minc4479	Surrey Second XI v Middlesex Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 6th, 7th May 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey Second XI 3; Middlesex Second XI 1
Close of play day 1

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
REC Pratt	c and b Swann	58
MJ Stewart	c Bell b Swann	90
DE Pratt	b Ellis	4
MD Willett	c Bell b Hurst	31
RAE Tindall	c Bell b Swann	29
DF Cox	st JT Murray b Hurst	78
GNG Kirby	b Routledge	8
JM Jones	not out	21
JWJ McMahon	c and b Hurst	5
RR Blades	did not bat
HRA Kelleher	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 85.1 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-146, 2-153, 3-155, 4-191, 5-275, 6-298, 7-304, 8-328 (85.1 ov)

Middlesex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	6	0	44	0	-	-
Ellis	16	2	47	1	-	-
Routledge	22	8	61	1	-	-
Hurst	12.1	3	71	3	-	-
Swann	15	3	30	3	-	-
Bell	3	0	21	0	-	-
Sims	8	0	36	0	-	-
Baldry	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Middlesex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MP Murray	c Blades b Kelleher	9
JT Murray	c Stewart b Cox	16
JL Swann	b Kelleher	110
DO Baldry	b Cox	0
RJ Hurst	c Cox b McMahon	8
DL Newman	c Cox b REC Pratt	7
R Routledge	c Blades b Kelleher	41
JM Sims	c Cox b Kelleher	0
RV Bell	lbw b McMahon	1
PE Nicholls	c Kelleher b Cox	17
PM Ellis	not out	6
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 77.5 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-32, 3-32, 4-49, 5-56, 6-117, 7-124, 8-140, 9-207, 10-217 (77.5 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kelleher	19	2	42	4	-	1
Cox	24.5	9	68	3	-	-
Willett	3	1	4	0	-	-
McMahon	19	4	55	2	-	-
REC Pratt	12	1	46	1	-	-

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Middlesex Second XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MP Murray	c REC Pratt b Cox	3
JT Murray	lbw b REC Pratt	24
JL Swann	c Willett b Kelleher	74
DO Baldry	c Tindall b McMahon	10
RJ Hurst	not out	34
DL Newman	c Tindall b Stewart	46
R Routledge	c Blades b Jones	25
JM Sims	not out	15
PE Nicholls	c Cox b Stewart	1
RV Bell	did not bat
PM Ellis	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 71.2 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-62, 3-81, 4-156, 5-185, 6-213, 7-218

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kelleher	14	4	38	1	-	-
Cox	13	2	34	1	-	-
Willett	0	0	0	0	-	-
McMahon	12	1	32	1	-	-
REC Pratt	9	0	22	1	-	-
Jones	11	2	47	1	-	-
Stewart	10.2	2	36	2	-	-
DE Pratt	2	0	23	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
REC Pratt	c Swann b Ellis	11
MJ Stewart	c Newman b Nicholls	10
DE Pratt	not out	5
DF Cox	not out	57
GNG Kirby	c Newman b Routledge	27
MD Willett	did not bat
RAE Tindall	did not bat
JM Jones	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
RR Blades	did not bat
HRA Kelleher	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 15 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-31, 3-103

Middlesex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	3	0	29	1	-	-
Ellis	8	0	53	1	-	-
Routledge	4	0	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Stewart made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PE Nicholls made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JL Swann (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 62
--> R Routledge (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> REC Pratt reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex Second XI first innings

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