f16687 cc8226	Surrey v Middlesex
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points	Surrey 12; Middlesex 0
Umpires	H Cruice, W Reeves
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 83/1 (Gregory 44*, Whitfield 25*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 168/5 (Peebles 0*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BD Carris	b Parker	14
JDB Robertson	c Dickinson b Parker	22
WJ Edrich	b Gover	54
DCS Compton	c and b Parker	52
FG Mann	lbw b Parker	11
GOB Allen	b Brown	3
RWV Robins	b Brown	15
+WFF Price	b Gover	14
JM Sims	st Mobey b Brown	13
CIJ Smith	b Brown	1
*IAR Peebles	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-47, 3-139, 4-157, 5-166, 6-174, 7-193, 8-213, 9-217, 10-217 (74.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	20.1	3	60	2	-	-
Watts	9	1	35	0	-	-
Parker	18	4	34	4	-	-
Brown	27	9	70	4	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	c Price b Smith	47
LB Fishlock	c Smith b Allen	6
EW Whitfield	c Price b Robins	81
HS Squires	b Sims	12
JF Parker	lbw b Peebles	8
+GS Mobey	lbw b Robins	30
FR Brown	c Allen b Robins	17
PJ Dickinson	st Price b Robins	10
*HM Garland-Wells	c Price b Robins	9
EA Watts	not out	15
AR Gover	st Price b Robins	19
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 77.7 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-90, 3-117, 4-134, 5-180, 6-202, 7-220, 8-231, 9-236, 10-272 (77.7 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	11	1	38	1	-	-
Smith	18	6	28	1	-	-
Sims	18	2	66	1	-	-
Robins	18.7	0	86	6	-	-
Peebles	12	2	36	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BD Carris	lbw b Watts	5
JDB Robertson	b Watts	19
WJ Edrich	b Watts	62
DCS Compton	c Gover b Brown	68
FG Mann	c Gregory b Parker	12
*IAR Peebles	lbw b Gover	19
GOB Allen	lbw b Watts	7
RWV Robins	b Watts	0
CIJ Smith	c Fishlock b Brown	1
+WFF Price	c Mobey b Gover	23
JM Sims	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 50.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-38, 3-131, 4-164, 5-168, 6-182, 7-182, 8-193, 9-222, 10-223 (50.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	8.4	0	48	2	-	-
Watts	17	2	70	5	-	-
Parker	5	0	26	1	-	-
Brown	17	2	61	2	-	-
Gregory	3	1	12	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	lbw b Peebles	72
LB Fishlock	c Peebles b Sims	71
EW Whitfield	not out	11
HS Squires	not out	6
JF Parker	did not bat
+GS Mobey	did not bat
FR Brown	did not bat
PJ Dickinson	did not bat
*HM Garland-Wells	did not bat
EA Watts	did not bat
AR Gover	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(2 wickets, 41 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-145, 2-155

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	3	1	5	0	-	-
Smith	8	1	29	0	-	-
Sims	10	2	46	1	-	-
Robins	10	0	40	0	-	-
Peebles	8	1	28	1	-	-
Compton	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> AR Gover (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> LB Fishlock (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> JF Parker reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> AR Gover reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> AR Gover reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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