f21477 cc10752	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 8th, 9th, 10th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Surrey won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	RSM Lay, AE Pothecary
Scorers	CV Jenkinson (Essex), H Strudwick (Surrey)
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 15/0 (Clark 10*, Stewart 5*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 40/2 (Dodds 23*, Bailey 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Loader	6
WT Greensmith	lbw b Loader	3
+B Taylor	c Stewart b Lock	5
*DJ Insole	c and b Lock	72
MJ Bear	b Loader	42
LA Savill	c Stewart b AV Bedser	22
GJ Smith	lbw b Loader	0
BR Knight	not out	17
R Smith	c and b Lock	8
JA Bailey	c Clark b Lock	6
KC Preston	b Lock	2
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 101.4 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-12, 3-22, 4-106, 5-153, 6-153, 7-161, 8-178, 9-184, 10-193 (101.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	28	5	61	4	-	-
AV Bedser	28	9	46	1	-	-
Lock	28.4	12	45	5	-	-
EA Bedser	14	3	21	0	-	-
Surridge	2	0	8	0	-	-
Clark	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	lbw b R Smith	23
MJ Stewart	c Savill b Preston	166
KF Barrington	c Taylor b Bailey	11
PBH May	c and b Greensmith	13
B Constable	c Bear b Bailey	59
EA Bedser	lbw b Preston	5
+AJW McIntyre	b Bailey	0
*WS Surridge	b Bailey	19
GAR Lock	not out	6
AV Bedser	lbw b Bailey	0
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 97.3 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-68, 3-93, 4-232, 5-260, 6-286, 7-302, 8-304, 9-310 (97.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	27	6	69	2	-	-
Bailey	25.3	2	100	5	-	-
R Smith	17	1	44	1	-	-
Knight	5	1	13	0	-	-
Greensmith	16	2	48	1	-	-
GJ Smith	4	0	16	0	-	-
Insole	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Stewart b Lock	54
WT Greensmith	lbw b Loader	4
+B Taylor	c McIntyre b Loader	11
JA Bailey	c May b AV Bedser	13
*DJ Insole	c McIntyre b Lock	45
MJ Bear	c May b Lock	3
LA Savill	c Lock b EA Bedser	0
GJ Smith	lbw b Lock	23
BR Knight	c May b Lock	2
R Smith	c Constable b EA Bedser	7
KC Preston	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 78.1 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-33, 3-79, 4-85, 5-111, 6-112, 7-146, 8-150, 9-163, 10-176 (78.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	14	0	41	2	-	-
AV Bedser	18	6	31	1	-	-
Lock	26.1	7	61	5	-	-
EA Bedser	20	6	36	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	b Preston	23
MJ Stewart	c Dodds b Preston	2
KF Barrington	lbw b R Smith	4
PBH May	c Savill b Preston	7
B Constable	c Dodds b Preston	1
EA Bedser	not out	7
+AJW McIntyre	not out	14
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 22 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-18, 3-36, 4-37, 5-37

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	11	2	28	4	-	-
Bailey	1	0	6	0	-	-
R Smith	10	1	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> B Taylor (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 134 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 155 in first-class matches
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 75
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 45
--> KC Preston (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> PJ Loader reached 500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> PJ Loader reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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