f20093 cc9969	Surrey v Sussex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Woodbridge Road, Guildford on 1st, 2nd, 3rd July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 7 wickets
Points	Surrey 0; Sussex 12
Umpires	P Corrall, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 92/3 (Sheppard 43*, Parks 13*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 104/4 (EA Bedser 12*, Barrington 5*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Wood	9
TH Clark	c Suttle b Wood	6
B Constable	b James	23
PBH May	c Wood b James	25
EA Bedser	c Wood b James	23
KF Barrington	lbw b Wood	4
+AJW McIntyre	b James	0
*WS Surridge	b James	3
AV Bedser	lbw b Cox	9
GAR Lock	b James	40
JWJ McMahon	not out	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-25, 3-47, 4-86, 5-89, 6-89, 7-91, 8-93, 9-135, 10-145 (62 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	21	8	54	3	-	-
Thomson	16	6	25	0	-	-
James	24	9	63	6	-	-
Cox	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	105
JG Langridge	c Lock b AV Bedser	0
G Cox	run out	26
KG Suttle	b Lock	6
JM Parks	c May b Lock	68
DV Smith	c May b Surridge	5
ASM Oakman	c Fletcher b AV Bedser	9
NI Thomson	c EA Bedser b AV Bedser	0
AE James	st McIntyre b AV Bedser	18
DJ Wood	c McIntyre b Surridge	9
+RT Webb	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 101.3 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-39, 3-70, 4-187, 5-206, 6-221, 7-221, 8-228, 9-253, 10-253 (101.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	37.3	10	94	5	-	-
Surridge	31	8	77	2	-	-
Lock	20	10	35	2	-	-
EA Bedser	8	2	21	0	-	-
McMahon	5	2	19	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Parks b Oakman	43
TH Clark	c Smith b Thomson	4
B Constable	c Suttle b James	8
PBH May	c Sheppard b Oakman	26
EA Bedser	not out	65
KF Barrington	c Smith b James	12
+AJW McIntyre	c Suttle b Thomson	11
*WS Surridge	c Thomson b Wood	17
AV Bedser	c Suttle b James	11
GAR Lock	lbw b Wood	2
JWJ McMahon	c Sheppard b Oakman	3
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-44, 3-81, 4-88, 5-116, 6-131, 7-152, 8-180, 9-183, 10-213 (97.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	28	7	80	2	-	-
Thomson	28	12	55	2	-	-
James	33	10	53	3	-	-
Oakman	8.1	4	14	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DS Sheppard	c Fletcher b Surridge	1
JG Langridge	lbw b Lock	19
G Cox	c Lock b Surridge	0
KG Suttle	not out	53
JM Parks	not out	33
DV Smith	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 36.5 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-65

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	10	3	16	0	-	-
Surridge	11	2	28	2	-	-
Lock	11.5	1	46	1	-	-
EA Bedser	4	1	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KF Barrington made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GAR Lock (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in County Championship matches
--> GAR Lock (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in first-class matches
--> DS Sheppard (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> JM Parks (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> JM Parks (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 49
--> WS Surridge (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> AE James reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> DJ Wood reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> AV Bedser reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> AE James reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey second innings

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