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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Batting

Most runs in an innings^#

Most runs in partnerships, by wicket^#

Most runs in partnerships, by wicket^#

Most runs in a season^#

Most runs in a career^#

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