Ted Dexter and a Sussex record

[Soul Finger]

This doesn't make sense to me. (I know nowt about cricket).

Sussex’s Ted Dexter became the first man to score 500 runs at Hove when he hit 85 not out in a total of 141 for one, which put his side 175 ahead of Glamorgan. The Sussex captain’s aggregate was now 528.

Can anyone shed any light on it please?!!

I've looked online, but to no avail.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Poyningsgull]

Presumably he had scored 528 runs without getting out over several innings.

 

[Seagull1967]

This doesn't make sense to me. (I know nowt about cricket).

Sussex’s Ted Dexter became the first man to score 500 runs at Hove when he hit 85 not out in a total of 141 for one, which put his side 175 ahead of Glamorgan. The Sussex captain’s aggregate was now 528.

Can anyone shed any light on it please?!!

I've looked online, but to no avail.

Thanks in advance.

Where did this information come from? I think the first reply might be right, consecutive innings with out losing a wicket!

 

[The Large One]

• Aggregate - the whole formed by combining several (usually disparate) segments together.

The aggregate is the TOTAL score. In simple terms, he'd scored 528 runs.

Nowt to do with the average.

 

[Soul Finger]

Where did this information come from? I think the first reply might be right, consecutive innings with out losing a wicket!

The Times online archive.

It's my interpretation of it for a book I'm writing.

It probably doesn't make sense.

TLO, if I replace aggregate with score, does it make sense?

 

[Seagull1967]

Do you have any idea which year this happened? If you do you can look at the archives for games during that year to confirm your statement and hopefully provide the information you require.

Either that or contact the Times online to clarify the story in question.

 

[Soul Finger]

Do you have any idea which year this happened? If you do you can look at the archives for games during that year to confirm your statement and hopefully provide the information you require.

Either that or contact the Times online to clarify the story in question.

Thursday 12th May 1960.

Is there an online resource? It'll save you the hassle of looking it up!

Thanks in advance.

 

[The Large One]

The Times online archive.

It's my interpretation of it for a book I'm writing.

It probably doesn't make sense.

TLO, if I replace aggregate with score, does it make sense?

Aggregate is perfectly acceptable. It's the semantics of the English language, but personally I'd associate 'score' in this context with the total in one innings.

Alternatively, I'd say 'The Sussex captain's run total for the season was now 528.'

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

According to Cricket Archive, Lord Ted, played at Hove, against Glamorgan starting 11th May.
On day 1 Ted was out for 4 in the 1st innings.
End of day 1 and into day 2, ted took 3 for 75.
End of day 2 and into day 3 Ted scored 151no, as Sussex declared on 237-1, then Sussex bowled Glamorgan out for 138, to win by 133 runs.

This was the 5th CC game of the season, and by the end of this match, Lord Ted had scored 594 runs in 5 matches

 

[Soul Finger]

Thank you Seagull1967, Hailsham and TLO for your assistance.