f21316 cc10627	Surrey v Somerset
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 2nd, 4th, 5th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 9 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, FW Shipston
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 364/7 (Surridge 52*, Lock 19*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 129/7 (Wight 55*, Langford 1*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b McMahon	41
TH Clark	c McCool b McMahon	80
B Constable	c Lobb b McMahon	58
PBH May	c Wight b Lobb	44
MJ Stewart	c McMahon b Langford	31
EA Bedser	c Lomax b McMahon	30
+R Swetman	b McMahon	8
*WS Surridge	not out	52
GAR Lock	not out	19
PJ Loader	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-155, 3-198, 4-238, 5-273, 6-289, 7-299

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	30	2	108	1	-	-
Lomax	24	6	69	0	-	-
McMahon	38	9	105	5	-	-
Walker	4	0	16	0	-	-
McCool	7	1	22	0	-	-
Langford	21	3	43	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Walker	b Loader	3
L Pickles	c Surridge b Lock	17
CL McCool	c Swetman b Loader	7
PB Wight	not out	62
*MF Tremlett	c AV Bedser b Lock	8
G Atkinson	c Stewart b EA Bedser	16
+HW Stephenson	c Clark b EA Bedser	16
JG Lomax	c Lock b EA Bedser	0
BA Langford	c Stewart b Lock	8
JWJ McMahon	lbw b Lock	0
B Lobb	b Loader	14
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-17, 3-43, 4-65, 5-99, 6-121, 7-121, 8-139, 9-141, 10-159 (90 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	15	5	17	0	-	-
Loader	15	2	32	3	-	-
Lock	28	13	53	4	-	-
EA Bedser	25	10	34	3	-	-
Surridge	7	1	15	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Walker	b Loader	2
L Pickles	lbw b Loader	22
CL McCool	b Loader	0
PB Wight	not out	128
*MF Tremlett	c May b EA Bedser	10
G Atkinson	lbw b Lock	4
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Loader	6
JG Lomax	b Loader	4
BA Langford	c Swetman b AV Bedser	3
JWJ McMahon	c Surridge b Loader	2
B Lobb	c Fletcher b Loader	0
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-72, 4-113, 5-136, 6-143, 7-167, 8-174, 9-196, 10-196 (91.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	17	5	35	1	-	-
Loader	29.4	6	56	7	-	-
Lock	17	7	26	1	-	-
EA Bedser	14	5	26	1	-	-
Surridge	7	1	19	0	-	-
Clark	7	2	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EA Bedser (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> WS Surridge (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 51
--> PB Wight (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 48
--> B Lobb (1) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in first-class matches
--> B Lobb (1) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (2) passed his previous highest score of 106 in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (2) passed his previous highest score of 109 in first-class matches
--> GAR Lock reached 1000 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> EA Bedser reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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