f17740	Surrey and Kent v Middlesex and Essex
	Other First-Class matches in England 1947
Venue	Leyland Motors Ground, Kingston-upon-Thames on 6th, 8th, 9th September 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey and Kent won by 4 wickets
Umpires	SA Hipple, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Surrey and Kent (1) 61/2 (Fletcher 20*, Squires 17*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex and Essex (2) 261/5 (Smith 50*, Insole 24*)

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Middlesex and Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Bedser b Todd	9
SJ Cray	c Parker b Bedser	74
FH Vigar	c Gover b Dovey	145
SM Brown	c Fagg b Parker	1
AW Thompson	c and b Todd	35
DJ Insole	c Parker b Squires	56
R Smith	lbw b Bedser	51
+TH Wade	c Parker b Bedser	42
JM Sims	not out	12
*RFT Paterson	c Fagg b Bedser	7
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 nb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 101.3 overs)	437
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-143, 3-152, 4-210, 5-295, 6-344, 7-400, 8-429, 9-437 (101.3 ov)

Surrey and Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	18	2	87	0	-	3
Todd	13	2	50	2	-	-
Dovey	22	1	77	1	-	-
Parker	15	1	37	1	-	-
Squires	13	0	86	1	-	-
Bedser	17.3	2	75	4	-	-
Barling	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Surrey and Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	run out	11
AE Fagg	b Gray	12
DGW Fletcher	lbw b Thompson	93
HS Squires	c Smith b Vigar	51
HT Barling	c Wade b Gray	72
*ERT Holmes	c Paterson b Vigar	0
JF Parker	c and b Vigar	1
EA Bedser	c Paterson b Gray	13
RR Dovey	b Smith	4
+GNG Kirby	b Gray	0
AR Gover	not out	8
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-25, 3-143, 4-211, 5-212, 6-214, 7-244, 8-263, 9-263, 10-272 (72.2 ov)

Middlesex and Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	25.2	1	90	4	-	-
Smith	18	1	87	1	-	-
Thompson	7	2	18	1	-	-
Sims	10	3	27	0	-	-
Vigar	12	2	43	3	-	-

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Middlesex and Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Gover	32
SJ Cray	b Gover	32
SM Brown	c Dovey b Gover	7
FH Vigar	c Fagg b Squires	53
AW Thompson	c Bedser b Squires	46
DJ Insole	not out	24
R Smith	not out	50
+TH Wade	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
*RFT Paterson	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-69, 3-84, 4-163, 5-200

Surrey and Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	15	2	41	3	-	2
Todd	5	0	24	0	-	-
Dovey	9	1	26	0	-	-
Squires	16	0	87	2	-	-
Bedser	10	1	36	0	-	-
Parker	4	0	30	0	-	-

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Surrey and Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Todd	c Insole b Sims	50
AE Fagg	c Cray b Smith	111
DGW Fletcher	c Paterson b Thompson	23
HS Squires	c and b Vigar	28
HT Barling	c Paterson b Vigar	56
*ERT Holmes	c Dodds b Wade	75
JF Parker	not out	65
EA Bedser	not out	0
RR Dovey	did not bat
+GNG Kirby	did not bat
AR Gover	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 9 lb)	20
Total	(6 wickets, 88 overs)	428
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-134, 3-183, 4-268, 5-290, 6-418

Middlesex and Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	11	2	52	0	-	-
Smith	14	1	64	1	-	-
Vigar	23	0	134	2	-	-
Thompson	22	2	67	1	-	-
Sims	15	1	64	1	-	-
Wade	3	0	27	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SJ Cray (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> FH Vigar (1) passed his previous highest score of 125 in first-class matches
--> AW Thompson (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 28
--> AE Fagg (2) passed 12500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> ERT Holmes (2) passed 12500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 75
--> EA Bedser reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex and Essex first innings
--> LH Gray reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey and Kent first innings
--> AR Gover reached 1550 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex and Essex second innings

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