f20845 cc10361	Leicestershire v Surrey
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 4; Surrey 12
Umpires	JS Buller, JJ Hills
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), H Strudwick (Surrey)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (2) 12/0 (Lester 2*, Hallam 5*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 77/1 (Clark 40*, May 21*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Laker	39
G Lester	b Clark	22
M Tompkin	c and b Lock	19
*CH Palmer	c Laker b Clark	1
VE Jackson	c Stewart b Lock	2
GA Smithson	c Stewart b Lock	4
VS Munden	b Lock	4
JE Walsh	b Lock	3
+J Firth	not out	7
CT Spencer	c May b Laker	0
BS Boshier	c Bedser b Lock	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-74, 3-75, 4-98, 5-99, 6-100, 7-104, 8-109, 9-112, 10-114 (67.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	12	6	14	0	-	-
Surridge	6	0	18	0	-	-
Lock	18.2	7	37	6	-	-
Laker	22	7	24	2	-	-
Clark	9	5	8	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	b Spencer	7
DGW Fletcher	b Palmer	7
PBH May	b Palmer	28
B Constable	c Lester b Palmer	0
MJ Stewart	b Palmer	0
REC Pratt	b Palmer	7
+AJW McIntyre	b Palmer	0
JC Laker	b Spencer	14
*WS Surridge	b Palmer	0
GAR Lock	b Palmer	4
AV Bedser	not out	2
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-42, 3-42, 4-42, 5-55, 6-56, 7-61, 8-61, 9-66, 10-77 (44.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	11.2	3	19	2	-	-
Boshier	4	0	13	0	-	-
Munden	4	1	15	0	-	-
Jackson	4	3	1	0	-	-
Palmer	14	12	7	8	-	-
Walsh	7	3	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Bedser	4
MR Hallam	b Bedser	7
M Tompkin	c McIntyre b Bedser	50
*CH Palmer	b Bedser	64
GA Smithson	lbw b Lock	0
VE Jackson	c Pratt b Bedser	2
VS Munden	lbw b Bedser	6
JE Walsh	b Lock	20
+J Firth	b Lock	0
CT Spencer	st McIntyre b Lock	0
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 100.2 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-21, 3-98, 4-101, 5-106, 6-116, 7-151, 8-153, 9-165, 10-165 (100.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	32	14	53	6	-	-
Surridge	5	1	7	0	-	-
Lock	29.2	13	41	4	-	-
Laker	24	9	35	0	-	-
Clark	10	5	17	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	b Spencer	44
DGW Fletcher	b Boshier	8
PBH May	b Munden	84
B Constable	not out	49
MJ Stewart	not out	5
REC Pratt	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 94.4 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-98, 3-151

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	26	6	61	1	-	-
Boshier	15	2	44	1	-	-
Munden	16.4	5	35	1	-	-
Jackson	23	8	42	0	-	-
Palmer	13	12	1	0	-	-
Lester	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> VS Munden (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> PBH May (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> GAR Lock reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> TH Clark reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CH Palmer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 5-13)
--> CH Palmer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 5-13)
--> GAR Lock reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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