f20952 cc10438	Surrey v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 29th, 30th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey won by 10 wickets
Points	Surrey 12; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	EA Roberts, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (2) 32/1 (Kenyon 21*, Horton 3*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Lock b AV Bedser	6
LN Devereux	c Constable b Kelleher	0
MJ Horton	c McIntyre b Kelleher	10
RG Broadbent	c McIntyre b Lock	7
G Dews	c McIntyre b Kelleher	25
DW Richardson	c Lock b Laker	9
RO Jenkins	not out	4
+H Yarnold	c McIntyre b Kelleher	1
*RTD Perks	c McIntyre b Kelleher	7
R Berry	c Stewart b Laker	1
LJ Coldwell	c Stewart b Laker	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-25, 4-38, 5-62, 6-62, 7-63, 8-73, 9-77, 10-77 (43 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	11	4	22	1	-	-
Kelleher	14	5	23	5	-	-
Lock	10	4	16	1	-	-
Laker	8	3	9	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Yarnold b Coldwell	10
MJ Stewart	c Yarnold b Coldwell	39
B Constable	c Broadbent b Perks	9
KF Barrington	c Richardson b Perks	32
EA Bedser	not out	39
+AJW McIntyre	c Berry b Coldwell	3
DF Cox	not out	12
JC Laker	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
HRA Kelleher	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 33 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-29, 3-92, 4-102, 5-105

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	17	1	72	2	-	-
Coldwell	14	3	62	3	-	-
Berry	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Fletcher b AV Bedser	31
LN Devereux	c Fletcher b AV Bedser	5
MJ Horton	c Stewart b Kelleher	21
RG Broadbent	c McIntyre b Kelleher	52
G Dews	c McIntyre b Kelleher	0
DW Richardson	b Kelleher	0
RO Jenkins	c Cox b Lock	11
+H Yarnold	run out (Constable)	14
*RTD Perks	c Lock b Kelleher	10
R Berry	run out	2
LJ Coldwell	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-45, 3-64, 4-72, 5-78, 6-101, 7-125, 8-150, 9-153, 10-153 (59.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	18	5	40	2	-	-
Kelleher	20	3	50	5	-	-
Lock	14.1	7	27	1	-	-
Laker	7	1	29	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	not out	48
MJ Stewart	not out	35
B Constable	did not bat
KF Barrington	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
DF Cox	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
HRA Kelleher	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 17 overs)	83

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	4	0	14	0	-	-
Coldwell	5	0	27	0	-	-
Horton	5	1	21	0	-	-
Jenkins	3	0	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HRA Kelleher made his debut in first-class matches
--> HRA Kelleher made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RG Broadbent (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> D Kenyon (2) passed 17500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> HRA Kelleher achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> HRA Kelleher achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> JC Laker reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> LJ Coldwell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 1-63)
--> AV Bedser reached 1400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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The Surrey second innings was originally recorded as 85 (Fletcher 50, Jenkins 0-23) but later corrected because only one run had been required to win and Fletcher ran three to reach his 50.