f20977 cc10460	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 9th, 11th, 12th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 13 runs
Points	Surrey 0; Kent 12
Umpires	H Elliott, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 65/2 (Constable 6*, Barrington 3*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 91/5 (Pretlove 8*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Cox	28
AH Phebey	c Pratt b Loader	5
JM Allan	c Stewart b Surridge	0
RC Wilson	b Cox	24
J Pettiford	lbw b Cox	50
JF Pretlove	c Laker b Loader	5
P Hearn	c McIntyre b Surridge	14
+DG Ufton	b Laker	14
*DVP Wright	not out	17
JCT Page	c Constable b Laker	3
JB Phillips	c Stewart b Laker	0
Extras	(14 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-15, 3-43, 4-74, 5-92, 6-119, 7-148, 8-178, 9-181, 10-181 (80.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	17	4	35	2	-	-
Surridge	19	1	45	2	-	-
Laker	20.5	8	34	3	-	-
Cox	14	5	23	3	-	-
Bedser	10	2	23	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	c Wilson b Wright	32
MJ Stewart	c Allan b Wright	20
B Constable	run out	30
KF Barrington	c Wilson b Allan	27
EA Bedser	lbw b Wright	12
REC Pratt	st Ufton b Allan	1
+AJW McIntyre	b Allan	2
JC Laker	c Phillips b Wright	1
*WS Surridge	b Allan	15
DF Cox	b Wright	0
PJ Loader	not out	2
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-56, 3-108, 4-123, 5-126, 6-126, 7-129, 8-129, 9-132, 10-146 (71.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	19	2	39	0	-	-
Allan	31.3	12	49	4	-	-
Wright	17	3	45	5	-	-
Page	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	lbw b Laker	49
AH Phebey	lbw b Loader	5
RC Wilson	c Surridge b Laker	13
P Hearn	c Stewart b Cox	0
J Pettiford	c Pratt b Bedser	12
JF Pretlove	c Surridge b Laker	8
JM Allan	lbw b Laker	10
+DG Ufton	c Surridge b Bedser	0
*DVP Wright	c Clark b Bedser	3
JCT Page	not out	3
JB Phillips	lbw b Laker	4
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 55.5 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-52, 3-65, 4-71, 5-91, 6-95, 7-96, 8-104, 9-108, 10-116 (55.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	9	3	25	1	-	-
Surridge	4	1	7	0	-	-
Laker	23.5	9	48	5	-	-
Cox	6	3	10	1	-	-
Bedser	13	6	17	3	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	c Ufton b Phillips	0
MJ Stewart	c and b Allan	11
B Constable	c Phebey b Wright	14
KF Barrington	lbw b Allan	72
EA Bedser	lbw b Wright	6
REC Pratt	c Fagg b Allan	23
+AJW McIntyre	c and b Allan	4
JC Laker	c Wilson b Allan	1
*WS Surridge	b Wright	0
DF Cox	c Phebey b Wright	0
PJ Loader	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-15, 3-30, 4-46, 5-123, 6-127, 7-133, 8-134, 9-134, 10-138 (45.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	3	1	3	1	-	-
Allan	22.4	4	60	5	-	-
Wright	14	1	45	4	-	-
Page	6	1	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JF Pretlove made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JB Phillips made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JM Allan (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> JB Phillips made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> JF Pretlove made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> DF Cox reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> JC Laker reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent first innings
--> DF Cox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-31)
--> JM Allan reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JM Allan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 3-22)
--> JM Allan reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> JM Allan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey second innings (previous best was 4-49)
--> JM Allan achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Surrey second innings

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