f20967 cc10451	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 5 wickets
Points	Surrey 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	P Corrall, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 314/9 (Firth 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 22/0 (Lester 5*, Hallam 14*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Stewart b Cox	143
MR Hallam	c Surridge b Kelleher	1
M Tompkin	c McIntyre b Surridge	1
MJK Smith	c Surridge b Laker	63
*CH Palmer	c Stewart b Bedser	11
VE Jackson	c Cox b Bedser	8
GA Smithson	b Surridge	34
VS Munden	c Surridge b Laker	24
CT Spencer	c Barrington b Cox	13
+J Firth	not out	2
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 127.5 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-9, 3-128, 4-161, 5-177, 6-263, 7-293, 8-299, 9-314 (127.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	29	5	69	2	-	-
Kelleher	19	3	58	1	-	-
Cox	15.5	6	32	2	-	-
Laker	41	15	91	2	-	-
Bedser	23	7	50	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	lbw b Jackson	40
TH Clark	b Goodwin	2
MJ Stewart	b Goodwin	105
B Constable	c Hallam b Goodwin	104
KF Barrington	not out	27
EA Bedser	run out	19
+AJW McIntyre	not out	4
JC Laker	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
DF Cox	did not bat
HRA Kelleher	did not bat
Extras	(14 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 103.2 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-81, 3-259, 4-266, 5-311

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	26	6	82	0	-	-
Goodwin	26	3	102	3	-	-
Jackson	26	10	50	1	-	-
Palmer	7	2	17	0	-	-
Munden	13.2	5	35	0	-	-
Lester	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Laker b Cox	7
MR Hallam	c Surridge b Bedser	43
M Tompkin	c Surridge b Bedser	44
MJK Smith	lbw b Cox	3
*CH Palmer	c Cox b Bedser	15
VE Jackson	st McIntyre b Bedser	6
GA Smithson	c Surridge b Bedser	0
VS Munden	c Constable b Clark	28
+J Firth	c Surridge b Bedser	8
CT Spencer	b Bedser	0
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-72, 3-81, 4-100, 5-113, 6-115, 7-138, 8-155, 9-159, 10-165 (78.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	4	2	4	0	-	-
Kelleher	10	0	36	0	-	-
Cox	14	1	48	2	-	-
Laker	14	6	13	0	-	-
Bedser	29	15	33	7	-	-
Clark	7.2	3	20	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Spencer	4
TH Clark	b Jackson	31
MJ Stewart	c Palmer b Spencer	37
B Constable	c Smith b Jackson	10
KF Barrington	not out	28
EA Bedser	c Palmer b Jackson	24
+AJW McIntyre	not out	21
JC Laker	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
DF Cox	did not bat
HRA Kelleher	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 40.4 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-52, 3-72, 4-85, 5-125

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	16	2	49	2	-	-
Goodwin	9	2	37	0	-	-
Jackson	12.4	1	52	3	-	-
Palmer	3	1	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 128 in County Championship matches
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 131 in first-class matches
--> G Lester (1) passed 10000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 80
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 57
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 93
--> EA Bedser reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> EA Bedser achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 7-99)
--> EA Bedser achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 7-99)
--> CT Spencer reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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