f21019 cc10498	Warwickshire v Surrey
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Courtaulds Ground, Coventry on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 131 runs
Points	Warwickshire 12; Surrey 0
Umpires	P Corrall, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 108/7 (Lock 7*, Surridge 0*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 96/3 (Barrington 26*, Lock 3*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b Laker	23
NF Horner	c Swetman b Loader	10
AVG Wolton	b Laker	76
A Townsend	c Fletcher b Laker	17
*HE Dollery	c Swetman b Laker	24
RE Hitchcock	b Lock	1
KR Dollery	lbw b Laker	2
+EB Lewis	c Constable b Lock	9
JD Bannister	b Laker	12
RG Thompson	not out	7
WE Hollies	c Fletcher b Laker	11
Extras	(17 b, 1 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-67, 3-123, 4-138, 5-139, 6-160, 7-171, 8-175, 9-188, 10-210 (67 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	8	1	18	0	-	-
Loader	9	1	31	1	-	-
Lock	26	11	48	2	-	-
Laker	24	3	95	7	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Thompson	1
MJ Stewart	b Bannister	3
B Constable	c Hollies b Thompson	0
KF Barrington	run out	49
EA Bedser	b Bannister	9
JC Laker	c Hitchcock b Hollies	16
+R Swetman	c Thompson b KR Dollery	14
GAR Lock	run out	8
*WS Surridge	not out	26
PJ Loader	b Thompson	12
AV Bedser	c HE Dollery b Hollies	2
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-9, 4-29, 5-58, 6-97, 7-108, 8-111, 9-135, 10-154 (66 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	16	4	37	3	-	-
Bannister	21	2	51	2	-	-
Hollies	17	5	31	2	-	-
Hitchcock	7	0	16	0	-	-
KR Dollery	5	3	5	1	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c EA Bedser b Laker	27
NF Horner	c AV Bedser b Lock	38
AVG Wolton	lbw b Lock	1
A Townsend	c Swetman b Lock	5
*HE Dollery	c Laker b Lock	5
RE Hitchcock	not out	123
KR Dollery	c Surridge b EA Bedser	4
+EB Lewis	lbw b Laker	0
JD Bannister	lbw b Laker	2
RG Thompson	b EA Bedser	3
WE Hollies	st Swetman b Lock	18
Extras	(18 b, 6 lb)	24
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-50, 3-60, 4-70, 5-112, 6-155, 7-162, 8-180, 9-207, 10-250 (70.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	4	0	18	0	-	-
Loader	4	1	8	0	-	-
Lock	19.5	3	68	5	-	-
Laker	27	3	90	3	-	-
EA Bedser	16	4	42	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Bannister	10
MJ Stewart	c Gardner b Hitchcock	26
B Constable	lbw b Hollies	23
KF Barrington	b Bannister	34
GAR Lock	b Hollies	17
EA Bedser	c Townsend b Bannister	13
JC Laker	c Wolton b Bannister	16
*WS Surridge	c Wolton b Hollies	2
+R Swetman	not out	10
PJ Loader	c Bannister b Hollies	4
AV Bedser	c and b Bannister	0
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-53, 3-93, 4-115, 5-134, 6-145, 7-160, 8-162, 9-166, 10-175 (69.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	6	0	17	0	-	-
Bannister	24.1	3	57	5	-	-
Hollies	29	6	57	4	-	-
Hitchcock	6	1	18	1	-	-
KR Dollery	3	1	6	0	-	-
Townsend	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FC Gardner (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 15
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 15
--> RE Hitchcock (2) passed his previous highest score of 121 in First-Class matches
--> RE Hitchcock (2) passed his previous highest score of 121 in County Championship matches
--> RE Hitchcock (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 116
--> WE Hollies (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> B Constable (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6

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