f23859 cc11917	Surrey v Middlesex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 15th, 17th, 18th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Middlesex won by 61 runs
Points	Surrey 0; Middlesex 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	CS Elliott, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 177/4 (Parfitt 68*, Bennett 17*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 28/1 (Russell 17*, Smith 1*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	lbw b Lock	26
WE Russell	c Bedser b Lock	60
PH Parfitt	not out	129
EA Clark	c May b Lock	0
FJ Titmus	c Gibson b Lock	1
D Bennett	b Lock	23
+JT Murray	b Lock	3
RW Hooker	b Bedser	0
MJ Smith	not out	5
*PI Bedford	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-127, 3-135, 4-138, 5-189, 6-199, 7-202

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	21	4	56	0	-	-
Sydenham	18	6	54	0	-	-
Lock	27	12	72	6	-	-
Bedser	24	7	65	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Russell b Titmus	29
ABD Parsons	b Titmus	28
KF Barrington	lbw b Titmus	0
*PBH May	c Russell b Hooker	44
MD Willett	c Smith b Titmus	0
RAE Tindall	c Murray b Hooker	38
+R Swetman	st Murray b Titmus	5
GAR Lock	b Hooker	1
EA Bedser	not out	28
D Gibson	c Hooker b Bennett	24
DAD Sydenham	c Smith b Moss	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-51, 3-66, 4-66, 5-132, 6-141, 7-150, 8-151, 9-202, 10-207 (97 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	15	5	29	1	-	-
Bennett	12	4	22	1	-	-
Hooker	15	4	32	3	-	-
Titmus	34	11	72	5	-	-
Smith	19	9	36	0	-	-
Bedford	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Swetman b Sydenham	10
WE Russell	c Swetman b Gibson	23
MJ Smith	b Sydenham	7
PH Parfitt	c Sydenham b Gibson	5
EA Clark	c Barrington b Gibson	6
FJ Titmus	c Sydenham b Lock	63
D Bennett	c Tindall b Bedser	44
+JT Murray	not out	9
RW Hooker	not out	3
*PI Bedford	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-35, 3-41, 4-48, 5-52, 6-152, 7-167

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	23	4	62	3	-	-
Sydenham	14	7	29	2	-	-
Lock	20	8	49	1	-	-
Bedser	12	3	30	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	b Bennett	11
ABD Parsons	st Murray b Smith	41
KF Barrington	b Bennett	1
*PBH May	c Bedford b Titmus	18
MD Willett	b Moss	49
RAE Tindall	c Murray b Titmus	0
+R Swetman	b Bedford	27
GAR Lock	lbw b Titmus	5
EA Bedser	run out	2
D Gibson	not out	4
DAD Sydenham	lbw b Titmus	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-37, 3-67, 4-82, 5-83, 6-145, 7-147, 8-149, 9-160, 10-160 (55 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	13	2	53	1	-	-
Bennett	9	1	16	2	-	-
Hooker	3	0	22	0	-	-
Titmus	12	4	25	4	-	-
Smith	7	4	16	1	-	-
Bedford	7	1	19	1	-	-
Gale	4	2	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RA Gale (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 22
--> PH Parfitt (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 72
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> PBH May (1) passed 25500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 31
--> RAE Tindall (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> D Bennett (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> EA Bedser reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> EA Bedser reached 800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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