f27270 cc13518	Kent v Surrey
	County Championship 1968
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 8th, 9th, 10th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 83 runs
Points	Kent 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Surrey 12 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	AE Alderman, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 87/3 (Luckhurst 46*, Leary 15*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 53/0 (Edwards 16*, Smith 36*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Edwards	c Luckhurst b Dye	11
WA Smith	c Nicholls b Shepherd	60
GRJ Roope	c Nicholls b Shepherd	21
*MJ Stewart	c Graham b Shepherd	4
JMM Hooper	c Dixon b Shepherd	10
SJ Storey	c Shepherd b Dye	8
Younis Ahmed	c Leary b Graham	0
+A Long	c Leary b Shepherd	14
R Harman	b Underwood	11
J Cumbes	not out	0
AJ Stockley	c Leary b Underwood	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-56, 3-60, 4-89, 5-97, 6-102, 7-122, 8-134, 9-142, 10-142 (61 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	23	8	45	1	-	-
Dye	17	5	40	2	-	-
Shepherd	17	3	49	5	-	-
Dixon	3	0	5	0	-	-
Underwood	1	1	0	2	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Long b Roope	1
BW Luckhurst	c Cumbes b Stockley	77
+D Nicholls	c Younis Ahmed b Roope	1
Asif Iqbal	b Cumbes	24
SE Leary	c Long b Cumbes	89
*AL Dixon	b Storey	14
JN Shepherd	c Stockley b Roope	14
AGE Ealham	c Stockley b Roope	11
DL Underwood	c Edwards b Roope	16
JN Graham	c Smith b Cumbes	0
JCJ Dye	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-3, 3-49, 4-181, 5-202, 6-216, 7-226, 8-244, 9-253, 10-255 (96.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cumbes	21.2	5	46	3	-	-
Roope	22	3	62	5	-	-
Storey	22	5	55	1	-	-
Harman	20	9	44	0	-	-
Stockley	11	3	42	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Edwards	c Graham b Underwood	31
WA Smith	c Asif Iqbal b Underwood	41
Younis Ahmed	b Leary	58
*MJ Stewart	not out	91
GRJ Roope	c Shepherd b Graham	35
SJ Storey	c Dixon b Underwood	10
JMM Hooper	c Dye b Underwood	1
+A Long	did not bat
R Harman	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
AJ Stockley	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 120.2 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-78, 3-147, 4-254, 5-267, 6-282 (120.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	29	14	50	1	-	-
Dye	3	1	9	0	-	-
Shepherd	10	5	16	0	-	-
Dixon	20	4	58	0	-	-
Underwood	44.2	23	81	4	-	-
Leary	6	1	24	1	-	-
Luckhurst	8	3	29	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Hooper b Storey	20
BW Luckhurst	run out	0
Asif Iqbal	c Edwards b Cumbes	20
JN Shepherd	c Long b Roope	5
SE Leary	c Long b Harman	23
AGE Ealham	c Smith b Storey	0
+D Nicholls	c Storey b Stockley	0
*AL Dixon	c Roope b Harman	2
DL Underwood	b Harman	0
JN Graham	not out	5
JCJ Dye	lbw b Harman	4
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 33.2 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-29, 4-73, 5-73, 6-75, 7-77, 8-77, 9-77, 10-86 (33.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cumbes	9	3	22	1	-	-
Roope	9	2	27	1	-	-
Storey	3	0	7	2	-	-
Harman	7.2	3	19	4	-	-
Stockley	5	4	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AJ Stockley made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJ Stockley made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> AJ Stockley made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DL Underwood reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> GRJ Roope achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 4-69)
--> GRJ Roope achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Kent first innings
--> GRJ Roope achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 4-69)
--> GRJ Roope achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings
--> DL Underwood reached 650 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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