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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 20th, 21st May 1948 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Surrey won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Surrey won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Leicestershire 0; Surrey 12 |
| Umpires | JT Bell, JA Smart |
| Close of play day 1 | Surrey (1) 499/6 (EA Bedser 27*, Watts 17*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 145/4 (Jackson 53*, Watson 13*) |
| Surrey first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LB Fishlock | c Corrall b Sperry | 253 | 380 | 32 | - | ||
| DGW Fletcher | b Sperry | 0 | |||||
| HS Squires | c Walsh b Sperry | 15 | |||||
| HT Barling | b Jackson | 55 | |||||
| *MR Barton | c and b Jackson | 103 | 170 | ||||
| +AJW McIntyre | b Sperry | 11 | |||||
| EA Bedser | not out | 27 | |||||
| EA Watts | not out | 17 | |||||
| JC Laker | did not bat | ||||||
| AV Bedser | did not bat | ||||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 10 lb, 1 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 142 overs) | 499 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-30, 3-171, 4-415, 5-448, 6-459 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sperry | 44 | 14 | 105 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Cornock | 25 | 6 | 82 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 26 | 7 | 97 | 2 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 20 | 3 | 78 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lester | 18 | 3 | 87 | 0 | - | - | |
| Riddington | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Prentice | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | b AV Bedser | 0 | |||||
| A Riddington | c McIntyre b AV Bedser | 1 | |||||
| FT Prentice | c Watts b AV Bedser | 17 | |||||
| M Tompkin | c Fletcher b McMahon | 152 | 185 | 16 | 1 | ||
| VE Jackson | lbw b Squires | 15 | |||||
| GS Watson | c Fishlock b Laker | 1 | |||||
| WB Cornock | c Laker b McMahon | 59 | |||||
| JE Walsh | b Laker | 10 | |||||
| +P Corrall | c Watts b Laker | 6 | |||||
| J Sperry | not out | 15 | |||||
| *GL Berry | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.2 overs) | 283 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-1, 3-36, 4-89, 5-92, 6-244, 7-259, 8-261, 9-283 (83.2 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AV Bedser | 20 | 3 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Watts | 12 | 0 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 12 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Laker | 24.2 | 7 | 69 | 3 | - | - | |
| Squires | 11 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| EA Bedser | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | lbw b McMahon | 19 | |||||
| A Riddington | lbw b Watts | 6 | |||||
| FT Prentice | c and b Laker | 16 | |||||
| M Tompkin | b EA Bedser | 31 | |||||
| VE Jackson | b Watts | 139 | |||||
| GS Watson | c McMahon b AV Bedser | 22 | |||||
| WB Cornock | c and b McMahon | 24 | |||||
| JE Walsh | c EA Bedser b Squires | 21 | |||||
| +P Corrall | b AV Bedser | 22 | |||||
| J Sperry | not out | 4 | |||||
| *GL Berry | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 125.3 overs) | 315 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-39, 3-47, 4-111, 5-160, 6-203, 7-251, 8-303, 9-315 (125.3 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AV Bedser | 31.3 | 7 | 74 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Watts | 18 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Laker | 27 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| McMahon | 13 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| EA Bedser | 16 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Squires | 20 | 1 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Surrey second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LB Fishlock | c Jackson b Sperry | 2 | |||||
| DGW Fletcher | b Sperry | 0 | |||||
| HS Squires | lbw b Sperry | 10 | |||||
| HT Barling | not out | 57 | |||||
| *MR Barton | c Watson b Jackson | 15 | |||||
| +AJW McIntyre | c Jackson b Sperry | 2 | |||||
| EA Watts | not out | 11 | |||||
| EA Bedser | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Laker | did not bat | ||||||
| AV Bedser | did not bat | ||||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 25.5 overs) | 100 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-3, 3-26, 4-73, 5-80 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sperry | 13 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Cornock | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 6.5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> LB Fishlock (1) passed his previous highest score of 172 in first-class matches
--> LB Fishlock (1) passed his previous highest score of 172 in County Championship matches
--> LB Fishlock (1) passed 15000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 215
--> WB Cornock (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> WB Cornock (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in first-class matches
--> J Sperry reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
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