f17653 cc8637	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1947
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 30th, 31st July, 1st August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 2 wickets
Points	Essex 4; Surrey 12
Umpires	B Flint, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 16/0 (Dodds 12*, Cray 4*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 123/5 (McIntyre 12*, EA Bedser 6*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b AV Bedser	7
SJ Cray	b Laker	1
AV Avery	c Laker b AV Bedser	17
HP Crabtree	c AV Bedser b Squires	35
FH Vigar	c Parker b AV Bedser	3
*TN Pearce	b Gover	54
TE Bailey	lbw b EA Bedser	0
R Smith	b Squires	22
DJ Insole	b AV Bedser	18
TPB Smith	lbw b AV Bedser	0
+TH Wade	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 16 lb)	24
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-33, 3-33, 4-42, 5-95, 6-96, 7-133, 8-180, 9-180, 10-182 (67.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	10.4	3	14	1	-	-
AV Bedser	15	5	30	5	-	-
Laker	18	6	44	1	-	-
Squires	15	2	45	2	-	-
EA Bedser	9	1	25	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	b Bailey	13
DGW Fletcher	c TPB Smith b R Smith	15
HS Squires	c Crabtree b TPB Smith	26
HT Barling	lbw b TPB Smith	1
JF Parker	b R Smith	1
LB Fishlock	st Wade b TPB Smith	54
+AJW McIntyre	c Crabtree b TPB Smith	0
*ERT Holmes	b R Smith	8
JC Laker	b R Smith	6
AV Bedser	not out	4
AR Gover	b TPB Smith	6
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-56, 3-57, 4-58, 5-60, 6-60, 7-87, 8-105, 9-138, 10-144 (50 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	25	4	59	4	-	-
Bailey	7	1	16	1	-	1
TPB Smith	15	3	42	5	1	-
Vigar	3	1	17	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Laker	33
SJ Cray	lbw b Squires	47
AV Avery	b Laker	68
HP Crabtree	lbw b Laker	2
FH Vigar	b Laker	4
*TN Pearce	c McIntyre b Squires	30
TE Bailey	b Laker	38
R Smith	c Fletcher b Squires	38
DJ Insole	b Laker	0
TPB Smith	c Holmes b Laker	8
+TH Wade	not out	0
Extras	(25 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 101.3 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-113, 3-126, 4-138, 5-197, 6-251, 7-272, 8-272, 9-300, 10-301 (101.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	13	3	29	0	-	1
AV Bedser	15	4	38	0	-	1
Laker	35.3	5	94	7	-	-
Squires	31	5	81	3	-	-
EA Bedser	7	0	26	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Vigar b TPB Smith	18
LB Fishlock	b Vigar	21
HS Squires	st Wade b TPB Smith	53
HT Barling	c TPB Smith b R Smith	7
JF Parker	lbw b Vigar	4
+AJW McIntyre	b TPB Smith	70
EA Bedser	lbw b Vigar	38
*ERT Holmes	not out	65
JC Laker	lbw b TPB Smith	15
AV Bedser	not out	42
AR Gover	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 105.3 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-64, 3-81, 4-88, 5-115, 6-215, 7-219, 8-253

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	5	1	15	0	-	-
R Smith	42.3	6	141	1	-	-
TPB Smith	38	11	94	4	-	-
Vigar	20	0	83	3	-	-

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Notes
--> SJ Cray (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> AV Avery (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> FH Vigar (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> ERT Holmes (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> AV Bedser reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JC Laker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 6-55)
--> JC Laker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 6-55)

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