f23896 cc11949	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 29th, 31st July, 1st August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 2; Kent 0
Umpires	D Davies, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 53/2 (Lock 0*, Willett 0*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 107/1 (Richardson 63*, Wilson 27*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Richardson	c Swetman b Loader	0
JM Prodger	c Swetman b Gibson	18
RC Wilson	b Gibson	71
RM Prideaux	c Storey b Lock	46
SE Leary	c Edrich b Gibson	4
PH Jones	b Lock	38
AL Dixon	c Edrich b Bedser	14
+DG Ufton	c Edrich b Bedser	0
DJ Halfyard	b Lock	7
A Brown	b Bedser	8
DM Sayer	not out	7
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-73, 3-113, 4-142, 5-169, 6-204, 7-204, 8-211, 9-215, 10-226 (73.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	16	3	47	1	-	-
Gibson	19	6	35	3	-	-
Storey	14	1	55	0	-	-
Lock	15	4	41	3	-	-
Willett	4	0	22	0	-	-
Bedser	5.4	1	13	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Ufton b Sayer	16
ABD Parsons	c Ufton b Jones	36
GAR Lock	c Dixon b Brown	11
MD Willett	c Brown b Dixon	126
*MJ Stewart	c Ufton b Halfyard	15
B Constable	lbw b Jones	0
SJ Storey	lbw b Dixon	43
+R Swetman	b Jones	6
EA Bedser	c Prodger b Dixon	5
D Gibson	c Richardson b Dixon	4
PJ Loader	not out	3
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 123.2 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-53, 3-69, 4-100, 5-101, 6-176, 7-233, 8-248, 9-273, 10-279 (123.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	32	10	72	1	-	-
Brown	20	3	54	1	-	-
Sayer	23	6	43	1	-	-
Jones	37	15	68	3	-	-
Leary	5	0	15	0	-	-
Dixon	6.2	3	13	4	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Richardson	c Storey b Lock	81
JM Prodger	c Swetman b Lock	15
RC Wilson	c Stewart b Bedser	88
RM Prideaux	c Stewart b Lock	0
SE Leary	lbw b Loader	40
PH Jones	c Constable b Bedser	3
AL Dixon	b Bedser	27
+DG Ufton	c Edrich b Bedser	6
DJ Halfyard	not out	0
A Brown	did not bat
DM Sayer	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-134, 3-134, 4-207, 5-212, 6-245, 7-261, 8-265 (77 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	24	4	56	1	-	-
Gibson	13	0	53	0	-	-
Lock	23	4	90	3	-	-
Bedser	17	3	61	4	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Ufton b Brown	1
ABD Parsons	c Brown b Jones	63
MD Willett	c Richardson b Halfyard	15
*MJ Stewart	c Richardson b Jones	8
B Constable	c Prideaux b Jones	40
SJ Storey	c Leary b Jones	1
GAR Lock	c Richardson b Jones	10
+R Swetman	c Ufton b Jones	0
EA Bedser	not out	19
D Gibson	not out	3
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 64 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-48, 3-61, 4-107, 5-129, 6-129, 7-130, 8-151

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	13	3	37	1	-	-
Brown	13	6	23	1	-	-
Jones	23	10	61	6	-	-
Leary	6	0	13	0	-	-
Dixon	9	5	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PH Jones (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> MD Willett (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in First-Class matches
--> MD Willett (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in County Championship matches
--> PE Richardson (2) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 78
--> SE Leary (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> ABD Parsons (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> ABD Parsons (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> MD Willett (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> EA Bedser reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> PH Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey second innings (previous best was 5-50)
--> PH Jones reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> PH Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey second innings (previous best was 4-22)
--> PH Jones achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Surrey second innings

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