f27947 cc13886	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 3rd, 4th, 5th September 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Surrey 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Essex 15 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	DJ Constant, JF Crapp
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 15/0 (Ward 9*, Edmeades 6*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 330/8 (East 15*, Lever 5*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	not out	52
MJ Edwards	c Taylor b Lever	18
*MJ Stewart	c Taylor b Lever	80
Younis Ahmed	c Irvine b East	27
GRJ Roope	c and b East	77
SJ Storey	c Irvine b East	5
Intikhab Alam	c Lever b Hobbs	10
+A Long	b Hobbs	9
PI Pocock	did not bat
RD Jackman	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 98.3 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-127, 3-190, 4-214, 5-227, 6-253, 7-291 (98.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	13	2	47	0	-	-
Lever	19	4	38	2	-	-
Acfield	12	1	44	0	-	-
East	29.3	8	62	3	-	-
Hobbs	25	3	87	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Long b Jackman	25
BEA Edmeades	c Long b Pocock	41
G Barker	c Roope b Jackman	116
KWR Fletcher	b Willis	60
BL Irvine	b Pocock	19
KD Boyce	b Willis	26
*+B Taylor	c Jackman b Storey	7
RNS Hobbs	b Pocock	1
RE East	not out	23
JK Lever	b Willis	7
DL Acfield	b Pocock	8
Extras	(17 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	22
Total	(all out, 126.3 overs)	355
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-97, 3-252, 4-261, 5-301, 6-307, 7-312, 8-318, 9-334, 10-355 (126.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	23	3	87	2	-	-
Willis	27	3	60	3	-	-
Intikhab Alam	15	1	61	0	-	-
Pocock	39.3	11	95	4	-	-
Storey	22	5	30	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Edwards	c Boyce b Hobbs	24
SJ Storey	c Boyce b East	21
*MJ Stewart	c Acfield b East	30
Younis Ahmed	c East b Acfield	14
GRJ Roope	c Acfield b East	19
Intikhab Alam	b Hobbs	15
JH Edrich	c Boyce b Hobbs	8
+A Long	c Taylor b Hobbs	0
PI Pocock	c Irvine b Hobbs	0
RD Jackman	run out	23
RGD Willis	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-62, 3-95, 4-95, 5-118, 6-136, 7-136, 8-138, 9-151, 10-166 (65.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	5.1	1	17	0	-	-
Lever	1	0	6	0	-	-
Acfield	4	0	29	1	-	-
East	28	11	50	3	-	-
Hobbs	27	12	52	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Long b Willis	3
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Jackman	33
G Barker	c Storey b Jackman	12
*+B Taylor	not out	38
KD Boyce	b Willis	5
KWR Fletcher	not out	10
BL Irvine	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 27.5 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-47, 3-62, 4-69

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackman	13	3	35	2	-	-
Willis	7	0	25	2	-	-
Intikhab Alam	4.5	0	24	0	-	-
Pocock	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JH Edrich (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 25
--> MJ Edwards (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 11
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 27
--> G Barker (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 68
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> GRJ Roope (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> G Barker (2) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> RNS Hobbs reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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