f20394 cc10113	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 12th, 13th, 14th May 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	AJB Fowler, HL Palmer
Scorers	WH Price (Leicestershire), H Strudwick (Surrey)
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 48/1 (Fletcher 27*, Constable 15*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 75/1 (Hallam 34*, Firth 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Subba Row b Loader	35
MR Hallam	c McIntyre b Bedser	24
M Tompkin	c Bedser b Loader	2
*CH Palmer	lbw b Laker	31
VE Jackson	lbw b Laker	11
GA Smithson	lbw b Loader	30
VS Munden	c Barrington b Cox	10
JE Walsh	lbw b Loader	0
+J Firth	c and b Cox	13
CT Spencer	c and b Cox	6
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 93.3 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-62, 3-64, 4-86, 5-123, 6-136, 7-136, 8-153, 9-163, 10-164 (93.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	25	10	37	4	-	-
Cox	17.3	6	31	3	-	-
Laker	16	6	31	2	-	-
Lock	22	9	41	0	-	-
Bedser	13	7	22	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	lbw b Walsh	65
EA Bedser	c Firth b Spencer	5
B Constable	c Firth b Spencer	129
R Subba Row	c Munden b Walsh	32
KF Barrington	b Jackson	24
REC Pratt	c Spencer b Walsh	19
*+AJW McIntyre	c Jackson b Walsh	7
DF Cox	st Firth b Walsh	2
JC Laker	not out	43
GAR Lock	c Firth b Spencer	17
PJ Loader	st Firth b Walsh	22
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 118.5 overs)	372
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-161, 3-230, 4-253, 5-265, 6-286, 7-286, 8-295, 9-340, 10-372 (118.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	25	3	72	3	-	-
Goodwin	15	1	52	0	-	-
Palmer	16	9	24	0	-	-
Walsh	30.5	7	110	6	-	-
Munden	18	1	65	0	-	-
Jackson	14	5	42	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Lock	35
MR Hallam	c Fletcher b Lock	36
+J Firth	c Laker b Lock	22
M Tompkin	c Cox b Lock	1
*CH Palmer	c Pratt b Lock	5
VE Jackson	not out	9
GA Smithson	c Subba Row b Lock	2
VS Munden	c Lock b Loader	8
JE Walsh	not out	6
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 61.1 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-78, 3-88, 4-102, 5-103, 6-105, 7-120

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	16.1	0	47	1	-	-
Cox	5	0	17	0	-	-
Laker	12	5	29	0	-	-
Lock	24	11	22	6	-	-
Bedser	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> B Constable (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 121
--> DF Cox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-57)
--> JE Walsh reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Surrey first innings

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