f43072 cc18826	Surrey v Gloucestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	The Foster's Oval, Kennington on 14th, 15th, 16th May 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Surrey 4 (Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	HD Bird, JW Holder
Scorers	KR Booth (Surrey), KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire)
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 190/5 (Alleyne 30*, Russell 4*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 59/3 (Thorpe 10*, Shahid 13*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Bicknell	lbw b Young	24	64	80	2	-
MA Butcher	c Smith b Lawrence	1	7	8	-	-
+AJ Stewart	c Russell b Lawrence	0	11	14	-	-
GP Thorpe	lbw b Alleyne	15	32	52	2	-
N Shahid	c Lynch b Young	9	22	29	2	-
*AJ Hollioake	c Ball b Young	8	16	17	2	-
BC Hollioake	c Wright b Smith	29	32	64	4	1
JD Ratcliffe	c Ball b Young	1	10	6	-	-
MP Bicknell	b Smith	16	36	36	2	-
AJ Tudor	lbw b Smith	0	1	1	-	-
JE Benjamin	not out	3	2	10	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 8 w)	9
Total	(all out, 38.5 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Butcher), 2-11 (Stewart), 3-46 (Thorpe), 4-46 (DJ Bicknell), 5-58 (AJ Hollioake), 6-63 (Shahid), 7-65 (Ratcliffe), 8-94 (MP Bicknell), 9-94 (Tudor), 10-115 (BC Hollioake, 38.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	12.5	4	35	3	-	-
Lawrence	7	0	35	2	-	-
Young	12	4	26	4	-	-
Alleyne	7	2	18	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Wright	lbw b MP Bicknell	0	10	9	-	-
NJ Trainor	c Thorpe b Tudor	37	96	142	4	-
RJ Cunliffe	c Stewart b Tudor	47	133	171	5	-
MA Lynch	c MP Bicknell b Tudor	33	22	27	7	-
S Young	lbw b AJ Hollioake	12	51	64	2	-
*MW Alleyne	c Stewart b MP Bicknell	31	92	126	5	-
+RC Russell	c Stewart b Tudor	59	132	183	7	-
THC Hancock	c Shahid b Tudor	49	59	82	9	-
MCJ Ball	lbw b AJ Hollioake	5	6	9	1	-
AM Smith	c MP Bicknell b Tudor	35	33	40	6	-
DV Lawrence	not out	23	16	22	5	-
Extras	(6 lb, 34 nb)	40
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Wright), 2-82 (Trainor), 3-128 (Lynch), 4-135 (Cunliffe), 5-175 (Young), 6-214 (Alleyne), 7-295 (Hancock), 8-302 (Ball), 9-332 (Russell), 10-371 (Smith, 105.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MP Bicknell	24	6	65	2	-	-
Benjamin	23	5	72	0	-	-
BC Hollioake	18	6	45	0	-	-
Tudor	23.3	2	101	6	-	-
AJ Hollioake	11	1	57	2	-	-
Shahid	1	0	1	0	-	-
DJ Bicknell	2	0	11	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Bicknell	c Wright b Lawrence	8	18	20	1	-
MA Butcher	c Russell b Lawrence	15	18	31	2	-
+AJ Stewart	b Smith	11	11	17	-	-
GP Thorpe	c Ball b Alleyne	81	202	285	7	-
N Shahid	c Russell b Alleyne	34	91	114	6	-
*AJ Hollioake	lbw b Alleyne	4	19	17	-	-
JD Ratcliffe	st Russell b Ball	45	87	104	6	-
BC Hollioake	c Ball b Alleyne	19	29	36	4	-
MP Bicknell	c Cunliffe b Alleyne	16	23	22	2	-
AJ Tudor	lbw b Alleyne	10	22	27	2	-
JE Benjamin	not out	1	4	8	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 8 nb, 6 w)	25
Total	(all out, 86.4 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (DJ Bicknell), 2-34 (Butcher), 3-34 (Stewart), 4-114 (Shahid), 5-124 (AJ Hollioake), 6-207 (Ratcliffe), 7-242 (BC Hollioake), 8-243 (Thorpe), 9-262 (MP Bicknell), 10-269 (Tudor, 86.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20	5	44	1	-	-
Lawrence	13	1	58	2	-	-
Young	15	5	26	0	-	-
Ball	16	7	35	1	-	-
Trainor	2	0	11	0	-	-
Alleyne	16.4	3	64	6	-	-
Hancock	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NJ Trainor	c Shahid b MP Bicknell	0	5	2	-	-
AJ Wright	not out	6	4	16	1	-
RJ Cunliffe	not out	9	15	13	1	-
MA Lynch	did not bat
S Young	did not bat
*MW Alleyne	did not bat
+RC Russell	did not bat
THC Hancock	did not bat
MCJ Ball	did not bat
AM Smith	did not bat
DV Lawrence	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 4 overs)	15
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Trainor)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MP Bicknell	2	0	7	1	-	-
Tudor	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> MA Lynch (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> AJ Stewart (2) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> GP Thorpe (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> S Young achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed JD Ratcliffe in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> AJ Tudor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 5-32)
--> AJ Tudor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed AM Smith in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 5-32)
--> MW Alleyne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey second innings (previous best was 5-32)
--> MW Alleyne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed AJ Tudor in the Surrey second innings (previous best was 5-32)

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