f17683 cc8662	Surrey v Middlesex
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 9th, 11th, 12th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 11 runs
Points	Surrey 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	JA Smart, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 537/2 (Edrich 157*, DCS Compton 137*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 82/3 (Barling 7*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b Surridge	98
JDB Robertson	c and b EA Bedser	127
WJ Edrich	not out	157			18	-
DCS Compton	not out	137			9	-
FG Mann	did not bat
*RWV Robins	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	18
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	537
Fall of wickets:
1-211, 2-250

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	17	0	84	0	-	1
AV Bedser	20	3	67	0	-	4
Surridge	18	2	77	1	-	1
Parker	21	3	83	0	-	-
Squires	17	0	95	0	-	-
EA Bedser	19	0	82	1	-	-
Holmes	3	0	13	0	-	-
McIntyre	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c LH Compton b Gray	16
DGW Fletcher	lbw b DCS Compton	42
HS Squires	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	98
HT Barling	c LH Compton b Sims	16
JF Parker	c and b DCS Compton	15
*ERT Holmes	b Sims	61
+AJW McIntyre	c Robins b DCS Compton	51
EA Bedser	c Robertson b Sims	16
WS Surridge	c Mann b DCS Compton	1
AV Bedser	not out	3
AR Gover	c Mann b DCS Compton	4
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-93, 3-154, 4-177, 5-216, 6-284, 7-326, 8-327, 9-327, 10-334 (100.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	20	4	55	1	2	-
LH Compton	8	1	32	0	-	-
Sims	27	5	100	3	-	-
DCS Compton	27.3	4	94	6	-	-
Robins	3	0	11	0	-	-
Young	15	4	31	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	44
DGW Fletcher	b Young	8
HS Squires	b Robins	20
HT Barling	b DCS Compton	44
JF Parker	run out	12
+AJW McIntyre	c and b DCS Compton	0
*ERT Holmes	b DCS Compton	2
EA Bedser	lbw b DCS Compton	10
WS Surridge	c DCS Compton b Robins	23
AV Bedser	c and b DCS Compton	14
AR Gover	not out	5
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 64.5 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-60, 3-82, 4-103, 5-103, 6-105, 7-123, 8-160, 9-181, 10-192 (64.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	8	2	14	0	-	-
Young	7	2	23	1	-	-
Sims	17	2	47	0	-	-
DCS Compton	24.5	6	80	6	-	-
Robins	8	1	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> SM Brown (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 96
--> JDB Robertson (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 15000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> DCS Compton reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> DCS Compton reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> DCS Compton reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Surrey second innings

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