f20954 cc10440	Kent v Surrey
	County Championship 1955
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 2nd, 4th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 28 runs
Points	Kent 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	LH Gray, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 340/5 (Barrington 5*, McIntyre 10*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c McIntyre b Lock	49
AH Phebey	c Stewart b AV Bedser	0
RC Wilson	b AV Bedser	4
MC Cowdrey	st McIntyre b Laker	3
J Pettiford	c May b Lock	0
AL Dixon	c Stewart b Lock	2
+TG Evans	c May b Laker	11
G Smith	lbw b Laker	4
JG Spanswick	c Stewart b Lock	18
*DVP Wright	c May b Lock	3
JCT Page	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-21, 3-37, 4-46, 5-60, 6-81, 7-81, 8-103, 9-103, 10-107 (45.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	6	1	12	2	-	-
Kelleher	4	1	6	0	-	-
Lock	18.2	8	43	5	-	-
Laker	17	6	34	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Dixon	62
MJ Stewart	c Pettiford b Smith	118
*PBH May	c Spanswick b Dixon	102
B Constable	c Phebey b Dixon	30
KF Barrington	not out	5
EA Bedser	lbw b Page	0
+AJW McIntyre	not out	10
JC Laker	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
HRA Kelleher	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-118, 2-243, 3-316, 4-325, 5-326

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19	4	62	1	-	-
Spanswick	16	2	79	0	-	-
Page	16	3	61	1	-	-
Wright	9	0	54	0	-	-
Pettiford	1	0	8	0	-	-
Dixon	19	5	63	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Laker	18
AH Phebey	c McIntyre b Kelleher	4
RC Wilson	b Lock	35
MC Cowdrey	b AV Bedser	67
J Pettiford	b EA Bedser	31
AL Dixon	c May b AV Bedser	0
+TG Evans	b AV Bedser	0
G Smith	c McIntyre b EA Bedser	28
JG Spanswick	not out	6
*DVP Wright	c Constable b Lock	4
JCT Page	b EA Bedser	4
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 86.4 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-25, 3-115, 4-143, 5-145, 6-145, 7-190, 8-191, 9-200, 10-205 (86.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	17	6	43	3	-	-
Kelleher	7	3	6	1	-	-
Lock	29	10	61	2	-	-
Laker	21	6	52	1	-	-
EA Bedser	12.4	6	35	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DGW Fletcher (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> PBH May (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 69
--> PBH May (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> G Smith (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> GAR Lock reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings

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