f22727 cc11335	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 6th, 8th, 9th June 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Surrey 2
Umpires	CS Elliott, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 129/5 (Clark 60*, Lock 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 145/5 (Bear 6*, Knight 6*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Loader	13
G Barker	c Willett b Loader	2
+B Taylor	lbw b Loader	0
GJ Smith	lbw b Gibson	16
*TE Bailey	b Loader	3
MJ Bear	c Stewart b Bedser	23
BR Knight	c Clark b Bedser	3
WT Greensmith	b Gibson	20
LHR Ralph	b Loader	16
KC Preston	b Bedser	0
PJ Phelan	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-16, 4-22, 5-36, 6-45, 7-76, 8-107, 9-108, 10-108 (40.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	15.1	0	38	5	-	-
Bedser	12	2	33	3	-	-
Gibson	13	3	25	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	b Preston	0
JH Edrich	b Knight	32
REC Pratt	b Knight	15
TH Clark	c Taylor b Knight	62
MD Willett	lbw b Preston	4
+R Swetman	b Preston	9
GAR Lock	b Knight	1
D Gibson	not out	20
JC Laker	c Taylor b Preston	14
PJ Loader	b Preston	0
*AV Bedser	c Preston b Knight	10
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-37, 3-78, 4-108, 5-129, 6-131, 7-132, 8-149, 9-149, 10-176 (80.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	29	11	44	5	-	-
Ralph	21	6	51	0	-	-
Knight	26.1	3	63	5	-	-
Phelan	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Bedser	5
G Barker	c Swetman b Loader	12
+B Taylor	c Edrich b Laker	74
GJ Smith	c Swetman b Gibson	32
*TE Bailey	lbw b Laker	6
MJ Bear	c Swetman b Bedser	9
BR Knight	c Clark b Loader	19
WT Greensmith	c Willett b Loader	9
LHR Ralph	c and b Loader	39
KC Preston	not out	1
PJ Phelan	c Lock b Loader	3
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-41, 3-115, 4-127, 5-129, 6-148, 7-163, 8-182, 9-210, 10-213 (68.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	21.2	2	62	5	-	-
Bedser	21	4	60	2	-	-
Gibson	17	3	57	1	-	-
Laker	9	2	30	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Knight b Ralph	52
JH Edrich	c Bailey b Knight	21
REC Pratt	c Phelan b Preston	16
TH Clark	c Dodds b Preston	15
GAR Lock	c Taylor b Preston	5
MD Willett	c Knight b Preston	21
D Gibson	run out	0
JC Laker	not out	1
*AV Bedser	not out	0
+R Swetman	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, 41 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-71, 3-91, 4-101, 5-131, 6-131, 7-134

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	17	3	46	4	-	-
Ralph	8	1	32	1	-	-
Knight	13	0	40	1	-	-
Phelan	1	0	5	0	-	-
Bailey	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> REC Pratt made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LHR Ralph (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> B Taylor (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 49
--> B Taylor (2) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 61
--> D Gibson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> BR Knight achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> BR Knight achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Surrey first innings
--> BR Knight achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 3-31)
--> BR Knight achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings
--> PJ Loader reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JC Laker reached 1750 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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