f27420 cc13646	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 14th, 15th, 16th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Kent 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5)
Umpires	J Arnold, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 8/1 (Knott 3*, Asif Iqbal 4*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 217/5 (Cowdrey 80*, Dixon 4*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	lbw b Dixon	60
MJ Edwards	c Knott b Brown	19
*MJ Stewart	c Leary b Dixon	3
KF Barrington	lbw b Shepherd	4
WA Smith	lbw b Dixon	33
SJ Storey	b Underwood	25
GRJ Roope	not out	23
+A Long	c Knott b Graham	1
PI Pocock	b Underwood	5
R Harman	b Underwood	4
RD Jackman	b Graham	5
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-34, 3-51, 4-96, 5-143, 6-169, 7-170, 8-175, 9-179, 10-190 (78 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	16	6	24	2	-	-
Brown	11	3	33	1	-	-
Dixon	21	10	40	3	-	-
Shepherd	18	4	54	1	-	-
Underwood	12	4	31	3	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Luckhurst	b Roope	1
+APE Knott	lbw b Jackman	6
Asif Iqbal	c Edrich b Storey	29
*MC Cowdrey	c Barrington b Roope	109
SE Leary	b Jackman	14
JN Shepherd	c Jackman b Pocock	76
AL Dixon	c Smith b Roope	19
A Brown	b Roope	9
GW Johnson	not out	24
DL Underwood	c Edwards b Roope	2
JN Graham	b Jackman	0
Extras	(2 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-19, 3-39, 4-62, 5-204, 6-241, 7-254, 8-287, 9-298, 10-300 (98.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	31.3	8	92	3	-	-
Roope	21	4	64	5	-	-
Storey	23	7	62	1	-	-
Harman	4	1	24	0	-	-
Pocock	19	6	47	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	lbw b Dixon	5
MJ Edwards	lbw b Underwood	21
*MJ Stewart	not out	11
KF Barrington	not out	5
WA Smith	did not bat
SJ Storey	did not bat
GRJ Roope	did not bat
+A Long	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
R Harman	did not bat
RD Jackman	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 15.4 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-36

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	2	1	4	0	-	-
Brown	4	1	16	0	-	-
Dixon	1	1	0	1	-	-
Shepherd	3.4	1	10	0	-	-
Underwood	5	1	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SJ Storey (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 38
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 35000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> JH Edrich (2) passed 22500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> AL Dixon reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> AL Dixon reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JN Graham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings

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