f5717 cc1332	Surrey v Middlesex
	County Championship 1901
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1901 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	T Mycroft, M Sherwin
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 20/0 (Jephson 1*, Baker 15*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (1) 434/5 (Abel 156*, Dowson 4*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	b Dowson	48
J Douglas	b Smith	7
GW Beldam	c Stedman b Richardson	20
WP Robertson	b Dowson	14
RN Douglas	b Dowson	3
BJT Bosanquet	c Crawford b Smith	113		135	17	-
CM Wells	b Richardson	7
RE More	c Richardson b Smith	28
AE Trott	b Lees	44
JT Rawlin	b Jephson	16
JT Hearne	not out	5
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 96.5 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-?, 3-93, 4-95, 5-100, 6-111, 7-176, 8-240, 9-305, 10-319 (96.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	28	8	85	2	1	1
Smith	22.5	10	58	3	-	-
Dowson	23	2	70	3	-	-
Lees	14	1	51	1	-	-
Jephson	9	0	41	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DLA Jephson	c and b Wells	20
A Baker	b Rawlin	102			12	1
EG Hayes	b Bosanquet	57
R Abel	not out	205
TW Hayward	lbw b Bosanquet	64
VFS Crawford	b Rawlin	8
EM Dowson	b Rawlin	20
WS Lees	c More b Rawlin	0
+F Stedman	b Rawlin	36
WC Smith	not out	15
T Richardson	did not bat
Extras	(31 b, 1 lb)	32
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 185 overs)	559
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-149, 3-254, 4-381, 5-?, 6-450, 7-450, 8-516

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trott	36	9	117	0	-	-
Rawlin	40	14	88	5	-	-
Wells	27	6	61	1	-	-
J Douglas	6	0	20	0	-	-
More	29	4	92	0	-	-
Bosanquet	15	0	79	2	-	-
Hearne	32	10	70	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	b Dowson	36
J Douglas	c Hayward b Dowson	12
GW Beldam	not out	4
WP Robertson	not out	0
RN Douglas	did not bat
BJT Bosanquet	did not bat
CM Wells	did not bat
RE More	did not bat
AE Trott	did not bat
JT Rawlin	did not bat
JT Hearne	did not bat
Extras	(14 b)	14
Total	(2 wickets, 24.4 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-62

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	10.4	5	16	0	-	-
Smith	5	1	14	0	-	-
Jephson	4	1	5	0	-	-
Dowson	3	1	7	2	-	-
Lees	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PF Warner (1) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 45
--> A Baker (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in first-class matches
--> A Baker (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> A Baker (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> A Baker (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> EG Hayes (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 40
--> R Abel (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 57
--> R Abel (1) passed 29500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 190
--> TW Hayward (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 25
--> WS Lees reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> BJT Bosanquet reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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Abel 205* in 315 minutes 24 fours.
Rain stopped play at 3.00pm on the 3rd day