f23821 cc11884	Kent v Surrey
	County Championship 1961
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 1st, 3rd, 4th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 0; Surrey 2
Umpires	WH Copson, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 40/1 (Edrich 9*, Barrington 24*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 49/1 (Prideaux 17*, Wilson 24*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Willett b Gibson	171
RM Prideaux	c Barrington b Gibson	5
RC Wilson	b Bedser	74
*MC Cowdrey	c Lock b Gibson	34
SE Leary	lbw b Lock	5
PH Jones	b Bedser	24
AL Dixon	b Gibson	34
+DG Ufton	not out	30
DJ Halfyard	b Bedser	11
A Brown	did not bat
DW Baker	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 97.1 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-169, 3-239, 4-250, 5-303, 6-343, 7-378, 8-400 (97.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	19	2	70	0	-	-
Gibson	22	5	83	4	-	-
Willett	3	0	29	0	-	-
Lock	24	0	98	1	-	-
Bedser	23.1	3	81	3	-	-
Barrington	6	1	27	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Wilson b Halfyard	7
JH Edrich	b Halfyard	113
KF Barrington	c Wilson b Baker	121
*PBH May	b Halfyard	50
B Constable	lbw b Brown	33
MD Willett	not out	29
+R Swetman	c and b Baker	14
GAR Lock	c Halfyard b Dixon	9
EA Bedser	did not bat
D Gibson	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	26
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-240, 3-292, 4-325, 5-361, 6-385, 7-402 (127 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	38	10	89	3	-	-
Brown	25	6	68	1	-	-
Baker	27	3	98	2	-	-
Dixon	10	0	43	1	-	-
Jones	27	4	78	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Gibson	8
RM Prideaux	c Barrington b Gibson	21
RC Wilson	c Swetman b Loader	117
*MC Cowdrey	c May b Gibson	94
PH Jones	not out	0
AL Dixon	not out	5
SE Leary	did not bat
+DG Ufton	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
DW Baker	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-60, 3-256, 4-256

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	12	2	42	1	-	-
Gibson	17	8	30	3	-	-
Lock	26	6	87	0	-	-
Bedser	13	2	50	0	-	-
Barrington	5	0	36	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	b Halfyard	67
JH Edrich	lbw b Jones	30
KF Barrington	lbw b Halfyard	38
*PBH May	c Wilson b Jones	0
B Constable	not out	5
MD Willett	not out	22
+R Swetman	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
D Gibson	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 46 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-130, 3-139, 4-139

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	15	3	58	2	-	-
Brown	12	1	46	0	-	-
Baker	3	0	16	0	-	-
Jones	16	5	42	2	-	-

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Notes
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 133
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 69
--> DJ Halfyard (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> JH Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 94
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 98
--> B Constable (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 27
--> RM Prideaux (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RC Wilson (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> DJ Halfyard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> DJ Halfyard reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey second innings

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