f20045 cc9936	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 13th, 15th, 16th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 26 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Kent 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, F Chester
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 103/3 (Clark 40*, Pratt 15*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 43/0 (Fagg 25*, Phebey 16*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	c and b Surridge	0
AH Phebey	c McMahon b Laker	27
BR Edrich	c Fletcher b Surridge	8
+DG Ufton	lbw b Loader	7
AF Woollett	c Surridge b Laker	1
R Mayes	c Bedser b McMahon	4
RR Dovey	b Loader	9
*W Murray-Wood	b Laker	7
DVP Wright	c Kirby b Loader	0
F Ridgway	c McMahon b Laker	24
JCT Page	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 52.3 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-30, 4-39, 5-50, 6-51, 7-66, 8-66, 9-66, 10-92 (52.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	10	2	16	2	-	-
Loader	16	5	39	3	-	-
Laker	17.3	7	21	4	-	-
McMahon	9	5	12	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Phebey b Wright	30
EA Bedser	lbw b Ridgway	3
B Constable	c Fagg b Dovey	8
TH Clark	c Fagg b Dovey	165
REC Pratt	c Edrich b Murray-Wood	90
GJ Whittaker	not out	0
JC Laker	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
+GNG Kirby	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 108.3 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-26, 3-59, 4-309, 5-313 (108.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	27	7	65	1	-	-
Dovey	37	12	76	2	-	-
Wright	26	6	72	1	-	-
Page	14	3	69	0	-	-
Murray-Wood	4.3	1	14	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b McMahon	32
AH Phebey	c Bedser b McMahon	85
AF Woollett	run out	21
+DG Ufton	c Laker b Surridge	11
BR Edrich	c Bedser b Surridge	0
R Mayes	c Kirby b Laker	3
RR Dovey	c Bedser b Laker	2
*W Murray-Wood	c Bedser b Surridge	25
DVP Wright	c sub b McMahon	0
F Ridgway	not out	11
JCT Page	b Laker	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 108.5 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-96, 3-128, 4-130, 5-139, 6-157, 7-157, 8-162, 9-192, 10-195 (108.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	24	3	50	3	-	-
Loader	11	2	35	0	-	-
Laker	48.5	17	66	3	-	-
McMahon	24	8	37	3	-	-
Clark	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TH Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 92 in County Championship matches
--> TH Clark (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> TH Clark (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> REC Pratt (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> REC Pratt (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 23000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> PJ Loader reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings

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