f21753 cc10858	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 1st, 3rd June 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 87 runs
Points	Surrey 14 (Batting 2); Essex 0
Umpires	D Davies, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 346/9 (Cox 30*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
REC Pratt	c Taylor b Palmer	27
MJ Stewart	b Preston	14
B Constable	c Taylor b Ralph	43
KF Barrington	c Preston b King	44
DGW Fletcher	run out	101
MD Willett	c Taylor b Preston	20
EA Bedser	c King b Preston	15
+AJW McIntyre	b Preston	9
DF Cox	not out	30
PJ Loader	c Dodds b Preston	38
*AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 117.5 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-43, 3-125, 4-131, 5-195, 6-242, 7-252, 8-297, 9-346 (117.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	32.5	10	76	5	-	-
Ralph	23	6	70	1	-	-
Palmer	11	3	41	1	-	-
Greensmith	20	1	60	0	-	-
King	31	7	94	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Loader	24
G Barker	lbw b AV Bedser	7
+B Taylor	b Loader	0
GW Horrex	c Pratt b Cox	1
MJ Bear	not out	37
GJ Smith	b Loader	26
*WT Greensmith	c Cox b Loader	7
LHR Ralph	c Fletcher b Loader	0
KC Preston	b EA Bedser	2
IM King	c Stewart b Loader	1
EJ Palmer	c Loader b AV Bedser	10
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-23, 3-34, 4-43, 5-75, 6-95, 7-95, 8-98, 9-99, 10-123 (54.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	19	3	48	6	-	-
AV Bedser	10.3	4	17	2	-	-
Cox	7	0	23	1	-	-
EA Bedser	18	8	27	1	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Fletcher b AV Bedser	3
G Barker	c Stewart b Loader	8
+B Taylor	lbw b Loader	20
GW Horrex	c Fletcher b Barrington	17
MJ Bear	c Stewart b EA Bedser	10
GJ Smith	c Willett b EA Bedser	21
*WT Greensmith	c and b EA Bedser	18
LHR Ralph	c Fletcher b EA Bedser	3
KC Preston	b EA Bedser	2
IM King	b Loader	17
EJ Palmer	not out	11
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-13, 3-46, 4-58, 5-70, 6-93, 7-101, 8-104, 9-111, 10-136 (59.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	16.5	3	52	3	-	-
AV Bedser	12	3	23	1	-	-
Cox	2	0	5	0	-	-
EA Bedser	21	9	32	5	-	-
Barrington	8	2	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DGW Fletcher (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> EJ Palmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> EJ Palmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Loader reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings

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