f19656 cc9733	Surrey v Somerset
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 2nd, 3rd, 4th July 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 180 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 384/5 (Constable 205*, McIntyre 8*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 47/3 (Tremlett 10*, Buse 18*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	st Stephenson b Hazell	21
EA Bedser	st Stephenson b Lawrence	33
B Constable	not out	205		290	25	2
TH Clark	c Stephenson b Redman	15
JF Parker	b Buse	74
REC Pratt	b Robinson	8
+AJW McIntyre	not out	8
JC Laker	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	384
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-57, 3-91, 4-277, 5-357

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Redman	26	4	98	1	-	-
Buse	30	6	86	1	-	-
Lawrence	30	4	83	1	-	-
Hazell	13	4	42	1	-	-
Robinson	17	2	55	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	4
FL Angell	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	6
+HW Stephenson	c Parker b Surridge	7
MF Tremlett	c Lock b AV Bedser	14
HFT Buse	c Surridge b AV Bedser	26
R Smith	c McIntyre b Lock	1
*SS Rogers	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	13
J Lawrence	c Surridge b Lock	6
J Redman	c Constable b AV Bedser	0
EP Robinson	not out	10
HL Hazell	b Lock	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 31.5 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-17, 3-23, 4-53, 5-58, 6-70, 7-77, 8-79, 9-89, 10-89 (31.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	16	3	46	6	-	-
Surridge	9	2	29	1	-	-
Lock	6.5	2	12	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	lbw b Laker	21
FL Angell	c Surridge b Laker	9
+HW Stephenson	c Laker b Lock	8
MF Tremlett	c Constable b AV Bedser	37
HFT Buse	c Constable b Laker	6
R Smith	c EA Bedser b Lock	2
*SS Rogers	c Surridge b Lock	1
J Lawrence	not out	16
J Redman	c Clark b Laker	7
EP Robinson	c Parker b Laker	1
HL Hazell	c Lock b AV Bedser	6
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 49.3 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-38, 3-38, 4-46, 5-55, 6-57, 7-97, 8-108, 9-114, 10-115 (49.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	11	2	29	2	-	-
Lock	17	5	37	3	-	-
Laker	21.3	6	48	5	-	-

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Notes
--> REC Pratt made his debut in County Championship matches
--> B Constable (1) passed his previous highest score of 141 in County Championship matches
--> B Constable (1) passed his previous highest score of 141 in first-class matches
--> B Constable (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 106
--> JF Parker (1) passed 13500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 18
--> MF Tremlett (2) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> J Lawrence (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> J Lawrence reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> AV Bedser reached 950 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> AV Bedser reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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