f19683 cc9756	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 12th, 14th, 15th July 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Surrey won by 2 wickets
Points	Surrey 12; Kent 0
Umpires	E Cooke, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 46/2 (May 25*, Constable 6*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 106/2 (Evans 65*, O'Linn 19*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	0
AH Phebey	b AV Bedser	29
+TG Evans	c McIntyre b Surridge	9
S O'Linn	b AV Bedser	3
AC Shirreff	b Surridge	75
R Mayes	b Surridge	11
BR Edrich	c McIntyre b Surridge	41
*W Murray-Wood	c Lock b Surridge	0
RR Dovey	b Surridge	2
DVP Wright	not out	8
JCT Page	c Parker b Surridge	9
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 93.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-18, 4-69, 5-100, 6-143, 7-147, 8-153, 9-176, 10-192 (93.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	32	9	67	3	-	-
Surridge	30.2	7	80	7	-	-
Laker	9	2	21	0	-	-
Lock	22	14	19	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	lbw b Page	3
DGW Fletcher	c Fagg b Page	12
PBH May	c Evans b Dovey	124
B Constable	b Dovey	22
JF Parker	c Mayes b Wright	19
TH Clark	c Fagg b Dovey	42
+AJW McIntyre	c O'Linn b Dovey	43
JC Laker	c Fagg b Dovey	23
AV Bedser	b Dovey	3
*WS Surridge	c Mayes b Dovey	14
GAR Lock	not out	15
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 105.1 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-36, 3-74, 4-122, 5-205, 6-262, 7-275, 8-278, 9-297, 10-325 (105.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Page	27	2	105	2	-	-
Shirreff	31	5	83	0	-	-
Wright	16	4	50	1	-	-
Dovey	31.1	5	82	7	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c Parker b AV Bedser	10
AH Phebey	lbw b Surridge	3
+TG Evans	st McIntyre b AV Bedser	92
S O'Linn	not out	111		290
AC Shirreff	lbw b Laker	20
R Mayes	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	5
BR Edrich	lbw b Lock	31
*W Murray-Wood	c May b Constable	4
RR Dovey	b AV Bedser	0
DVP Wright	lbw b Lock	4
JCT Page	not out	5
Extras	(21 b, 9 lb, 5 nb)	35
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-48, 3-143, 4-182, 5-194, 6-275, 7-288, 8-291, 9-312

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	35	6	89	4	-	-
Surridge	27	5	73	1	-	-
Lock	19	1	56	2	-	-
Laker	29	11	50	1	-	-
EA Bedser	11	5	9	0	-	-
Constable	6	2	8	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	c +O'Linn b Page	20
DGW Fletcher	c and b Shirreff	52
PBH May	c +O'Linn b Page	29
B Constable	c +O'Linn b Page	17
JF Parker	b Page	1
+AJW McIntyre	c and b Shirreff	0
JC Laker	c and b Shirreff	15
TH Clark	not out	24
AV Bedser	b Shirreff	14
*WS Surridge	not out	16
GAR Lock	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(8 wickets, 30.2 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-75, 3-95, 4-97, 5-104, 6-125, 7-144, 8-162

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Page	11	0	48	4	-	-
Shirreff	15	0	106	4	-	-
Dovey	4.2	0	34	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BR Edrich (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> TH Clark (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 39
--> TG Evans (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 51
--> TG Evans (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> TG Evans (2) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 35
--> S O'Linn (2) passed his previous highest score of 98 in County Championship matches
--> S O'Linn (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> S O'Linn (2) passed his previous highest score of 98 in first-class matches
--> S O'Linn (2) made his first century in first-class matches
--> S O'Linn (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> AV Bedser (2) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> WS Surridge reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 7th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> AV Bedser reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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S O'Linn kept wicket in he Surrey second innings as Evans was off the field with a hand injury