f21414 cc10697	Surrey v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 11th, 12th, 13th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 4; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	AE Pothecary, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 361/5 (Willett 31*, Tindall 17*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 291/8 (Lambert 2*, Cook 0*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	b Mortimore	190
MJ Stewart	c Lambert b Cook	55
KF Barrington	c Milton b Mortimore	7
REC Pratt	c Milton b Mortimore	1
EA Bedser	c Emmett b Lambert	55
MD Willett	not out	31
RAE Tindall	not out	19
+R Swetman	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 135 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-128, 2-160, 3-166, 4-273, 5-329

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	16	0	71	1	-	-
Milton	8	0	29	0	-	-
Wells	37	7	80	0	-	-
Cook	37	16	78	1	-	-
Mortimore	37	10	100	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	b Loader	2
CA Milton	b Loader	0
DM Young	c Swetman b Loader	133
TW Graveney	b AV Bedser	90
JF Crapp	lbw b EA Bedser	48
RB Nicholls	lbw b Loader	5
JB Mortimore	lbw b EA Bedser	1
GEE Lambert	c Loader b AV Bedser	13
+P Rochford	c Stewart b EA Bedser	1
C Cook	c Pratt b Loader	0
BD Wells	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 133.5 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3, 3-148, 4-276, 5-287, 6-288, 7-288, 8-291, 9-303, 10-303 (133.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	33	8	70	5	-	-
AV Bedser	26.5	5	58	2	-	-
EA Bedser	42	14	66	3	-	-
Surridge	18	1	45	0	-	-
Tindall	2	0	9	0	-	-
Barrington	12	2	45	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	run out	47
MJ Stewart	run out	63
KF Barrington	not out	21
EA Bedser	not out	14
REC Pratt	did not bat
MD Willett	did not bat
RAE Tindall	did not bat
+R Swetman	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 30.3 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-89, 2-130

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	12	0	57	0	-	-
Wells	14.3	0	64	0	-	-
Cook	4	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RAE Tindall made his debut in first-class matches
--> RAE Tindall made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TH Clark (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 67
--> MD Willett (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> MD Willett (1) equalled his previous highest score of 31 in first-class matches
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> TH Clark (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> KF Barrington (2) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> PJ Loader reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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