f20903 cc10405	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 11th, 13th, 14th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Surrey won by 62 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Essex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 23/1 (Dodds 8*, Barker 10*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 30/3 (Barker 18*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Bailey	55
TH Clark	c and b Smith	35
MJ Stewart	c Gibb b Preston	15
B Constable	c Taylor b Preston	56
REC Pratt	lbw b Insole	8
+AJW McIntyre	run out	3
JC Laker	c and b Insole	21
GAR Lock	b Bailey	34
PJ Loader	b Preston	1
AV Bedser	b Preston	1
*WS Surridge	not out	6
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 90.1 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-104, 3-106, 4-127, 5-130, 6-160, 7-219, 8-224, 9-226, 10-243 (90.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	24.1	5	68	4	-	-
Bailey	24	5	48	2	-	-
Smith	21	2	44	1	-	-
Insole	12	1	50	2	-	-
Greensmith	9	1	25	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Fletcher b Bedser	20
PA Gibb	b Loader	1
G Barker	b Bedser	23
R Horsfall	c McIntyre b Bedser	13
*DJ Insole	c Stewart b Clark	34
+B Taylor	c McIntyre b Bedser	16
MJ Bear	c Fletcher b Clark	6
R Smith	c Pratt b Clark	19
WT Greensmith	c Surridge b Laker	0
KC Preston	not out	3
JA Bailey	b Laker	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-52, 3-52, 4-75, 5-101, 6-118, 7-125, 8-140, 9-143, 10-143 (62.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	23	8	36	4	-	-
Loader	6	2	9	1	-	-
Laker	18.4	2	51	2	-	-
Lock	8	0	28	0	-	-
Clark	7	1	11	3	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Gibb b Smith	1
TH Clark	c Dodds b Preston	38
MJ Stewart	run out	4
B Constable	c Gibb b Preston	28
REC Pratt	lbw b Preston	7
+AJW McIntyre	c Greensmith b Preston	12
JC Laker	b Preston	1
GAR Lock	c Horsfall b Greensmith	0
PJ Loader	not out	9
AV Bedser	c Barker b Greensmith	2
*WS Surridge	c Bear b Greensmith	6
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 42.4 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-13, 3-61, 4-78, 5-83, 6-92, 7-92, 8-96, 9-103, 10-109 (42.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	16	5	37	5	-	-
Bailey	6	0	13	0	-	-
Smith	6	1	21	1	-	-
Insole	3	0	5	0	-	-
Greensmith	11.4	2	32	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Clark b Loader	3
PA Gibb	c Constable b Bedser	0
G Barker	lbw b Bedser	31
R Horsfall	c Stewart b Laker	4
*DJ Insole	lbw b Laker	41
+B Taylor	b Clark	27
MJ Bear	c Lock b Laker	0
R Smith	c Loader b Clark	27
WT Greensmith	not out	1
KC Preston	lbw b Laker	0
JA Bailey	run out	1
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-30, 4-55, 5-112, 6-118, 7-121, 8-145, 9-146, 10-147 (61 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	12	4	25	2	-	-
Loader	7	1	20	1	-	-
Laker	19	2	46	4	-	-
Lock	11	6	23	0	-	-
Clark	12	5	21	2	-	-

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Notes
--> G Barker (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> AV Bedser reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TH Clark reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey second innings

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