f17107 cc8301	Northamptonshire v Surrey
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Town Ground, Kettering on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey won by 9 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	N Kilner, HW Lee
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 90/3 (Barling 2*, Parker 3*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 101/9 (Nevell 1*, Clark 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	b AV Bedser	5
CP Davis	c Mobey b Watts	35
+HW Greenwood	b AV Bedser	9
EW Whitfield	b Parker	28
JE Timms	lbw b Watts	9
W Barron	c AV Bedser b EA Bedser	23
*PE Murray-Willis	b Parker	1
WE Merritt	c Parker b EA Bedser	8
WT Nevell	lbw b Parker	0
RJ Partridge	not out	4
EW Clark	b Parker	3
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 49.4 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-35, 3-59, 4-69, 5-108, 6-109, 7-118, 8-118, 9-122, 10-126 (49.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	18	4	61	2	-	-
Watts	16	2	39	2	-	-
Parker	8.4	3	8	4	-	-
EA Bedser	7	0	17	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Barron b Partridge	14
RJ Gregory	st Greenwood b Merritt	51
HS Squires	c Whitfield b Merritt	14
HT Barling	c Greenwood b Partridge	10
JF Parker	b Merritt	6
+GS Mobey	lbw b Merritt	1
AV Bedser	c Greenwood b Merritt	25
EA Bedser	b Partridge	10
AJW McIntyre	b Partridge	19
EA Watts	not out	19
*NH Bennett	c Timms b Partridge	13
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-85, 3-86, 4-94, 5-104, 6-104, 7-117, 8-148, 9-166, 10-192 (59.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	11	3	32	0	-	-
Partridge	26.1	8	54	5	-	-
Nevell	4	0	17	0	-	-
Merritt	18	4	79	5	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Gregory b AV Bedser	39
CP Davis	b Watts	26
+HW Greenwood	c Squires b AV Bedser	7
EW Whitfield	c Parker b Watts	10
JE Timms	c Watts b AV Bedser	3
W Barron	b AV Bedser	1
*PE Murray-Willis	c Mobey b AV Bedser	0
WE Merritt	c Gregory b AV Bedser	5
WT Nevell	c Watts b AV Bedser	1
RJ Partridge	c Mobey b Watts	2
EW Clark	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-64, 3-77, 4-83, 5-85, 6-91, 7-92, 8-97, 9-101, 10-101 (55.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	26.4	7	46	7	-	-
Watts	18	5	31	3	-	-
Parker	9	3	16	0	-	-
Squires	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c sub b Partridge	2
RJ Gregory	not out	21
HS Squires	not out	12
HT Barling	did not bat
JF Parker	did not bat
+GS Mobey	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
AJW McIntyre	did not bat
EA Watts	did not bat
*NH Bennett	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 10.2 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Fishlock)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	5.2	1	15	0	-	-
Partridge	5	0	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CP Davis (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> HS Squires (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> AV Bedser achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 6-14)
--> AV Bedser achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 4-30)
--> AV Bedser achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire second innings

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