f20057 cc9943	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 4; Essex 0
Umpires	FS Lee, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 85/1 (Avery 35*, Gibb 27*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (1) 54/1 (EA Bedser 23*, Constable 24*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Kirby b Surridge	12
AV Avery	st Kirby b EA Bedser	52
+PA Gibb	c Laker b AV Bedser	28
R Horsfall	c Kirby b AV Bedser	2
*DJ Insole	c May b Laker	1
TE Bailey	c Surridge b EA Bedser	24
WT Greensmith	not out	14
LA Savill	c McMahon b EA Bedser	0
R Smith	st Kirby b McMahon	25
KC Preston	c McMahon b AV Bedser	0
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-87, 3-89, 4-90, 5-131, 6-136, 7-136, 8-171, 9-174

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	29	11	48	3	-	-
Surridge	7	2	11	1	-	-
Laker	31	14	60	1	-	-
McMahon	27	15	28	1	-	-
EA Bedser	13	8	11	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Bailey	7
EA Bedser	run out	37
B Constable	c Gibb b Smith	88
PBH May	c Savill b Smith	22
TH Clark	b Bailey	5
REC Pratt	b Preston	27
JC Laker	c sub b Preston	11
*WS Surridge	b Smith	10
AV Bedser	c sub b Bailey	14
+GNG Kirby	not out	1
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 107.1 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-100, 3-148, 4-155, 5-175, 6-194, 7-206, 8-219, 9-228 (107.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	34.1	14	66	3	-	-
Preston	19	3	35	2	-	-
Smith	36	8	85	3	-	-
Cousens	7	4	11	0	-	-
Greensmith	11	1	25	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b AV Bedser	14
+PA Gibb	c Pratt b AV Bedser	10
WT Greensmith	c EA Bedser b AV Bedser	0
R Horsfall	b AV Bedser	0
*DJ Insole	b Laker	6
TE Bailey	not out	27
AV Avery	c Surridge b Laker	0
LA Savill	c Fletcher b Laker	14
R Smith	b Laker	0
KC Preston	not out	5
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 29.4 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-18, 4-27, 5-35, 6-35, 7-51, 8-51

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	15	6	31	4	-	-
Surridge	0.4	0	1	0	-	-
Laker	14	4	44	4	-	-

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Notes
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> B Constable (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> EA Bedser reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> KC Preston reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> AV Bedser completed a hat-trick in the Essex second innings (Dodds, Greensmith, Horsfall)

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