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| Venue | Kennington Oval, Kennington on 1st, 3rd June 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Surrey won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Surrey won by an innings and 87 runs |
| Points | Surrey 14 (Batting 2); Essex 0 |
| Umpires | D Davies, JG Langridge |
| Close of play day 1 | Surrey (1) 346/9 (Cox 30*) |
| Surrey first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| REC Pratt | c Taylor b Palmer | 27 | |||||
| MJ Stewart | b Preston | 14 | |||||
| B Constable | c Taylor b Ralph | 43 | |||||
| KF Barrington | c Preston b King | 44 | |||||
| DGW Fletcher | run out | 101 | |||||
| MD Willett | c Taylor b Preston | 20 | |||||
| EA Bedser | c King b Preston | 15 | |||||
| +AJW McIntyre | b Preston | 9 | |||||
| DF Cox | not out | 30 | |||||
| PJ Loader | c Dodds b Preston | 38 | |||||
| *AV Bedser | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 117.5 overs) | 346 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-43, 3-125, 4-131, 5-195, 6-242, 7-252, 8-297, 9-346 (117.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 32.5 | 10 | 76 | 5 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 23 | 6 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 11 | 3 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 20 | 1 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| King | 31 | 7 | 94 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | b Loader | 24 | |||||
| G Barker | lbw b AV Bedser | 7 | |||||
| +B Taylor | b Loader | 0 | |||||
| GW Horrex | c Pratt b Cox | 1 | |||||
| MJ Bear | not out | 37 | |||||
| GJ Smith | b Loader | 26 | |||||
| *WT Greensmith | c Cox b Loader | 7 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c Fletcher b Loader | 0 | |||||
| KC Preston | b EA Bedser | 2 | |||||
| IM King | c Stewart b Loader | 1 | |||||
| EJ Palmer | c Loader b AV Bedser | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.3 overs) | 123 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-23, 3-34, 4-43, 5-75, 6-95, 7-95, 8-98, 9-99, 10-123 (54.3 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Loader | 19 | 3 | 48 | 6 | - | - | |
| AV Bedser | 10.3 | 4 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cox | 7 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| EA Bedser | 18 | 8 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Fletcher b AV Bedser | 3 | |||||
| G Barker | c Stewart b Loader | 8 | |||||
| +B Taylor | lbw b Loader | 20 | |||||
| GW Horrex | c Fletcher b Barrington | 17 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c Stewart b EA Bedser | 10 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Willett b EA Bedser | 21 | |||||
| *WT Greensmith | c and b EA Bedser | 18 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c Fletcher b EA Bedser | 3 | |||||
| KC Preston | b EA Bedser | 2 | |||||
| IM King | b Loader | 17 | |||||
| EJ Palmer | not out | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59.5 overs) | 136 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-13, 3-46, 4-58, 5-70, 6-93, 7-101, 8-104, 9-111, 10-136 (59.5 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Loader | 16.5 | 3 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| AV Bedser | 12 | 3 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cox | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| EA Bedser | 21 | 9 | 32 | 5 | - | - | |
| Barrington | 8 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DGW Fletcher (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> EJ Palmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> EJ Palmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> PJ Loader reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
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