f20032 cc9927	Essex v Surrey
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 10th, 11th, 12th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Surrey 0
Umpires	LH Gray, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 50/1 (Fletcher 21*, Constable 22*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c McMahon b Loader	97
AV Avery	lbw b Loader	3
+PA Gibb	c Surridge b Loader	2
R Horsfall	b McMahon	78
*DJ Insole	b McMahon	33
FH Vigar	c and b McMahon	10
R Smith	c Kirby b Loader	11
D Watkins	c Laker b Loader	23
WT Greensmith	st Kirby b McMahon	2
KC Preston	b McMahon	1
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-8, 3-166, 4-202, 5-230, 6-230, 7-256, 8-266, 9-266, 10-267 (88.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	18	2	66	0	-	-
Loader	28	5	86	5	-	-
Laker	16	1	43	0	-	-
McMahon	26.1	7	65	5	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	c Avery b Smith	89
EA Bedser	c Dodds b Smith	3
B Constable	b Watkins	38
TH Clark	st Gibb b Greensmith	24
REC Pratt	c Avery b Greensmith	22
GJ Whittaker	c Vigar b Smith	20
JC Laker	c Insole b Greensmith	2
*WS Surridge	c and b Smith	0
+GNG Kirby	c Preston b Smith	8
PJ Loader	b Preston	44
JWJ McMahon	not out	1
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-100, 3-158, 4-160, 5-187, 6-190, 7-190, 8-201, 9-225, 10-259 (88.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	12.1	0	43	1	-	-
Smith	29	11	78	5	-	-
Watkins	14	6	25	1	-	-
Cousens	12	4	30	0	-	-
Greensmith	21	7	75	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	not out	33
AV Avery	not out	18
+PA Gibb	did not bat
R Horsfall	did not bat
*DJ Insole	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
D Watkins	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(no wicket, 31 overs)	56

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laker	12	5	17	0	-	-
McMahon	11	3	16	0	-	-
Clark	4	0	9	0	-	-
Constable	4	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DGW Fletcher (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> DGW Fletcher (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 78
--> PJ Loader (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in first-class matches
--> PJ Loader (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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