f21360	Surrey v Oxford University
	University Match 1956
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 20th, 21st, 22nd June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 54 runs
Umpires	H Elliott, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 15/0 (Gibson 4*, Metcalfe 11*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 16/0 (Fletcher 13*, Clark 3*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Branston	8
TH Clark	c Branston b Clube	25
MJ Stewart	c Delisle b Allan	31
KF Barrington	c Walton b Allan	0
EA Bedser	c Walshe b Gibson	37
MD Willett	c Walshe b Branston	31
REC Pratt	c and b Branston	34
+R Swetman	lbw b Allan	22
DF Cox	b Clube	18
PJ Loader	not out	14
*AV Bedser	c Metcalfe b Allan	9
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 100.5 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-53, 3-61, 4-90, 5-118, 6-175, 7-182, 8-220, 9-220, 10-243 (100.5 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kentish	22	3	77	0	-	-
Branston	23	8	50	3	-	-
Clube	27	9	64	2	-	-
Allan	23.5	15	23	4	-	-
Gibson	5	1	15	1	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Gibson	lbw b Loader	10
SG Metcalfe	b AV Bedser	21
*AC Walton	lbw b Clark	75
MJK Smith	c EA Bedser b Clark	75
GPS Delisle	c Swetman b Loader	32
MA Eagar	b EA Bedser	17
+AP Walshe	c Cox b EA Bedser	19
JM Allan	b EA Bedser	3
JRM Branston	not out	7
SVM Clube	b EA Bedser	0
ESM Kentish	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-31, 3-180, 4-189, 5-226, 6-254, 7-257, 8-267, 9-267 (118 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	31	9	56	2	-	-
AV Bedser	23	8	35	1	-	-
EA Bedser	25	6	60	4	-	-
Cox	23	4	65	0	-	-
Willett	5	0	17	0	-	-
Clark	11	2	26	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	not out	112
TH Clark	c Walton b Allan	37
MJ Stewart	c Delisle b Clube	63
KF Barrington	not out	23
EA Bedser	did not bat
MD Willett	did not bat
REC Pratt	did not bat
+R Swetman	did not bat
DF Cox	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-182

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kentish	17	4	50	0	-	-
Branston	10	2	26	0	-	-
Clube	22	3	78	1	-	-
Allan	21	6	40	1	-	-
Gibson	7	0	41	0	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Gibson	c Pratt b Loader	0
JM Allan	b EA Bedser	16
*AC Walton	c Willett b Cox	27
MJK Smith	b EA Bedser	8
GPS Delisle	b EA Bedser	46
SG Metcalfe	retired hurt	4
+AP Walshe	b Barrington	17
MA Eagar	c Cox b EA Bedser	3
JRM Branston	c Loader b EA Bedser	19
SVM Clube	c Stewart b Barrington	12
ESM Kentish	not out	6
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-38, 3-46, 4-57, 5-94, 6-101, 7-124, 8-146, 9-159 (53.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	14	4	36	1	-	-
AV Bedser	3	1	5	0	-	-
EA Bedser	20.4	3	55	5	-	-
Cox	5	0	24	1	-	-
Barrington	11	1	38	2	-	-

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Notes
--> MD Willett (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in first-class matches
--> DF Cox (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> TH Clark (2) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> AC Walton (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> GPS Delisle (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> JRM Branston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 2-41)
--> JM Allan reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Surrey first innings

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