f22714 cc11327	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 30th May, 1st, 2nd June 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 4 (Batting 2); Kent 0
Umpires	N Oldfield, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 36/0 (Wilson 9*, Phebey 18*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 12/0 (Stewart 5*, Edrich 6*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Dixon b Halfyard	10
JH Edrich	b Dixon	103
KF Barrington	c Pretlove b Page	35
*PBH May	b Halfyard	90
B Constable	b Page	79
EA Bedser	c Leary b Ridgway	8
+R Swetman	not out	8
GAR Lock	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 95.5 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-133, 3-180, 4-273, 5-297, 6-340 (95.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	21	5	67	1	-	-
Halfyard	33	5	109	2	-	-
Dixon	6	0	35	1	-	-
Page	22.5	7	50	2	-	-
Pettiford	13	0	72	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Wilson	b Loader	38
AH Phebey	c Swetman b Loader	21
SE Leary	b AV Bedser	15
*MC Cowdrey	c Laker b AV Bedser	39
JF Pretlove	c Stewart b AV Bedser	46
AL Dixon	c Constable b EA Bedser	28
+TG Evans	b Loader	24
J Pettiford	not out	10
DJ Halfyard	b Loader	1
F Ridgway	b Loader	4
JCT Page	run out	1
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 87.1 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-76, 3-94, 4-136, 5-185, 6-224, 7-232, 8-233, 9-239, 10-242 (87.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	23	4	68	5	-	-
AV Bedser	26.1	5	49	3	-	-
Laker	15	5	48	0	-	-
Lock	17	7	41	0	-	-
EA Bedser	6	0	21	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	b Ridgway	10
JH Edrich	b Halfyard	35
KF Barrington	lbw b Page	40
*PBH May	not out	63
B Constable	not out	33
EA Bedser	did not bat
+R Swetman	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 49 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-55, 3-109

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	18	1	53	1	-	-
Halfyard	20	4	65	1	-	-
Page	11	0	63	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Wilson	c AV Bedser b Laker	38
AH Phebey	lbw b Loader	6
SE Leary	c May b Barrington	14
*MC Cowdrey	not out	87
AL Dixon	c and b Laker	11
JF Pretlove	c May b Laker	4
J Pettiford	not out	1
+TG Evans	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
F Ridgway	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 63 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-33, 3-114, 4-127, 5-145

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	6	2	7	1	-	-
AV Bedser	4	1	10	0	-	-
Laker	17	6	37	3	-	-
Lock	17	3	49	0	-	-
Barrington	19	3	58	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JH Edrich (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> PBH May (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> R Swetman (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4

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