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| Venue | Kennington Oval, Kennington on 30th June, 2nd July 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Surrey won by 8 wickets |
| Points | Surrey 12; Kent 0 |
| Umpires | WFF Price, EA Roberts |
| Close of play day 1 | Surrey (1) 103/4 (May 39*, Willett 3*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Swetman b Surridge | 15 | |||||
| AH Phebey | c Swetman b Lock | 31 | |||||
| RC Wilson | b Laker | 12 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c and b Lock | 38 | |||||
| AE Fagg | c Lock b Loader | 27 | |||||
| AL Dixon | lbw b Lock | 0 | |||||
| DG Ufton | b Loader | 1 | |||||
| F Ridgway | c Barrington b Lock | 2 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | c Laker b Loader | 2 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | not out | 6 | |||||
| JCT Page | b Lock | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 4 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.2 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41, 2-55, 3-67, 4-130, 5-131, 6-132, 7-132, 8-136, 9-136, 10-148 (57.2 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Loader | 17 | 4 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Surridge | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lock | 21.2 | 9 | 36 | 5 | - | - | |
| Laker | 11 | 2 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Surrey first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Stewart | c Wilson b Page | 38 | |||||
| REC Pratt | b Page | 8 | |||||
| KF Barrington | c Ridgway b Page | 2 | |||||
| PBH May | b Ridgway | 107 | |||||
| EA Bedser | c Cowdrey b Page | 11 | |||||
| MD Willett | c Ridgway b Wright | 4 | |||||
| +R Swetman | c Dixon b Halfyard | 23 | |||||
| JC Laker | b Halfyard | 12 | |||||
| *WS Surridge | c Dixon b Halfyard | 7 | |||||
| GAR Lock | c Wilson b Ridgway | 6 | |||||
| PJ Loader | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93.4 overs) | 226 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-38, 3-63, 4-85, 5-118, 6-187, 7-205, 8-215, 9-222, 10-226 (93.4 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 20 | 4 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Halfyard | 12.4 | 2 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Page | 34 | 10 | 66 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wright | 27 | 6 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Lock b Laker | 10 | |||||
| AH Phebey | c Lock b Laker | 17 | |||||
| RC Wilson | c Swetman b Laker | 7 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Pratt b Lock | 28 | |||||
| AE Fagg | c Barrington b Lock | 6 | |||||
| AL Dixon | c Swetman b Lock | 3 | |||||
| DG Ufton | c Surridge b Lock | 0 | |||||
| F Ridgway | c Surridge b Laker | 7 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | b Lock | 16 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | c Surridge b Laker | 0 | |||||
| JCT Page | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 31.4 overs) | 98 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-34, 3-37, 4-70, 5-70, 6-73, 7-78, 8-80, 9-80, 10-98 (31.4 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Loader | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lock | 11.4 | 5 | 24 | 5 | - | - | |
| Laker | 13 | 4 | 55 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Surrey second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Stewart | c Evans b Ridgway | 10 | |||||
| KF Barrington | not out | 6 | |||||
| PBH May | not out | 5 | |||||
| EA Bedser | c and b Ridgway | 0 | |||||
| REC Pratt | did not bat | ||||||
| MD Willett | did not bat | ||||||
| +R Swetman | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Laker | did not bat | ||||||
| *WS Surridge | did not bat | ||||||
| GAR Lock | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Loader | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 3 overs) | 21 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-16 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | - | - | |
| Halfyard | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> JC Laker (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> JCT Page reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
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