f22918 cc11486	Leicestershire v Surrey
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 20th, 21st August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Surrey 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	TJ Bartley, JB Bowes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 329/8 (Burch 20*, Savage 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 27/1 (Kirby 9*, Carter 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*W Watson	c Gibson b EA Bedser	173
D Kirby	b Gibson	9
JW Carter	b Gibson	19
LR Gardner	c Stewart b Lock	13
J van Geloven	c Gibson b Lock	61
AC Revill	b EA Bedser	3
GW Burch	not out	20
RC Smith	b Lock	6
CT Spencer	b Gibson	4
JS Savage	not out	0
+GA Hickinbottom	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 12 lb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-99, 3-137, 4-280, 5-289, 6-297, 7-308, 8-314

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	18	3	52	0	-	-
AV Bedser	21	2	40	0	-	-
Gibson	21	5	51	3	-	-
Lock	36	7	104	3	-	-
EA Bedser	23	5	61	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c van Geloven b Smith	61
ABD Parsons	lbw b Savage	42
TH Clark	b Savage	18
MJ Stewart	not out	107
B Constable	lbw b Smith	53
EA Bedser	c Revill b Smith	6
+AJW McIntyre	b Smith	0
D Gibson	b Smith	21
GAR Lock	not out	7
*AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 5 nb)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 114.3 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-131, 3-131, 4-237, 5-269, 6-269, 7-323

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	18	4	56	0	-	-
van Geloven	15	1	56	0	-	-
Savage	37	14	85	2	-	-
Kirby	8	2	26	0	-	-
Smith	36.3	12	92	5	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*W Watson	b Lock	17
D Kirby	lbw b Gibson	29
JW Carter	c Parsons b Lock	9
LR Gardner	lbw b EA Bedser	32
J van Geloven	not out	79
AC Revill	b EA Bedser	13
GW Burch	not out	37
RC Smith	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
+GA Hickinbottom	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-46, 3-64, 4-118, 5-142

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	11	4	18	0	-	-
AV Bedser	1	1	0	0	-	-
Gibson	13	3	39	1	-	-
Lock	24	4	72	2	-	-
EA Bedser	18	5	42	2	-	-
Constable	6	0	38	0	-	-
Clark	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Hickinbottom b Smith	33
ABD Parsons	b Spencer	17
TH Clark	st Hickinbottom b Smith	4
MJ Stewart	not out	2
B Constable	not out	0
EA Bedser	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
D Gibson	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 13.5 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-54, 3-61

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	6	1	14	1	-	-
van Geloven	5	0	35	0	-	-
Savage	1	0	7	0	-	-
Smith	1.5	1	0	2	-	-

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Notes
--> LR Gardner (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> J van Geloven (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 36
--> ABD Parsons (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> W Watson (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1

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