f17225 cc8389	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 13th, 15th, 16th July 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 4; Kent 0
Umpires	E Cooke, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 390/7 (Bedser 22*, Bennett 25*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 263/8 (Phebey 29*, Dovey 17*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	b Lewis	29
+GS Mobey	run out	49
HS Squires	c Evans b Harding	14
HT Barling	c Valentine b Harding	9
AJW McIntyre	c Valentine b Harding	127			16	-
GJ Whittaker	c Larking b Harding	102			15	-
EA Bedser	hit wkt b Ames	62
EA Watts	c Todd b Dovey	1
*NH Bennett	b Ames	79
AR Gover	c Larking b Ames	10
GAR Lock	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 158.2 overs)	496
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-97, 3-98, 4-126, 5-327, 6-356, 7-357, 8-476, 9-489, 10-496 (158.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harding	31	5	101	4	-	-
Mallett	38	8	104	0	-	-
Todd	9	1	23	0	-	-
Lewis	19	2	78	1	-	-
Dovey	37	9	92	1	-	-
Davies	19	7	62	0	-	-
Ames	5.2	1	23	3	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b Bedser	49
JGW Davies	run out	77
LEG Ames	c Fishlock b Bedser	50
*BH Valentine	c Watts b Gover	16
AH Phebey	c Mobey b Gover	39
JG Larking	b Gover	8
+TG Evans	b Gover	4
AWH Mallett	b Watts	2
NW Harding	c Mobey b Gover	5
RR Dovey	c Fishlock b Watts	25
C Lewis	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-169, 3-187, 4-196, 5-207, 6-215, 7-220, 8-227, 9-281, 10-281 (92.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	34.5	5	124	5	-	-
Watts	29	6	81	2	-	-
Bedser	15	0	40	2	-	-
Fishlock	6	0	18	0	-	-
Lock	6	1	9	0	-	-
Squires	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	c Bedser b Gover	34
JGW Davies	c Mobey b Watts	49
LEG Ames	c Barling b Watts	6
*BH Valentine	not out	68
AH Phebey	c Lock b Gover	10
JG Larking	c McIntyre b Watts	0
+TG Evans	not out	21
AWH Mallett	did not bat
NW Harding	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
C Lewis	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 62 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-86, 3-95, 4-132, 5-141

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	27	8	70	2	-	-
Watts	21	4	86	3	-	-
Bedser	5	2	6	0	-	-
Lock	4	1	15	0	-	-
Squires	5	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GAR Lock made his debut in first-class matches
--> GAR Lock made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JG Larking made his debut in first-class matches
--> JG Larking made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJW McIntyre (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> AJW McIntyre (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AJW McIntyre (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in first-class matches
--> AJW McIntyre (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> AJW McIntyre (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 93
--> GJ Whittaker (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in County Championship matches
--> GJ Whittaker (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> GJ Whittaker (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in first-class matches
--> GJ Whittaker (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> EA Bedser (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in first-class matches
--> EA Bedser (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> NH Bennett (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> NH Bennett (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in first-class matches
--> RR Dovey (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in first-class matches
--> RR Dovey (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> TG Evans (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> LEG Ames achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 2-8)
--> LEG Ames achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 2-8)
--> AR Gover reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings

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