Fielding

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.

Catches	Players	Match	Ground	Season
5	G.A.Stannard	Sussex v Gloucestershire*	Gloucester	1919
5	A.F.Wensley	Sussex v Warwickshire*	Edgbaston	1932
5	A.F.Wensely	Sussex v Surrey	Horsham	1934
5	J.G.Langridge	Sussex v Somerset*	Taunton	1950
5	A.S.M.Oakman	Sussex v Glamorgan	Worthing	1958
5	A.S.M.Oakman	Sussex v Lancashire*	Hastings	1961
5	G.A.Greenidge	Sussex v Glamorgan	Hove	1975
5	H.Z.Finch	Sussex v Worcestershire	Worcester	2017

Notes: The table lists all fielders taking more than five catches in an innings: the figures exclude catches taken when players were wicketkeeping. Asterisks denote catches taken in the second innings, otherwise they relate to the first innings.

There have been four instances of fielders taking seven catches in a match. These are A.F.Wensley (5,2) v Surrey, Horsham, 1934: J.G.Langridge (2,5) v Somerset, Taunton, 1950; A.S.M.Oakman (5,2) v Glamorgan, Worthing, 1958 and G.C.Cooper (3,4) v Nottinghamshire, Hove, 1961.

Pos	Player	Season	Mtch	Ct	Avge
1	J.G.Langridge	1955	28	66	2.35
2	J.G.Langridge	1933	31	59	1.90
3	J.G.Langridge	1950	28	52	1.85
4	A.S.M.Oakman	1958	27	49	1.81
5	A.S.M.Oakman	1959	26	46	1.76
6	J.G.Langridge	1934	30	44	1.46
7	J.G.Langridge	1947	26	44	1.69
8	J.G.Langridge	1939	31	43	1.38
9	J.G.Langridge	1935	30	41	1.36
10	J.G.Langridge	1937	32	41	1.31
11	A.S.M.Oakman	1963	28	41	1.46
12	G.R.Cox	1910	26	40	1.53
13	R.J.Langridge	1961	31	40	1.24

Notes: The table lists all fielders taking forty or more catches in a season: the figures exclude catches taken when players were wicketkeeping.

Langridge’s 66 in 1955 is the highest for any county in a season.

Pos	Player	Seasons	Mtch	Ct	Avge
1	J.G.Langridge	1928-1955	505	707	1.40
2	A.S.M.Oakman	1947, 1948, 1950-1968	448	507	1.13
3	G.R.Cox	1898-1928	555	485	0.87
4	K.G.Suttle	1949-1971	546	343	0.62
5	Jas.Langridge	1924-1953	561	309	0.55
6	E.B.Bowley	1912-1914, 1920-1934	415	296	0.71
7	J.H.Parks	1924-1939	398	277	0.69
8	R.R.Relf	1906-1921, 1924	253	245	0.96
9	A.F.Wensley	1922-1936	334	226	0.67
10	C.J.Adams	1998-2008	163	217	1.33
11	M.W.Tate	1912-1937	479	200	0.42
12	M.A.Buss	1961-1978	271	200	0.73

Notes: The table lists all fielders taking 200 or more catches in a career: the figures exclude catches taken when players were wicketkeeping. John Langridge’s 707 is the second highest career total for any county.

Fielding

Most catches in an innings^#

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