Batting

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.

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.