f18882 cc9342	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1950
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 12th, 14th, 15th August 1950 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 37 runs
Points	Essex 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	HL Parkin, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 9/0 (Dodds 9*, Avery 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 179/9 (Preston 0*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	b TPB Smith	129		175	13	1
EA Bedser	c Horsfall b TPB Smith	29
PBH May	b Cousens	91
B Constable	b Preston	13
JF Parker	c Wade b TPB Smith	102		100	10	2
TH Clark	lbw b Cousens	1
AF Brazier	c Vigar b TPB Smith	13
JC Laker	c Insole b TPB Smith	33
*WS Surridge	not out	17
+GNG Kirby	lbw b TPB Smith	0
JWJ McMahon	c Insole b TPB Smith	1
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 123.4 overs)	443
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-187, 3-220, 4-369, 5-375, 6-375, 7-417, 8-428, 9-431, 10-443 (123.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	22	1	83	1	-	-
R Smith	34	1	116	0	-	-
TPB Smith	41.4	4	139	7	-	-
Cousens	19	4	58	2	-	-
Vigar	7	1	33	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Surridge b Parker	30
AV Avery	b Laker	29
RE Evans	lbw b Parker	4
R Horsfall	st Kirby b Laker	12
*DJ Insole	c McMahon b Laker	35
FH Vigar	b Laker	12
R Smith	b Constable	39
TPB Smith	lbw b Laker	36
+TH Wade	c Constable b Laker	9
KC Preston	run out	8
P Cousens	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-37, 3-69, 4-102, 5-122, 6-127, 7-191, 8-211, 9-222, 10-225 (75.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	11	1	56	0	-	-
Parker	8	0	27	2	-	-
Laker	29.1	11	52	6	-	-
McMahon	19	2	56	0	-	-
Constable	8	0	24	1	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Kirby b Laker	21
AV Avery	b Laker	11
RE Evans	b Laker	7
R Horsfall	c Kirby b Bedser	37
*DJ Insole	c Parker b McMahon	42
FH Vigar	c Parker b Constable	27
R Smith	c Kirby b Constable	8
TPB Smith	run out	0
+TH Wade	run out	8
KC Preston	b Laker	2
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(15 b, 3 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-38, 3-51, 4-109, 5-147, 6-160, 7-160, 8-177, 9-179, 10-181 (77.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	5	0	23	0	-	-
Parker	7	3	7	0	-	-
Laker	26.4	10	37	4	-	-
Constable	16	7	28	2	-	-
McMahon	18	3	59	1	-	-
Bedser	5	1	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> LB Fishlock (1) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> PBH May (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 64
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> AV Avery (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> AV Avery (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> R Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 9
--> TPB Smith (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> TPB Smith reached 1600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> JC Laker reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JC Laker reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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