f16600 cc8150	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 8th, 10th, 11th July 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 7 wickets
Points	Surrey 0; Kent 12
Umpires	A Skelding, FI Walden
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 114/2 (Ames 62*, Valentine 12*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 126/0 (Gregory 33*, Fishlock 73*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	c Todd b Harding	14
LB Fishlock	b Longfield	39
EW Whitfield	b Todd	46
HS Squires	c and b Wright	1
JF Parker	lbw b Todd	9
GJ Whittaker	b Todd	0
+GS Mobey	lbw b Wright	1
*HM Garland-Wells	c Spencer b Harding	38
F Berry	not out	19
EA Watts	b Harding	12
AR Gover	c Spencer b Wright	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 44.6 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-98, 3-99, 4-114, 5-114, 6-115, 7-117, 8-163, 9-185, 10-186 (44.6 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	8	0	28	3	-	-
Todd	14	1	43	3	-	-
Longfield	7	2	27	1	-	-
Wright	15.6	3	81	3	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Mobey b Watts	1
*FGH Chalk	lbw b Garland-Wells	34
LEG Ames	c Mobey b Watts	72
BH Valentine	c Whittaker b Berry	37
LJ Todd	c Mobey b Watts	13
TW Spencer	c Mobey b Gover	17
TC Longfield	b Gregory	2
DVP Wright	b Parker	9
NW Harding	b Watts	54
+WHV Levett	not out	38
C Lewis	b Parker	27
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-88, 3-139, 4-155, 5-165, 6-167, 7-191, 8-194, 9-264, 10-316 (85 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	23	1	100	1	-	-
Watts	19	1	63	4	-	-
Berry	14	3	33	1	-	-
Squires	7	0	29	0	-	-
Garland-Wells	7	0	44	1	-	-
Gregory	9	2	17	1	-	-
Parker	6	2	18	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	lbw b Wright	38
LB Fishlock	b Lewis	120
EW Whitfield	b Longfield	109
HS Squires	c Fagg b Lewis	18
JF Parker	lbw b Todd	21
GJ Whittaker	not out	1
+GS Mobey	c Levett b Lewis	9
*HM Garland-Wells	c Valentine b Longfield	19
F Berry	did not bat
EA Watts	did not bat
AR Gover	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 80.1 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-138, 2-215, 3-230, 4-286, 5-330, 6-354, 7-360 (80.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	9	1	43	0	-	-
Todd	17	2	69	1	-	-
Longfield	11.1	1	69	2	-	-
Wright	23	1	92	1	-	-
Lewis	20	4	62	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Mobey b Gover	9
*FGH Chalk	c and b Berry	32
LEG Ames	not out	136
BH Valentine	c Watts b Berry	54
NW Harding	not out	0
LJ Todd	did not bat
TW Spencer	did not bat
TC Longfield	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
+WHV Levett	did not bat
C Lewis	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 26.2 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-99, 3-230

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	6	0	67	1	-	-
Watts	8	0	44	0	-	-
Berry	6	0	47	2	-	-
Garland-Wells	4	0	32	0	-	-
Gregory	1	0	20	0	-	-
Parker	1.2	0	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> C Lewis (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> C Lewis (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> LB Fishlock (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> EW Whitfield (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> LEG Ames (2) 100 in 67 minutes
--> LEG Ames (2) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 86
--> EA Watts reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> NW Harding retired not out in the Kent first innings having scored 18 (team score 216/8) - he returned when the score was 264/9

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LEG Ames' century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.