f20183 cc10048	Middlesex v Surrey
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 8th, 10th, 11th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 0; Surrey 4
Umpires	JS Buller, A Skelding
Scorers	EH Hendren (Middlesex), H Strudwick (Surrey)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 15/0 (Robertson 4*, Sharp 11*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 44/1 (Clark 17*, May 8*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Dewes b DCS Compton	45
TH Clark	b Moss	8
PBH May	b Young	159
B Constable	lbw b Titmus	14
EA Bedser	c Edrich b Young	10
R Subba Row	lbw b DCS Compton	20
+AJW McIntyre	b Young	4
JC Laker	b Young	21
*WS Surridge	c Robertson b DCS Compton	0
AV Bedser	not out	6
PJ Loader	b Moss	0
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 117.2 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-153, 3-217, 4-238, 5-245, 6-257, 7-283, 8-283, 9-294, 10-299 (117.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	24.2	4	74	2	-	-
Bennett	10	3	36	0	-	-
Titmus	31	9	76	1	-	-
Young	26	15	36	4	-	-
DCS Compton	26	7	65	3	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c McIntyre b Loader	14
HPH Sharp	c Fletcher b AV Bedser	20
*WJ Edrich	b Laker	36
DCS Compton	b Laker	113
JG Dewes	lbw b EA Bedser	0
AW Thompson	b EA Bedser	0
D Bennett	c and b AV Bedser	45
+LH Compton	lbw b Laker	0
FJ Titmus	b Laker	0
JA Young	b Laker	4
AE Moss	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 109.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-40, 3-146, 4-147, 5-147, 6-227, 7-227, 8-227, 9-241, 10-246 (109.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	30	7	57	2	-	-
Loader	19	2	42	1	-	-
Laker	25.2	6	55	5	-	-
Surridge	6	1	22	0	-	-
Clark	10	3	29	0	-	-
EA Bedser	19	6	27	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c LH Compton b Bennett	2
TH Clark	b Titmus	82
PBH May	b Young	58
B Constable	b Young	16
EA Bedser	c Dewes b Young	15
R Subba Row	b Titmus	9
+AJW McIntyre	not out	8
JC Laker	b Titmus	1
*WS Surridge	c Sharp b Young	11
AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(24 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	31
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-150, 3-180, 4-182, 5-202, 6-210, 7-214, 8-233 (102 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	5	1	15	0	-	-
Bennett	2	1	9	1	-	-
Titmus	46	13	93	3	-	-
Young	49	15	85	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HPH Sharp	c Surridge b Laker	9
JDB Robertson	not out	36
*WJ Edrich	b Laker	1
DCS Compton	b Clark	37
JG Dewes	did not bat
AW Thompson	did not bat
D Bennett	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 w)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 44 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-29, 3-88 (44 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	4	0	13	0	-	-
Loader	1	0	5	0	-	-
Laker	11	4	12	2	-	-
Surridge	4	3	2	0	-	-
Clark	7	1	18	1	-	-
EA Bedser	15	6	28	0	-	-
Subba Row	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PBH May (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 49
--> PBH May (1) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 111
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 31
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 29000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 23
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 22500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> HPH Sharp (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> AE Moss reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JA Young reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JA Young reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JC Laker reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JC Laker reached 950 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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