f19610 cc9699	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 14th, 16th, 17th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 134 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Essex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, JS Buller
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 27/2 (Gibb 1*, Vigar 6*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 200/7 (Laker 0*, AV Bedser 2*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	c Gibb b Preston	9
DGW Fletcher	st Gibb b Smith	10
B Constable	c Greensmith b Bailey	70
LB Fishlock	lbw b Greensmith	42
TH Clark	run out	23
GJ Whittaker	not out	68
+AJW McIntyre	lbw b Smith	14
JC Laker	st Gibb b Greensmith	2
AV Bedser	not out	7
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-21, 3-107, 4-151, 5-166, 6-212, 7-238

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	26	8	49	1	-	-
Preston	19	5	37	1	-	-
Smith	29	5	90	2	-	-
Greensmith	25	5	69	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Surridge b AV Bedser	15
AV Avery	c EA Bedser b AV Bedser	5
+PA Gibb	c Surridge b Laker	2
FH Vigar	c Lock b Laker	8
R Horsfall	b Lock	17
*DJ Insole	lbw b Laker	5
TE Bailey	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	30
R Smith	c Whittaker b Laker	14
C Griffiths	c Surridge b Laker	9
WT Greensmith	c and b AV Bedser	0
KC Preston	not out	4
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-21, 3-29, 4-30, 5-42, 6-64, 7-81, 8-90, 9-99, 10-118 (56.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	23.2	6	48	4	-	-
Surridge	2	0	7	0	-	-
Laker	26	9	50	5	-	-
Lock	5	2	4	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	b Smith	17
DGW Fletcher	c Horsfall b Greensmith	83
B Constable	c Gibb b Preston	17
LB Fishlock	c Gibb b Preston	5
TH Clark	b Bailey	6
GJ Whittaker	b Bailey	45
+AJW McIntyre	c Horsfall b Smith	18
JC Laker	not out	0
AV Bedser	not out	2
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-86, 3-96, 4-112, 5-138, 6-195, 7-198

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	11	1	25	2	-	-
Smith	31	5	78	2	-	-
Bailey	19	3	50	2	-	-
Greensmith	19	4	40	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Surridge	2
AV Avery	b AV Bedser	4
+PA Gibb	b Laker	24
R Horsfall	c Surridge b AV Bedser	3
*DJ Insole	c Surridge b Lock	40
TE Bailey	b Lock	35
R Smith	b AV Bedser	0
FH Vigar	not out	35
C Griffiths	b AV Bedser	31
WT Greensmith	b AV Bedser	9
KC Preston	b Surridge	7
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-10, 4-50, 5-111, 6-112, 7-112, 8-176, 9-192, 10-204 (74.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	22	3	47	5	-	-
Surridge	12.1	2	37	2	-	-
Laker	12	3	31	1	-	-
Lock	21	5	51	2	-	-
EA Bedser	7	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> GJ Whittaker (2) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> C Griffiths (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in first-class matches
--> C Griffiths (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> GAR Lock reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> WS Surridge reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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