f18015 cc8823	Kent v Surrey
	County Championship 1948
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 10th, 12th, 13th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 22 runs
Points	Kent 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	B Flint, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 200/3 (Squires 88*, Parker 4*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (1) 247/4 (Parker 32*, Whittaker 9*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	c McIntyre b Surridge	8
AE Fagg	lbw b Parker	0
LEG Ames	b Parker	5
P Hearn	c Barton b Parker	14
JGW Davies	c McIntyre b Laker	26
*DG Clark	b McMahon	29
E Crush	b McMahon	6
RR Dovey	b Laker	2
DVP Wright	c McIntyre b McMahon	9
RA Bailey	b McMahon	0
+GC Downton	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-22, 4-39, 5-69, 6-82, 7-85, 8-99, 9-106, 10-106 (55.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	13	7	39	1	-	-
Parker	15	7	19	3	-	-
Laker	15	5	20	2	-	-
McMahon	12.1	5	22	4	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Fagg b Crush	37
DGW Fletcher	c Downton b Bailey	41
HS Squires	c Ames b Crush	96
*MR Barton	c Downton b Crush	28
JF Parker	not out	66
GJ Whittaker	not out	32
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
WS Surridge	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-107, 3-195, 4-220

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	30	8	76	1	-	-
Crush	32	4	121	3	-	-
Wright	19	5	54	0	-	2
Dovey	10	4	21	0	-	-
Davies	6	1	20	0	-	-
Hearn	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	c Barton b Laker	31
AE Fagg	c Parker b Bedser	97
LEG Ames	b Bedser	13
P Hearn	c Parker b Laker	8
JGW Davies	lbw b Bedser	5
*DG Clark	c Parker b Laker	1
E Crush	b Laker	4
RR Dovey	c Parker b Bedser	1
DVP Wright	not out	2
+GC Downton	b Laker	3
RA Bailey	c Fishlock b Laker	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-131, 3-150, 4-161, 5-166, 6-170, 7-171, 8-171, 9-176, 10-176 (86.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	7	1	17	0	-	-
Parker	7	3	7	0	-	-
Laker	36.3	13	60	6	-	-
McMahon	15	4	37	0	-	-
Bedser	21	4	44	4	-	-

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Notes
--> DG Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> DG Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> HS Squires (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JWJ McMahon reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JC Laker reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings
--> JC Laker reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Kent second innings

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