f21969 cc11033	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 28th, 29th, 30th August 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 2 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Surrey 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	WE Phillipson, W Place
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 367/7 (Barrington 129*, Laker 4*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 61/5 (EA Bedser 14*, McIntyre 2*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c King b Insole	66
TH Clark	c Taylor b Preston	17
B Constable	c Savill b Preston	105
KF Barrington	not out	129
DGW Fletcher	c Taylor b Preston	13
EA Bedser	b Ralph	13
+AJW McIntyre	run out	5
GAR Lock	c sub b Ralph	0
JC Laker	not out	4
PJ Loader	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 125 overs)	367
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-143, 3-260, 4-304, 5-327, 6-345, 7-346

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	36	5	88	3	-	-
Ralph	36	6	122	2	-	-
Insole	18	4	31	1	-	-
King	22	8	52	0	-	-
Greensmith	13	0	59	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	run out	21
G Barker	b Laker	66
+B Taylor	b AV Bedser	10
*DJ Insole	c Stewart b Laker	21
LA Savill	c Barrington b Laker	6
WT Greensmith	c Barrington b AV Bedser	43
MJ Bear	lbw b AV Bedser	1
GJ Smith	c Fletcher b Lock	25
LHR Ralph	c Fletcher b AV Bedser	22
KC Preston	b AV Bedser	8
IM King	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 90.3 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-49, 3-103, 4-124, 5-129, 6-132, 7-178, 8-224, 9-225, 10-234 (90.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	16	2	48	0	-	-
AV Bedser	25.3	7	49	5	-	-
Lock	23	5	79	1	-	-
Laker	20	7	38	3	-	-
EA Bedser	6	3	10	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	c Taylor b Preston	0
MJ Stewart	c Taylor b Ralph	8
B Constable	lbw b Preston	19
KF Barrington	c Taylor b Preston	16
DGW Fletcher	c Ralph b Preston	0
EA Bedser	b Ralph	15
+AJW McIntyre	c Preston b Greensmith	41
GAR Lock	run out	1
JC Laker	not out	13
PJ Loader	c King b Greensmith	0
*AV Bedser	run out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 51.3 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-18, 3-42, 4-44, 5-49, 6-67, 7-68, 8-113, 9-119, 10-119 (51.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	25.3	6	59	4	-	-
Ralph	18	3	48	2	-	-
Insole	5	3	3	0	-	-
Greensmith	3	2	3	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Lock b Loader	8
G Barker	c Laker b Loader	2
+B Taylor	c Barrington b AV Bedser	7
*DJ Insole	b AV Bedser	115
LA Savill	lbw b AV Bedser	32
WT Greensmith	c Lock b Laker	18
MJ Bear	c Fletcher b Loader	41
GJ Smith	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	3
LHR Ralph	not out	2
KC Preston	not out	8
IM King	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 14 lb)	20
Total	(8 wickets, 65.5 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-16, 3-22, 4-103, 5-149, 6-231, 7-245, 8-245

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	17.5	3	60	3	-	-
AV Bedser	21	2	61	4	-	-
Lock	12	1	54	0	-	-
Laker	14	2	54	1	-	-
EA Bedser	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> IM King made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IM King made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 53
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 109
--> GJ Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> LHR Ralph reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> AV Bedser reached 1700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AV Bedser reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings

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