f23717 cc11813	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4 (Batting 2); Surrey 0
Umpires	J Arnold, JS Buller
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 142/2 (Smith 64*, Milner 52*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 144/1 (Edrich 80*, Parsons 46*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Stewart	c Bear b Knight	11
JH Edrich	b Bailey	10
ABD Parsons	lbw b Knight	29
B Constable	c Taylor b Ralph	29
MD Willett	c Milner b Preston	38
RAE Tindall	c Smith b Ralph	85
+R Swetman	c Bailey b Phelan	34
GAR Lock	c Taylor b Ralph	0
EA Bedser	not out	1
D Gibson	b Ralph	0
PJ Loader	c Barker b Ralph	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-27, 3-78, 4-82, 5-175, 6-233, 7-235, 8-236, 9-236, 10-238 (83.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	20	4	46	1	-	-
Knight	18	1	74	2	-	-
Preston	18	4	54	1	-	-
Ralph	19.1	2	43	5	-	-
Phelan	8	2	21	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Loader	18
GJ Smith	c Bedser b Lock	126
+B Taylor	c Bedser b Loader	5
J Milner	c Stewart b Loader	69
*TE Bailey	c Tindall b Lock	23
MJ Bear	b Lock	0
BR Knight	c Tindall b Lock	114
WT Greensmith	c Stewart b Loader	36
LHR Ralph	b Lock	5
PJ Phelan	c Willett b Gibson	33
KC Preston	not out	10
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	448
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-45, 3-182, 4-235, 5-235, 6-254, 7-312, 8-333, 9-430, 10-448 (96.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	29	1	121	4	-	-
Gibson	16.2	0	95	1	-	-
Willett	19	1	91	0	-	-
Lock	24	3	99	5	-	-
Bedser	8	2	33	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Stewart	b Bailey	16
JH Edrich	c Barker b Knight	129
ABD Parsons	lbw b Bailey	57
B Constable	c Knight b Bailey	1
MD Willett	c Phelan b Knight	62
RAE Tindall	b Bailey	1
+R Swetman	c Bailey b Greensmith	84
GAR Lock	c and b Bailey	1
EA Bedser	c Bailey b Greensmith	22
D Gibson	not out	24
PJ Loader	c Preston b Greensmith	4
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 143 overs)	405
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-168, 3-170, 4-252, 5-265, 6-271, 7-274, 8-334, 9-399, 10-405 (143 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	35	7	80	5	-	-
Knight	29	5	100	2	-	-
Preston	29	9	77	0	-	-
Ralph	24	5	49	0	-	-
Greensmith	26	6	95	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Lock b Loader	4
GJ Smith	c Edrich b Loader	3
+B Taylor	not out	20
J Milner	not out	17
*TE Bailey	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 11 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-21

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	6	0	30	2	-	-
Gibson	5	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> R Swetman (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 34
--> GJ Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in County Championship matches
--> GJ Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in first-class matches
--> GJ Smith (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> BR Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in County Championship matches
--> BR Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in first-class matches
--> BR Knight (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 69
--> BR Knight (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 81

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