f21401 cc10686	Kent v Surrey
	County Championship 1956
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 7th, 9th, 10th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 173 runs
Points	Kent 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	H Elliott, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 404/4 (May 128*, EA Bedser 11*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 128/6 (Ufton 15*, Ridgway 7*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	b Ridgway	191
MJ Stewart	c Fagg b Wright	13
KF Barrington	c Ridgway b Wright	32
PBH May	not out	128
REC Pratt	c Phebey b Page	21
EA Bedser	not out	11
+R Swetman	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-145, 3-319, 4-360

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	15	3	53	1	-	-
Halfyard	28	4	104	0	-	-
Wright	25	3	85	2	-	-
Page	25	2	107	1	-	-
Dixon	9	0	44	0	-	-
Cowdrey	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	b Lock	22
MC Cowdrey	c Swetman b AV Bedser	49
RC Wilson	c Barrington b Lock	2
+TG Evans	b Loader	1
AE Fagg	c Stewart b Lock	2
AL Dixon	c May b Lock	13
DG Ufton	b Lock	0
F Ridgway	c Surridge b Lock	6
DJ Halfyard	c Pratt b AV Bedser	1
JCT Page	not out	1
*DVP Wright	c Loader b AV Bedser	2
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-63, 3-64, 4-67, 5-91, 6-91, 7-91, 8-96, 9-98, 10-101 (51 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	16	6	38	1	-	-
AV Bedser	11	0	28	3	-	-
Lock	21	12	29	6	-	-
EA Bedser	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	b Lock	12
MC Cowdrey	lbw b Lock	8
RC Wilson	b Lock	32
+TG Evans	c and b Lock	19
AE Fagg	c AV Bedser b Lock	21
AL Dixon	b Lock	2
DG Ufton	not out	17
F Ridgway	c Stewart b Lock	7
DJ Halfyard	c Barrington b Lock	0
JCT Page	b Lock	0
*DVP Wright	b Lock	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-29, 3-60, 4-84, 5-101, 6-104, 7-130, 8-130, 9-130, 10-130 (71.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	8	3	7	0	-	-
AV Bedser	16	5	41	0	-	-
Lock	29.1	18	54	10	-	-
EA Bedser	18	10	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TH Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 186 in First-Class matches
--> TH Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 186 in County Championship matches
--> TH Clark (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 143
--> PBH May (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 68
--> PBH May (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 89
--> RC Wilson (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> AV Bedser reached 1550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> GAR Lock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 8-17)
--> GAR Lock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 8-26)

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