f17289 cc8443	Surrey v Middlesex
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 10th, 12th, 13th August 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 4 wickets
Points	Surrey 4; Middlesex 12
Umpires	F Chester, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 56/4 (Compton 10*, Mann 0*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 205/3 (Barling 2*, Parker 1*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	b Young	42
EA Bedser	b Gray	67
HS Squires	b Edrich	0
HT Barling	c Sims b Edrich	1
JF Parker	c Price b Edrich	6
AJW McIntyre	b Edrich	42
+GS Mobey	b Edrich	4
*NH Bennett	c Price b Gray	3
EA Watts	not out	22
AV Bedser	c Mann b Young	26
AR Gover	b Young	2
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-70, 3-74, 4-80, 5-173, 6-178, 7-181, 8-181, 9-226, 10-233 (80.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	18	8	53	2	-	-
Edrich	29	7	74	5	-	-
Young	22.2	7	40	3	-	-
Sims	3	0	15	0	-	-
Robins	3	0	21	0	-	-
Compton	5	1	12	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b Gover	0
JDB Robertson	run out	15
WJ Edrich	c Squires b Parker	28
DCS Compton	c and b Gover	89
*RWV Robins	b Parker	0
JP Mann	c Parker b Gover	15
AW Thompson	c Gover b Parker	3
+WFF Price	c EA Bedser b Gover	32
JM Sims	lbw b Gover	4
LH Gray	b Gover	2
JA Young	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-33, 3-52, 4-52, 5-95, 6-101, 7-163, 8-171, 9-194, 10-197 (69.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	26.3	4	90	6	-	-
AV Bedser	22	4	56	0	-	-
Parker	14	4	26	3	-	-
EA Bedser	2	1	2	0	-	-
Squires	3	1	8	0	-	-
Watts	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Robins b Gray	117			13	1
EA Bedser	c Young b Edrich	7
HS Squires	lbw b Gray	67
HT Barling	c and b Young	11
JF Parker	c Mann b Young	15
EA Watts	c Mann b Young	5
*NH Bennett	not out	30
AV Bedser	c Mann b Young	13
AJW McIntyre	c Robertson b Gray	2
+GS Mobey	b Gray	2
AR Gover	c Mann b Gray	0
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 100.4 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-197, 3-200, 4-224, 5-233, 6-235, 7-271, 8-275, 9-281, 10-281 (100.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	6	1	19	1	-	-
Gray	33.4	7	84	5	-	-
Young	32	7	89	4	-	-
Sims	8	1	23	0	-	-
Thompson	10	0	37	0	-	-
Compton	9	5	7	0	-	-
Robins	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	run out	42
JDB Robertson	c EA Bedser b AV Bedser	15
WJ Edrich	c sub b AV Bedser	11
DCS Compton	lbw b Watts	15
*RWV Robins	c Parker b AV Bedser	93
JP Mann	c Gover b EA Bedser	19
AW Thompson	not out	100		102	13	-
+WFF Price	not out	18
JM Sims	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(6 wickets, 64.3 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-48, 3-79, 4-83, 5-113, 6-261

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	16.3	0	90	0	-	-
AV Bedser	19	1	76	3	-	-
Watts	10	0	47	1	-	-
Parker	9	0	36	0	-	-
EA Bedser	7	0	38	1	-	-
Squires	3	0	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LB Fishlock (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 21
--> EA Bedser (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in First-Class matches
--> EA Bedser (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in County Championship matches
--> NH Bennett (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> JP Mann (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> AW Thompson (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in County Championship matches
--> AW Thompson (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> AW Thompson (2) passed his previous highest score of 79 in First-Class matches
--> AW Thompson (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AR Gover reached 1150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> LH Gray reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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