f17726 cc8700	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 201 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	B Flint, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 509/7 (EA Bedser 59*, AV Bedser 27*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 96/2 (Pickering 42*, Tompkin 20*)

---

Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c and b Walsh	26
TH Clark	c Corrall b Sperry	51
HS Squires	c Corrall b Walsh	78
GJ Whittaker	c Sperry b Jackson	105			16	-
JF Parker	st Corrall b Walsh	134
*ERT Holmes	b Sperry	11
EA Bedser	not out	92
JC Laker	b Walsh	0
AV Bedser	c Corrall b Sperry	48
+GA Wheatley	b Jackson	4
AR Gover	b Walsh	5
Extras	(11 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 168.4 overs)	576
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-117, 3-190, 4-345, 5-368, 6-455, 7-455, 8-548, 9-559, 10-576 (168.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	51	7	154	3	-	1
Jackson	51	6	156	2	-	-
Walsh	29.4	3	123	5	-	-
Lester	17	3	57	0	-	-
Prentice	20	2	64	0	-	-

---

Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b AV Bedser	30
HG Pickering	c Wheatley b Gover	6
GS Watson	c Parker b AV Bedser	0
M Tompkin	lbw b Squires	30
VE Jackson	c Parker b Squires	37
FT Prentice	c Holmes b Squires	8
G Lester	c Parker b Laker	11
TA Chapman	b Squires	1
JE Walsh	not out	9
+P Corrall	lbw b Squires	5
J Sperry	c Clark b Laker	0
Extras	(14 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	30
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-39, 3-40, 4-106, 5-132, 6-139, 7-141, 8-159, 9-164, 10-167 (57.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	10	1	30	1	-	4
AV Bedser	13	1	36	2	-	-
Parker	1	0	1	0	-	-
Laker	18.3	2	36	2	-	-
Squires	15	1	34	5	-	-

---

Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b AV Bedser	20
HG Pickering	c Holmes b Laker	79
GS Watson	c Holmes b Laker	1
M Tompkin	c Squires b AV Bedser	36
VE Jackson	lbw b AV Bedser	9
FT Prentice	not out	30
G Lester	b Laker	0
TA Chapman	c AV Bedser b EA Bedser	4
JE Walsh	c and b EA Bedser	8
+P Corrall	c Clark b EA Bedser	0
J Sperry	b Laker	1
Extras	(8 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-55, 3-116, 4-134, 5-180, 6-180, 7-189, 8-207, 9-208, 10-208 (68.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	14	0	58	0	-	-
AV Bedser	20	5	42	3	-	1
Laker	20.1	8	50	4	-	-
Squires	8	1	25	0	-	-
EA Bedser	6	0	13	3	-	-

---

Notes
--> TH Clark made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TH Clark made his debut in County Championship matches
--> HG Pickering made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HG Pickering made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HS Squires (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> GJ Whittaker (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in County Championship matches
--> GJ Whittaker (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in First-Class matches
--> EA Bedser (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in County Championship matches
--> EA Bedser (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 86
--> EA Bedser (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> HG Pickering (2) passed his previous highest score of 62 in County Championship matches
--> HG Pickering (2) passed his previous highest score of 62 in First-Class matches
--> JE Walsh reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> HS Squires achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 5-37)

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles