f18036 cc8840	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 17th, 19th, 20th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 67 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Kent 0
Umpires	H Elliott, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 298/6 (Whittaker 68*, Laker 39*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 186/2 (Todd 87*, Davies 16*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Evans b Crush	12
DGW Fletcher	b Crush	60
HS Squires	b Edrich	40
JF Parker	c Fagg b Edrich	0
*MR Barton	b Dovey	40
GJ Whittaker	lbw b Todd	68
EA Bedser	run out	21
JC Laker	run out	99
AV Bedser	b Wright	22
+GNG Kirby	not out	13
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 140.5 overs)	393
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-105, 3-105, 4-159, 5-179, 6-226, 7-306, 8-351, 9-393 (140.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Todd	17	6	41	1	-	-
Crush	27	7	66	2	-	-
Wright	33	5	123	1	-	1
Dovey	22	9	35	1	-	-
Edrich	27.5	7	76	2	-	-
Davies	14	3	34	0	-	1

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	b McMahon	135		355	15	-
AE Fagg	b AV Bedser	36
LEG Ames	c Fishlock b Laker	32
JGW Davies	run out	16
+TG Evans	b McMahon	19
P Hearn	b AV Bedser	9
*BH Valentine	not out	9
BR Edrich	b McMahon	3
E Crush	b McMahon	9
RR Dovey	not out	5
DVP Wright	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 10 lb, 3 nb)	31
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-155, 3-191, 4-221, 5-263, 6-279, 7-285, 8-299

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	40	7	114	2	-	3
Parker	21	8	36	0	-	-
Laker	30	12	32	1	-	-
McMahon	29	9	71	4	-	-
Squires	7	2	10	0	-	-
EA Bedser	7	1	10	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Crush b Todd	13
DGW Fletcher	c Fagg b Edrich	62
HS Squires	c Ames b Edrich	92
JF Parker	not out	4
*MR Barton	not out	4
GJ Whittaker	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
+GNG Kirby	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 33.3 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-172, 3-172

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crush	4	0	22	0	-	-
Todd	4	0	20	1	-	-
Wright	4	0	23	0	-	-
Edrich	9.3	0	45	2	-	-
Davies	3	0	24	0	-	-
Dovey	9	1	41	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LEG Ames	c and b Parker	22
AE Fagg	b Parker	43
JGW Davies	c Kirby b Laker	12
+TG Evans	b Laker	31
*BH Valentine	c AV Bedser b McMahon	22
E Crush	c AV Bedser b Laker	10
DVP Wright	c Squires b McMahon	10
BR Edrich	b McMahon	21
LJ Todd	run out	0
RR Dovey	c Kirby b McMahon	13
P Hearn	not out	8
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 41.3 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-78, 3-84, 4-127, 5-137, 6-149, 7-160, 8-161, 9-189, 10-202 (41.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	6	0	43	0	-	-
Parker	11	0	47	2	-	-
Laker	15	0	74	3	-	-
McMahon	9.3	1	28	4	-	-

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Notes
--> GNG Kirby made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DGW Fletcher (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> JC Laker (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in County Championship matches
--> JC Laker (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> LJ Todd (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 19
--> LJ Todd (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> LEG Ames (1) passed 32000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> HS Squires (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 71
--> JWJ McMahon reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings
--> LJ Todd reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey second innings

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