sussex v Warwickshire	Worthing	1964
33.4-15-34-9	Jas.Langridge	Sussex v Yorkshire	Sheffield	1934
11.2-1-35-9	J.E.B.B.P.Q.C.Dwyer	Sussex v Derbyshire	Hove	1906
23.3-11-44-9	J.E.B.B.P.Q.C.Dwyer	Sussex v Middlesex	Hove	1906
23.2-2-46-9	R.G.Marlar	Sussex v Lancashire	Hove	1955
11.3-2-48-9	Mushtaq Ahmed	Sussex v Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	2006
36.5-17-50-9	G.R.Cox	Sussex v Warwickshire	Horsham	1926
22-5-53-9	J.H.Cornford	Sussex v Northamptonshire	Rushden	1949
33.5-13-60-9	A.E.James	Sussex v Yorkshire	Hove	1955
39.1-12-71-9	M.W.Tate	Sussex v Middlesex	Lord’s	1926
41.3-15-73-9	F.W.Tate	Sussex v Leicestershire	Leicester	1902
30.1-10-78-9	O.E.Robinson	Sussex v Glamorgan	Cardiff (SG)	2021
40.9-9-95-9	A.E.Relf	Sussex v Warwickshire	Hove	1910
39.4-8-114-9	E.H.Bowley	Sussex v Derbyshire	Hove	1929

Notes: The table lists, in runs-conceded order, all instances of bowlers taking nine or ten wickets in an innings. The first column, headed Analysis, gives overs bowled, maidens, runs and wickets, in that order. Matches highlighted in bold indicate instances in the second innings. In the Bland instance, overs were of five balls; in all other instances overs were of six balls.

Dwyer was playing in his first match in the competition in 1906. Marlar’s 9-46 is the best innings return by an amateur. Cox took seventeen wickets in the fixture v Warwickshire, Horsham, 1926, the most in a match; he was 52 yr, 6mth at the time. F.Parris took 15 wickets for 98 (7-70, 8-28) v Gloucestershire, Bristol, 1894, the most for the county in a day’s play.