f21290 cc10605	Leicestershire v Surrey
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 24th, 25th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 143 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	FS Lee, AE Pothecary
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), H Strudwick (Surrey)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 95/3 (Smith 35*, Firth 1*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 41/0 (Fletcher 1*, Clark 32*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	lbw b Goodwin	0
TH Clark	lbw b Spencer	2
B Constable	b Walsh	78
*PBH May	c Walsh b Spencer	5
KF Barrington	c Firth b Palmer	24
REC Pratt	c Spencer b Jackson	2
EA Bedser	c Tompkin b Spencer	13
GAR Lock	b Walsh	22
+R Swetman	not out	44
PJ Loader	c Goodwin b Jackson	10
AV Bedser	c and b Spencer	23
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-11, 4-86, 5-93, 6-110, 7-147, 8-154, 9-179, 10-238 (78.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	14.3	4	52	4	-	-
Goodwin	19	5	66	1	-	-
Palmer	12	7	16	1	-	-
Jackson	20	7	49	2	-	-
Walsh	13	2	40	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PT Smith	c EA Bedser b Loader	40
MR Hallam	c Fletcher b Loader	0
M Tompkin	b EA Bedser	39
*CH Palmer	c EA Bedser b Loader	10
+J Firth	c Constable b Lock	18
VE Jackson	c May b Lock	69
GA Smithson	b Lock	1
VS Munden	b EA Bedser	3
JE Walsh	b Loader	3
CT Spencer	b AV Bedser	7
TJ Goodwin	not out	1
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-69, 3-91, 4-100, 5-172, 6-177, 7-186, 8-198, 9-209, 10-211 (82.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	20.2	6	50	4	-	-
AV Bedser	14	4	38	1	-	-
Lock	24	4	57	3	-	-
EA Bedser	20	9	35	2	-	-
Clark	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Tompkin b Goodwin	1
TH Clark	c Firth b Spencer	62
B Constable	c Firth b Munden	17
*PBH May	c Spencer b Jackson	13
EA Bedser	not out	50
REC Pratt	lbw b Jackson	20
GAR Lock	b Jackson	0
+R Swetman	c Smithson b Jackson	5
PJ Loader	not out	11
KF Barrington	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-73, 3-103, 4-103, 5-133, 6-141, 7-180

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	18	5	53	1	-	-
Goodwin	7	3	27	1	-	-
Palmer	6	0	20	0	-	-
Jackson	16	7	46	4	-	-
Munden	10	3	33	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PT Smith	c EA Bedser b Loader	14
MR Hallam	c Lock b AV Bedser	12
M Tompkin	lbw b AV Bedser	0
*CH Palmer	c Swetman b AV Bedser	6
VE Jackson	c May b AV Bedser	1
GA Smithson	c sub b AV Bedser	3
VS Munden	c Constable b Lock	19
+J Firth	c Fletcher b EA Bedser	6
JE Walsh	c Lock b EA Bedser	4
CT Spencer	c AV Bedser b EA Bedser	0
TJ Goodwin	not out	5
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 28.5 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-22, 3-36, 4-39, 5-40, 6-47, 7-61, 8-73, 9-73, 10-78 (28.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	6	2	14	1	-	-
AV Bedser	11	2	32	5	-	-
Lock	8.5	4	19	1	-	-
EA Bedser	3	1	5	3	-	-

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Notes
--> R Swetman (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> REC Pratt (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> AV Bedser reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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