f18448 cc9084	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 3rd, 4th August 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 39 runs
Points	Essex 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	WH Ashdown, JT Bell
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 156/2 (Squires 90*, Constable 46*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Barton b Surridge	27
SJ Cray	b Laker	10
FH Vigar	c Barton b EA Bedser	53
SC Eve	b AV Bedser	0
DJ Insole	c McIntyre b Surridge	99
TE Bailey	c and b EA Bedser	6
*TN Pearce	c McIntyre b Laker	1
R Smith	run out	4
TPB Smith	c Lock b AV Bedser	16
+TH Wade	c Barton b AV Bedser	5
EJ Price	not out	0
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-45, 3-46, 4-142, 5-152, 6-155, 7-159, 8-203, 9-221, 10-223 (80.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	19.5	4	49	3	-	-
Surridge	11	1	47	2	-	-
Parker	6	1	9	0	-	-
Laker	27	6	63	2	-	-
Lock	5	3	6	0	-	-
EA Bedser	12	4	47	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	lbw b Bailey	2
EA Bedser	c Eve b Bailey	13
HS Squires	c Insole b Price	127			13	-
B Constable	lbw b TPB Smith	86
JF Parker	c and b Price	80
*MR Barton	lbw b R Smith	7
+AJW McIntyre	c Wade b Bailey	14
JC Laker	c Wade b Bailey	3
AV Bedser	not out	36
WS Surridge	b Bailey	0
GAR Lock	lbw b R Smith	26
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 143.4 overs)	407
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-23, 3-227, 4-261, 5-289, 6-342, 7-342, 8-345, 9-345, 10-407 (143.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	40	9	112	5	-	-
R Smith	33.4	4	96	2	-	-
TPB Smith	22	5	43	1	-	-
Price	47	10	141	2	-	-
Insole	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	run out	9
SJ Cray	c Laker b AV Bedser	12
FH Vigar	b AV Bedser	0
SC Eve	not out	69
DJ Insole	st McIntyre b Parker	2
TE Bailey	b Laker	9
*TN Pearce	c Barton b EA Bedser	7
R Smith	c EA Bedser b Laker	12
TPB Smith	c and b Laker	1
+TH Wade	c AV Bedser b Laker	7
EJ Price	c Lock b Laker	2
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-28, 4-43, 5-76, 6-95, 7-122, 8-125, 9-141, 10-145 (57 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	14	4	16	2	-	-
Surridge	8	1	34	0	-	-
Parker	7	3	7	1	-	-
Laker	16	5	32	5	-	-
EA Bedser	12	2	41	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> FH Vigar (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 51
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> B Constable (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in County Championship matches
--> GAR Lock (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches

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