f19131 cc9428	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 26th, 28th, 29th May 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 48 runs
Points	Surrey 0; Essex 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, TJ Bartley
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 165/5 (Insole 47*, Vigar 11*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 124/8 (R Smith 34*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Parker b Surridge	47
AV Avery	lbw b Laker	33
+PA Gibb	lbw b Parker	1
R Horsfall	c and b Lock	26
*DJ Insole	c Fletcher b Lock	57
TE Bailey	c Lock b Laker	0
FH Vigar	c Surridge b Laker	24
WT Greensmith	c Clark b Lock	2
R Smith	c McIntyre b Laker	16
TPB Smith	b Lock	8
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-63, 3-91, 4-111, 5-112, 6-179, 7-190, 8-196, 9-211, 10-215 (93 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	12	2	40	1	-	-
Cox	7	0	30	0	-	-
Parker	8	1	15	1	-	-
Laker	34	7	76	4	-	-
Lock	30	16	39	4	-	-
Constable	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b TPB Smith	14
TH Clark	c Avery b R Smith	12
B Constable	c Vigar b R Smith	10
GJ Whittaker	c Vigar b R Smith	10
*MR Barton	c Gibb b TPB Smith	9
JF Parker	c Preston b R Smith	0
+AJW McIntyre	st Gibb b TPB Smith	13
JC Laker	c Vigar b TPB Smith	8
WS Surridge	c Vigar b R Smith	2
DF Cox	not out	10
GAR Lock	c Vigar b TPB Smith	4
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 30.2 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-36, 3-36, 4-55, 5-55, 6-55, 7-64, 8-78, 9-86, 10-92 (30.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	4	3	2	0	-	-
Preston	2	0	7	0	-	-
R Smith	13	2	57	5	-	-
Greensmith	2	1	3	0	-	-
TPB Smith	9.2	4	23	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Parker b Laker	19
AV Avery	run out	6
+PA Gibb	b Lock	22
R Horsfall	run out	7
*DJ Insole	c Surridge b Laker	0
TE Bailey	lbw b Laker	8
FH Vigar	c Lock b Laker	4
WT Greensmith	c Surridge b Laker	12
R Smith	st McIntyre b Lock	34
TPB Smith	not out	3
KC Preston	c Clark b Laker	4
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-37, 3-57, 4-60, 5-60, 6-73, 7-78, 8-124, 9-124, 10-131 (74.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	2	0	12	0	-	-
Laker	36.4	9	65	6	-	-
Lock	34	21	35	2	-	-
Parker	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Gibb b Bailey	2
TH Clark	c Bailey b TPB Smith	13
B Constable	c Bailey b TPB Smith	19
*MR Barton	lbw b Bailey	15
JF Parker	c Preston b TPB Smith	21
GJ Whittaker	lbw b TPB Smith	94
+AJW McIntyre	b TPB Smith	0
JC Laker	b TPB Smith	21
WS Surridge	c Greensmith b TPB Smith	0
DF Cox	not out	7
GAR Lock	b Greensmith	0
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 92.1 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-37, 3-38, 4-66, 5-105, 6-112, 7-191, 8-195, 9-199, 10-206 (92.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	12	5	22	2	-	-
Preston	2	1	2	0	-	-
R Smith	30	9	68	0	-	-
TPB Smith	40	13	88	7	-	-
Greensmith	8.1	2	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> TH Clark (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> DF Cox (1) equalled his previous highest score of 10 in first-class matches
--> DF Cox (1) equalled his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> GJ Whittaker (2) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 66
--> WS Surridge reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> GAR Lock reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JC Laker reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JC Laker reached 600 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> TPB Smith reached 1450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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