f21308 cc10619	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 30th, 31st May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points	Surrey 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, LH Gray
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), H Strudwick (Surrey)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (2) 70/2 (Hallam 50*, Palmer 12*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Loader	5
MR Hallam	c Stewart b AV Bedser	4
M Tompkin	c May b Lock	20
*CH Palmer	c Surridge b AV Bedser	1
VE Jackson	c Constable b AV Bedser	7
GA Smithson	c Swetman b Lock	12
PT Smith	c Stewart b Lock	0
VS Munden	c Stewart b EA Bedser	2
J van Geloven	not out	1
+J Firth	lbw b Lock	0
CT Spencer	c Constable b Lock	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 27.5 overs)	56
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-12, 4-28, 5-46, 6-46, 7-53, 8-53, 9-54, 10-56 (27.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	12	4	17	3	-	-
Loader	7	1	26	1	-	-
Lock	6.5	4	11	5	-	-
EA Bedser	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Spencer b Jackson	2
TH Clark	c Lester b Munden	34
B Constable	b Jackson	2
PBH May	c Spencer b van Geloven	34
MJ Stewart	c Hallam b van Geloven	40
EA Bedser	not out	31
+R Swetman	not out	9
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-29, 3-45, 4-117, 5-124

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	9	1	32	0	-	-
van Geloven	8	0	34	2	-	-
Jackson	17	8	15	2	-	-
Munden	20	9	39	1	-	-
Palmer	8	3	20	0	-	-
Lester	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Stewart b AV Bedser	0
MR Hallam	b Lock	80
M Tompkin	b Lock	3
*CH Palmer	run out	23
VE Jackson	c May b EA Bedser	15
GA Smithson	c May b AV Bedser	30
PT Smith	c Surridge b Loader	27
VS Munden	c Constable b Loader	7
J van Geloven	b Loader	4
+J Firth	not out	7
CT Spencer	b AV Bedser	14
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 97.5 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-37, 3-113, 4-115, 5-133, 6-183, 7-195, 8-195, 9-202, 10-221 (97.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	21.5	3	74	3	-	-
Loader	17	0	56	3	-	-
Lock	26	11	27	2	-	-
EA Bedser	25	10	27	1	-	-
Clark	4	0	16	0	-	-
Surridge	4	0	10	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	not out	43
TH Clark	c Spencer b Munden	17
B Constable	lbw b Jackson	19
PBH May	not out	39
MJ Stewart	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
+R Swetman	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 52.4 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-57

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	5	1	22	0	-	-
van Geloven	15	2	26	0	-	-
Jackson	10	3	23	1	-	-
Munden	22.4	9	47	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> GAR Lock reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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