f21873 cc10949	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 10 wickets
Points	Surrey 14 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	JF Crapp, LH Gray
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), H Strudwick (Surrey)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 87 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 15/2 (van Geloven 7*, Palmer 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Stewart b AV Bedser	1
MR Hallam	c Swetman b Lock	9
J van Geloven	b Loader	8
*CH Palmer	c Barrington b Lock	4
LR Gardner	not out	38
VS Munden	c Barrington b EA Bedser	10
+J Firth	c Stewart b EA Bedser	0
JS Savage	lbw b Lock	0
RC Smith	c Pratt b Lock	15
CT Spencer	b Lock	0
BS Boshier	b Loader	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 56.3 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-22, 4-22, 5-37, 6-39, 7-40, 8-80, 9-80, 10-87 (56.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	14.3	5	23	2	-	-
AV Bedser	7	2	8	1	-	-
Lock	21	10	33	5	-	-
EA Bedser	14	7	21	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
REC Pratt	c Lester b Munden	28
MJ Stewart	c Firth b Savage	31
B Constable	b Palmer	32
KF Barrington	not out	59
DGW Fletcher	not out	1
R Swetman	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-70, 3-152

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	3	37	0	-	-
Boshier	10	0	25	0	-	-
Savage	8	2	38	1	-	-
Smith	4	0	17	0	-	-
Palmer	5	2	11	1	-	-
Munden	7	0	23	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c and b Lock	7
MR Hallam	c McIntyre b Lock	1
J van Geloven	c Stewart b EA Bedser	7
*CH Palmer	c Fletcher b Lock	1
LR Gardner	lbw b Lock	5
VS Munden	c Barrington b EA Bedser	0
+J Firth	b EA Bedser	9
JS Savage	b EA Bedser	1
RC Smith	c Barrington b Lock	11
CT Spencer	c and b Lock	18
BS Boshier	not out	16
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-11, 3-16, 4-21, 5-22, 6-22, 7-27, 8-32, 9-52, 10-78 (42.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	5	0	13	0	-	-
Lock	20.2	14	25	6	-	-
EA Bedser	17	9	38	4	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
REC Pratt	not out	3
MJ Stewart	not out	8
B Constable	did not bat
KF Barrington	did not bat
DGW Fletcher	did not bat
R Swetman	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 3.5 overs)	12

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Savage	2	1	3	0	-	-
Munden	1.5	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> REC Pratt (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> BS Boshier (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in first-class matches
--> BS Boshier (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> JS Savage reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> GAR Lock reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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