f22821 cc11403	Kent v Surrey
	County Championship 1959
Venue	The Rectory Field, Blackheath on 11th, 13th, 14th July 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Surrey won by 10 wickets
Points	Kent 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, WH Copson
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 152/3 (May 41*, Fletcher 15*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 50/1 (Phebey 20*, Leary 5*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Gibson b Lock	39
RC Wilson	lbw b AV Bedser	13
SE Leary	c Fletcher b AV Bedser	5
*MC Cowdrey	b AV Bedser	0
JF Pretlove	lbw b AV Bedser	0
AL Dixon	c Barrington b Lock	13
+TG Evans	c Lock b EA Bedser	50
DJ Halfyard	c AV Bedser b Lock	13
F Ridgway	c Swetman b Gibson	0
A Brown	c and b Gibson	0
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 43.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-36, 3-36, 4-36, 5-61, 6-122, 7-126, 8-143, 9-143, 10-143 (43.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	12	2	44	4	-	-
Gibson	9.3	2	36	2	-	-
Lock	14	6	25	3	-	-
EA Bedser	8	1	28	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Leary b Halfyard	65
JH Edrich	b Ridgway	18
KF Barrington	c Evans b Brown	16
*PBH May	c Cowdrey b Page	143
DGW Fletcher	lbw b Ridgway	30
TH Clark	lbw b Ridgway	8
+R Swetman	st Evans b Dixon	52
EA Bedser	c Wilson b Page	16
D Gibson	not out	16
GAR Lock	c Phebey b Brown	13
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 142.2 overs)	391
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-85, 3-114, 4-201, 5-219, 6-312, 7-354, 8-358, 9-391 (142.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	34	10	87	3	-	-
Halfyard	33	7	89	1	-	-
Brown	34.2	7	104	2	-	-
Page	33	10	81	2	-	-
Dixon	8	3	16	1	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Barrington b Lock	43
RC Wilson	lbw b Lock	24
SE Leary	c Barrington b AV Bedser	25
*MC Cowdrey	c Barrington b Lock	17
JF Pretlove	lbw b AV Bedser	39
AL Dixon	c Clark b Gibson	32
+TG Evans	b Gibson	20
DJ Halfyard	b Gibson	7
F Ridgway	b AV Bedser	41
A Brown	b AV Bedser	10
JCT Page	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 110.1 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-85, 3-106, 4-111, 5-182, 6-192, 7-204, 8-223, 9-256, 10-261 (110.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	32.1	7	70	4	-	-
Gibson	23	2	81	3	-	-
Lock	29	13	65	3	-	-
EA Bedser	20	12	26	0	-	-
Barrington	6	2	16	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	not out	1
JH Edrich	not out	12
KF Barrington	did not bat
*PBH May	did not bat
DGW Fletcher	did not bat
TH Clark	did not bat
+R Swetman	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
D Gibson	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(4 w)	4
Total	(no wicket, 1.5 overs)	17

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dixon	1	0	4	0	-	-
Evans	0.5	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 32
--> AH Phebey (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> AH Phebey (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> DJ Halfyard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> DJ Halfyard reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> AV Bedser reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings

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