f19281 cc9544	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 25th, 26th, 27th July 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	JS Buller, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 25/0 (Bedser 4*, Clark 19*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 41/1 (Munden 13*, Tompkin 18*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Surridge	2
GA Smithson	b Laker	17
M Tompkin	c Bedser b Wait	4
*CH Palmer	c Laker b Bedser	76
VE Jackson	lbw b Laker	4
GL Berry	c Kirby b Bedser	21
VS Munden	c Laker b Wait	24
DG Harron	c Wait b Lock	53
+J Firth	c Parker b Constable	30
CRD Wooler	c Lock b Constable	11
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb, 5 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 128.2 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-50, 4-62, 5-125, 6-136, 7-179, 8-236, 9-262, 10-263 (128.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	21	4	56	1	-	-
Wait	12	2	29	2	-	-
Laker	42	19	77	2	-	-
Lock	26	8	47	1	-	-
Bedser	17	7	22	2	-	-
Constable	10.2	4	11	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	c Munden b Jackson	35
TH Clark	c Firth b Wooler	88
B Constable	c Smithson b Jackson	70
LB Fishlock	lbw b Lester	80
JF Parker	st Firth b Munden	79
GJ Whittaker	not out	10
JC Laker	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
+GNG Kirby	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
OJ Wait	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 130.5 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-163, 3-228, 4-328, 5-377 (130.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wooler	26	4	72	1	-	-
Sperry	20	5	54	0	-	-
Lester	13	3	55	1	-	-
Jackson	40	12	87	2	-	-
Munden	28.5	11	84	1	-	-
Palmer	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	b Surridge	3
VS Munden	b Lock	27
M Tompkin	not out	175			16	-
*CH Palmer	c and b Lock	106			11	-
VE Jackson	not out	9
G Lester	did not bat
GL Berry	did not bat
DG Harron	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CRD Wooler	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-80, 3-316

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	14	3	34	1	-	-
Wait	13	2	54	0	-	-
Laker	21	5	45	0	-	-
Bedser	11	5	20	0	-	-
Lock	26	8	61	2	-	-
Constable	19	2	77	0	-	-
Clark	15	4	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M Tompkin scored 1 five in the Leicestershire second innings
--> DG Harron (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in County Championship matches
--> DG Harron (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> EA Bedser (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> TH Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> TH Clark (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 65
--> B Constable (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 62
--> JF Parker (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 76
--> M Tompkin (2) passed his previous highest score of 163 in County Championship matches
--> M Tompkin (2) passed his previous highest score of 163 in First-Class matches
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 63
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> OJ Wait reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> B Constable reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> EA Bedser reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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