f21388 cc10678	Surrey v Kent
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 30th June, 2nd July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points	Surrey 12; Kent 0
Umpires	WFF Price, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 103/4 (May 39*, Willett 3*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MC Cowdrey	c Swetman b Surridge	15
AH Phebey	c Swetman b Lock	31
RC Wilson	b Laker	12
+TG Evans	c and b Lock	38
AE Fagg	c Lock b Loader	27
AL Dixon	lbw b Lock	0
DG Ufton	b Loader	1
F Ridgway	c Barrington b Lock	2
DJ Halfyard	c Laker b Loader	2
*DVP Wright	not out	6
JCT Page	b Lock	6
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 57.2 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-55, 3-67, 4-130, 5-131, 6-132, 7-132, 8-136, 9-136, 10-148 (57.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	17	4	34	3	-	-
Surridge	7	0	29	1	-	-
Lock	21.2	9	36	5	-	-
Laker	11	2	39	1	-	-
Bedser	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Wilson b Page	38
REC Pratt	b Page	8
KF Barrington	c Ridgway b Page	2
PBH May	b Ridgway	107
EA Bedser	c Cowdrey b Page	11
MD Willett	c Ridgway b Wright	4
+R Swetman	c Dixon b Halfyard	23
JC Laker	b Halfyard	12
*WS Surridge	c Dixon b Halfyard	7
GAR Lock	c Wilson b Ridgway	6
PJ Loader	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 93.4 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-38, 3-63, 4-85, 5-118, 6-187, 7-205, 8-215, 9-222, 10-226 (93.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	20	4	53	2	-	-
Halfyard	12.4	2	37	3	-	-
Page	34	10	66	4	-	-
Wright	27	6	65	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MC Cowdrey	c Lock b Laker	10
AH Phebey	c Lock b Laker	17
RC Wilson	c Swetman b Laker	7
+TG Evans	c Pratt b Lock	28
AE Fagg	c Barrington b Lock	6
AL Dixon	c Swetman b Lock	3
DG Ufton	c Surridge b Lock	0
F Ridgway	c Surridge b Laker	7
DJ Halfyard	b Lock	16
*DVP Wright	c Surridge b Laker	0
JCT Page	not out	1
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 31.4 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-34, 3-37, 4-70, 5-70, 6-73, 7-78, 8-80, 9-80, 10-98 (31.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	3	1	6	0	-	-
Lock	11.4	5	24	5	-	-
Laker	13	4	55	5	-	-
Bedser	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Evans b Ridgway	10
KF Barrington	not out	6
PBH May	not out	5
EA Bedser	c and b Ridgway	0
REC Pratt	did not bat
MD Willett	did not bat
+R Swetman	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 3 overs)	21
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	2	0	12	2	-	-
Halfyard	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> JC Laker (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> JCT Page reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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