f20137 cc10007	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 18th, 20th, 21st July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 9 wickets
Points	Surrey 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	D Davies, H Elliott
Scorers	W Goodenough (Leicestershire), H Strudwick (Surrey)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 71/6 (Lester 31*, Walsh 9*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 12/0 (Lester 10*, Hallam 2*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Subba Row b Laker	51
MR Hallam	run out	0
M Tompkin	c Barrington b Laker	12
*CH Palmer	c Bedser b Clark	6
VE Jackson	c McIntyre b Clark	1
GA Smithson	c McIntyre b Laker	5
VS Munden	lbw b Laker	0
JE Walsh	c Subba Row b Clark	13
+J Firth	c Surridge b Laker	1
D Goodson	not out	4
TJ Goodwin	c Bedser b Laker	7
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 90.2 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-19, 3-33, 4-35, 5-46, 6-47, 7-85, 8-86, 9-99, 10-107 (90.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	22	10	30	0	-	-
Loader	12	6	16	0	-	-
Laker	30.2	17	25	6	-	-
Surridge	8	2	16	0	-	-
Clark	18	8	13	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Firth b Goodwin	12
TH Clark	lbw b Jackson	29
PBH May	c and b Palmer	52
B Constable	st Firth b Walsh	32
R Subba Row	not out	51
KF Barrington	b Walsh	9
+AJW McIntyre	c Firth b Munden	4
JC Laker	lbw b Palmer	10
*WS Surridge	c Tompkin b Munden	0
AV Bedser	b Palmer	7
PJ Loader	b Palmer	6
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-62, 3-129, 4-131, 5-160, 6-165, 7-195, 8-196, 9-206, 10-222 (84.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	7	1	16	1	-	-
Goodson	3	0	18	0	-	-
Palmer	16.4	6	31	4	-	-
Munden	28	9	62	2	-	-
Jackson	15	3	42	1	-	-
Walsh	15	2	43	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Surridge b Bedser	12
MR Hallam	c Fletcher b Bedser	10
M Tompkin	c May b Surridge	40
*CH Palmer	c Subba Row b Laker	7
VE Jackson	b Clark	46
GA Smithson	b Bedser	40
VS Munden	lbw b Laker	0
JE Walsh	b Surridge	5
+J Firth	lbw b Bedser	10
D Goodson	b Clark	0
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-30, 3-49, 4-90, 5-131, 6-134, 7-154, 8-176, 9-177, 10-177 (86.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	26	11	48	4	-	-
Loader	8	1	19	0	-	-
Laker	24	9	36	2	-	-
Surridge	11	3	28	2	-	-
Clark	15.3	4	30	2	-	-
Subba Row	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	not out	20
TH Clark	c Firth b Goodwin	10
PBH May	not out	33
B Constable	did not bat
R Subba Row	did not bat
KF Barrington	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 19 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Clark)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	6	0	24	1	-	-
Goodson	8	0	30	0	-	-
Munden	4	0	9	0	-	-
Tompkin	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Goodson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> D Goodson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> B Constable (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 13
--> R Subba Row (1) equalled his previous highest score of 51 in County Championship matches
--> R Subba Row (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> JC Laker (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> GA Smithson (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> PBH May (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> VS Munden reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> VS Munden reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings

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