f17651 cc8635	Surrey v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 26th, 28th, 29th July 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 4; Yorkshire 0
Umpires	H Cruice, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 350/8 (Watson 153*, Robinson 41*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (1) 263/6 (EA Bedser 47*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Keighley	b Gover	2
H Halliday	b Gover	15
GA Smithson	c and b Laker	52
JV Wilson	b Gover	8
W Watson	not out	153		295
A Coxon	lbw b Squires	15
TF Smailes	b AV Bedser	10
JH Wardle	c Fishlock b Gover	0
+DV Brennan	c Squires b McIntyre	28
EP Robinson	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	43
*WE Bowes	b AV Bedser	0
Extras	(14 b, 5 lb, 8 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 121 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-27, 3-50, 4-114, 5-144, 6-164, 7-182, 8-268, 9-353, 10-353 (121 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	28	5	79	4	-	7
AV Bedser	27	4	74	3	-	1
Parker	4	1	11	0	-	-
Laker	23	2	52	1	-	-
EA Bedser	19	4	44	0	-	-
Squires	12	0	35	1	-	-
McIntyre	6	0	24	1	-	-
Holmes	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	st Brennan b Wardle	41
DGW Fletcher	b Coxon	78
HS Squires	b Smailes	1
HT Barling	c Brennan b Robinson	4
+AJW McIntyre	c Robinson b Bowes	55
*ERT Holmes	c Robinson b Wardle	29
EA Bedser	lbw b Wardle	48
JF Parker	lbw b Robinson	13
JC Laker	b Robinson	29
AV Bedser	lbw b Wardle	51
AR Gover	not out	3
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 168.4 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-82, 3-96, 4-186, 5-186, 6-263, 7-268, 8-288, 9-355, 10-371 (168.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bowes	35	12	58	1	-	-
Coxon	35	7	93	1	-	2
Smailes	8	2	15	1	-	-
Wardle	49.4	17	91	4	-	-
Robinson	41	10	95	3	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Keighley	b Laker	50
H Halliday	c McIntyre b Laker	43
GA Smithson	b Laker	0
JV Wilson	lbw b Squires	10
W Watson	c Holmes b Laker	5
A Coxon	b Squires	22
TF Smailes	c and b Squires	40
JH Wardle	not out	10
+DV Brennan	c Gover b McIntyre	5
EP Robinson	did not bat
*WE Bowes	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 77 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-82, 3-109, 4-115, 5-115, 6-170, 7-177, 8-192 (77 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	9	1	22	0	-	1
AV Bedser	9	5	5	0	-	-
Laker	16	4	40	4	-	-
EA Bedser	11	1	40	0	-	-
Squires	18	6	32	3	-	-
McIntyre	14	3	46	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JV Wilson (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> W Watson (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in County Championship matches
--> W Watson (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> W Watson (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in first-class matches
--> W Watson (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> W Watson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 23
--> DV Brennan (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> DV Brennan (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in first-class matches
--> AV Bedser (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> AV Bedser (1) equalled his previous highest score of 51 in first-class matches
--> AV Bedser (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30

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