f20831 cc10350	Surrey v Somerset
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 14th, 16th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 4 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 111/3 (Fletcher 62*, Barrington 19*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c Clark b Laker	18
JG Lomax	c Surridge b Lock	12
J Lawrence	c May b Lock	4
PB Wight	not out	32
R Smith	c Laker b Lock	14
MF Tremlett	b Bedser	3
L Pickles	lbw b Lock	1
+HW Stephenson	c Laker b Bedser	9
J Hilton	c Clark b Bedser	3
JWJ McMahon	b Lock	0
B Lobb	c Bedser b Lock	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-37, 3-37, 4-72, 5-81, 6-82, 7-95, 8-98, 9-99, 10-99 (60.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	17	6	33	3	-	-
Loader	4	0	15	0	-	-
Laker	16	8	20	1	-	-
Lock	21.4	11	25	6	-	-
Clark	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TH Clark	c Tremlett b Lomax	3
DGW Fletcher	run out	62
PBH May	c Tremlett b Lobb	11
B Constable	lbw b Lobb	8
KF Barrington	b McMahon	64
+AJW McIntyre	c Stephenson b McMahon	30
JC Laker	c Lomax b McMahon	6
*WS Surridge	c Hilton b Lobb	25
GAR Lock	c Tordoff b Lobb	0
PJ Loader	b McMahon	4
AV Bedser	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-25, 3-47, 4-112, 5-161, 6-173, 7-204, 8-204, 9-219, 10-224 (80 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	15	4	30	1	-	-
Lobb	16	2	48	4	-	-
McMahon	25	8	59	4	-	-
Hilton	18	4	61	0	-	-
Lawrence	3	0	11	0	-	-
Tremlett	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c McIntyre b Bedser	0
JG Lomax	c Laker b Lock	10
J Lawrence	b Lock	11
PB Wight	c and b Lock	17
R Smith	c Laker b Lock	1
MF Tremlett	b Laker	37
L Pickles	c Barrington b Lock	0
+HW Stephenson	c Clark b Laker	4
J Hilton	c McIntyre b Bedser	29
JWJ McMahon	c and b Laker	7
B Lobb	not out	1
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-33, 4-37, 5-42, 6-42, 7-47, 8-103, 9-119, 10-121 (59.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	12	4	20	2	-	-
Laker	23.3	9	44	3	-	-
Lock	24	8	53	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> L Pickles made his debut in first-class matches
--> L Pickles made his debut in County Championship matches
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> JG Lomax (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 2-31)
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 1-46)
--> AV Bedser reached 1350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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