diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f36d87b03..c938f54f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+
 ## [0.12.0] - Unreleased
 
 ### Changed
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - Removed `screen.visible_widgets` and `screen.widgets`
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Numbers in a descendant-combined selector no longer cause an error https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/1836
+
 ## [0.11.1] - 2023-02-17
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/textual/css/tokenize.py b/src/textual/css/tokenize.py
index 2a8677f68..b2cd3d30e 100644
--- a/src/textual/css/tokenize.py
+++ b/src/textual/css/tokenize.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ expect_selector_continue = Expect(
     selector_id=r"\#[a-zA-Z_\-][a-zA-Z0-9_\-]*",
     selector_class=r"\.[a-zA-Z_\-][a-zA-Z0-9_\-]*",
     selector_universal=r"\*",
-    selector=r"[a-zA-Z_\-]+",
+    selector=IDENTIFIER,
     combinator_child=">",
     new_selector=r",",
     declaration_set_start=r"\{",
diff --git a/tests/css/test_parse.py b/tests/css/test_parse.py
index 727d45af4..49d3368d6 100644
--- a/tests/css/test_parse.py
+++ b/tests/css/test_parse.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from textual.css.parse import substitute_references
 from textual.css.scalar import Scalar, Unit
 from textual.css.stylesheet import Stylesheet, StylesheetParseError
 from textual.css.tokenize import tokenize
-from textual.css.tokenizer import ReferencedBy, Token
+from textual.css.tokenizer import ReferencedBy, Token, TokenError
 from textual.css.transition import Transition
 from textual.geometry import Spacing
 from textual.layouts.vertical import VerticalLayout
@@ -1189,3 +1189,40 @@ class TestParseTextAlign:
         stylesheet = Stylesheet()
         stylesheet.add_source(css)
         assert stylesheet.rules[0].styles.text_align == "start"
+
+
+class TestTypeNames:
+    def test_type_no_number(self):
+        stylesheet = Stylesheet()
+        stylesheet.add_source("TestType {}")
+        assert len(stylesheet.rules) == 1
+
+    def test_type_with_number(self):
+        stylesheet = Stylesheet()
+        stylesheet.add_source("TestType1 {}")
+        assert len(stylesheet.rules) == 1
+
+    def test_type_starts_with_number(self):
+        stylesheet = Stylesheet()
+        stylesheet.add_source("1TestType {}")
+        with pytest.raises(TokenError):
+            stylesheet.parse()
+
+    def test_combined_type_no_number(self):
+        for separator in " >,":
+            stylesheet = Stylesheet()
+            stylesheet.add_source(f"StartType {separator} TestType {{}}")
+            assert len(stylesheet.rules) == 1
+
+    def test_combined_type_with_number(self):
+        for separator in " >,":
+            stylesheet = Stylesheet()
+            stylesheet.add_source(f"StartType {separator} TestType1 {{}}")
+            assert len(stylesheet.rules) == 1
+
+    def test_combined_type_starts_with_number(self):
+        for separator in " >,":
+            stylesheet = Stylesheet()
+            stylesheet.add_source(f"StartType {separator} 1TestType {{}}")
+            with pytest.raises(TokenError):
+                stylesheet.parse()