f23930 cc11979	Middlesex v Surrey
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 29 runs
Points	Middlesex 4 (Batting 2); Surrey 12
Umpires	JG Langridge, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 106/6 (Parfitt 17*, Hooker 3*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 243/7 (Willett 49*, Bedser 0*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Hooker b Moss	2
JH Edrich	b Titmus	47
KF Barrington	c Murray b Hooker	17
*PBH May	c Drybrough b Hooker	0
B Constable	b Hooker	6
MD Willett	b Hooker	0
+R Swetman	lbw b Hooker	7
GAR Lock	c Clark b Titmus	26
EA Bedser	b Bennett	0
DAD Sydenham	b Bennett	1
PJ Loader	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-36, 3-38, 4-44, 5-44, 6-64, 7-118, 8-118, 9-118, 10-120 (57.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	7	4	6	1	-	-
Bennett	12.4	2	31	2	-	-
Hooker	17	8	30	5	-	-
Drybrough	16	10	31	0	-	-
Titmus	5	2	9	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Willett b Loader	33
WE Russell	b Bedser	34
PH Parfitt	c Willett b Bedser	29
EA Clark	b Bedser	4
FJ Titmus	c Stewart b Loader	9
D Bennett	b Lock	6
+JT Murray	c Loader b Lock	0
RW Hooker	c Edrich b Bedser	20
*PI Bedford	lbw b Loader	3
CD Drybrough	not out	11
AE Moss	c Loader b Bedser	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-69, 3-75, 4-86, 5-98, 6-98, 7-122, 8-132, 9-144, 10-149 (63.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	25	6	66	3	-	-
Sydenham	11	4	16	0	-	-
Lock	7	4	9	2	-	-
Bedser	20.2	2	58	5	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	b Moss	0
JH Edrich	c Drybrough b Titmus	67
KF Barrington	b Drybrough	78
*PBH May	b Titmus	0
B Constable	b Titmus	13
MD Willett	c Hooker b Titmus	49
+R Swetman	c Murray b Bennett	5
GAR Lock	lbw b Titmus	18
EA Bedser	c Bedford b Titmus	1
DAD Sydenham	b Titmus	7
PJ Loader	not out	8
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-135, 3-135, 4-153, 5-183, 6-215, 7-236, 8-243, 9-246, 10-259 (110.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	11	7	11	1	-	-
Bennett	19	2	72	1	-	-
Hooker	13	0	42	0	-	-
Drybrough	25	8	53	1	-	-
Titmus	37.2	19	39	7	-	-
Bedford	5	0	29	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	lbw b Lock	5
RA Gale	run out	42
PH Parfitt	c and b Lock	1
EA Clark	st Swetman b Bedser	5
FJ Titmus	st Swetman b Bedser	53
D Bennett	c and b Lock	6
+JT Murray	c May b Lock	43
RW Hooker	c Lock b Bedser	6
*PI Bedford	b Bedser	5
CD Drybrough	c Stewart b Bedser	4
AE Moss	not out	1
Extras	(26 b, 4 lb)	30
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-31, 3-36, 4-125, 5-130, 6-142, 7-161, 8-179, 9-199, 10-201 (86.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	9	2	25	0	-	-
Sydenham	8	3	9	0	-	-
Lock	33	8	66	4	-	-
Bedser	36.5	9	71	5	-	-

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Notes
--> D Bennett reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> RW Hooker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 5-90)
--> RW Hooker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 5-90)
--> EA Bedser reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 7th wicket in the Surrey second innings

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