f6242 cc1640	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1903
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 3 wickets
Points	Surrey 1; Leicestershire -1
Umpires	G Bean, A Pike
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 303/8 (Knight 143*, Allsopp 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 58/3 (Knight 28*, de Trafford 9*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	b Richardson	0
H Whitehead	c Strudwick b Richardson	18
AE Knight	c Hayward b Lees	144
JH King	c Strudwick b Lockwood	23
VFS Crawford	b McDonell	12
*CE de Trafford	c Strudwick b Richardson	36
RT Crawford	b Richardson	2
GC Gill	st Strudwick b Hayes	40
WW Odell	c Bush b Dowson	9
TC Allsopp	not out	4
+JP Whiteside	b Lees	6
Extras	(11 b, 5 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 103.1 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-42, 3-95, 4-121, 5-167, 6-171, 7-252, 8-275, 9-304, 10-312 (103.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	25	7	59	4	1	1
Lees	28.1	8	57	2	-	-
McDonell	21	0	63	1	-	-
Lockwood	18	3	78	1	1	4
Hayes	6	2	16	1	-	-
Dowson	5	0	21	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Holland	lbw b Gill	6
TW Hayward	run out	16
EG Hayes	c RT Crawford b King	31
HS Bush	lbw b Odell	3
EM Dowson	lbw b King	18
WH Lockwood	not out	60
*L Walker	c King b RT Crawford	36
WS Lees	b RT Crawford	0
HC McDonell	b RT Crawford	3
+H Strudwick	b King	1
T Richardson	b RT Crawford	4
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 72.5 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-38, 3-46, 4-72, 5-81, 6-172, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-188 (72.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RT Crawford	13.5	3	43	4	-	-
Gill	15	4	42	1	-	4
Odell	15	4	39	1	-	-
King	15	5	26	3	-	-
Allsopp	8	2	21	0	-	-
Whitehead	6	2	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Knight	not out	91
H Whitehead	c Hayward b Lees	1
JH King	c Lockwood b Richardson	14
VFS Crawford	c Strudwick b Richardson	6
*CE de Trafford	c and b McDonell	25
RT Crawford	st Strudwick b McDonell	6
GC Gill	b McDonell	10
WW Odell	c Strudwick b Lees	0
TC Allsopp	b McDonell	2
+JP Whiteside	c Hayes b Lees	0
CJB Wood	absent hurt
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-155 (65 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	24	5	62	2	-	-
Lees	17	3	51	3	-	-
McDonell	24	9	42	4	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Holland	c VFS Crawford b Odell	66
TW Hayward	run out	55
EG Hayes	not out	105
HS Bush	c Whitehead b Gill	19
EM Dowson	c King b Gill	0
WH Lockwood	c and b Gill	13
*L Walker	run out	2
WS Lees	c RT Crawford b Gill	10
HC McDonell	not out	3
+H Strudwick	did not bat
T Richardson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 75 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-152, 3-?, 4-?, 5-207, 6-261, 7-268

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RT Crawford	10	2	37	0	2	-
Gill	20	2	88	4	-	2
Odell	25	6	73	1	-	-
King	11	2	44	0	-	-
Allsopp	5	1	18	0	-	-
Whitehead	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> L Walker made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AE Knight (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 12
--> EG Hayes (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> WH Lockwood (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> L Walker (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 23
--> TW Hayward (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 39
--> WS Lees reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> GC Gill reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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Knight's 144 lasted just over five hours