f17941 cc8766	Surrey v Lancashire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 9th, 10th, 11th June 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 1 run
Points	Surrey 12; Lancashire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 250/8 (McIntyre 11*, Bedser 1*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 48/2 (Fletcher 24*, Barling 14*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	b Roberts	78
DGW Fletcher	b Pollard	50
WS Surridge	b Cranston	0
*ERT Holmes	b Roberts	26
HS Squires	st EH Edrich b Roberts	6
HT Barling	c EH Edrich b Hilton	35
MR Barton	run out	32
JF Parker	b Roberts	7
+AJW McIntyre	not out	45
EA Bedser	c and b Cranston	17
JWJ McMahon	c Ikin b Cranston	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 155.4 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-116, 3-156, 4-163, 5-164, 6-207, 7-216, 8-249, 9-300, 10-300 (155.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	36	11	75	1	-	1
Cranston	20.4	6	39	3	1	-
Roberts	48	20	64	4	-	-
Wharton	9	0	33	0	-	-
Hilton	35	11	67	1	-	-
Ikin	7	1	18	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Place	b McMahon	51
TL Brierley	c Fletcher b Surridge	6
GA Edrich	c McIntyre b Surridge	2
JT Ikin	c Surridge b Bedser	33
+EH Edrich	lbw b Bedser	8
A Wharton	run out	11
ND Howard	not out	29
*K Cranston	c McMahon b Bedser	7
R Pollard	c Bedser b McMahon	10
WB Roberts	b McMahon	13
MJ Hilton	c Squires b McMahon	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 73.3 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14, 3-72, 4-88, 5-112, 6-116, 7-131, 8-144, 9-174, 10-176 (73.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	11	3	37	2	1	1
Parker	11	7	9	0	-	-
McMahon	20.3	6	46	4	-	-
Bedser	23	4	68	3	-	-
Squires	8	2	11	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Ikin b Cranston	1
DGW Fletcher	c Howard b Cranston	24
HS Squires	c GA Edrich b Cranston	6
HT Barling	b Pollard	24
MR Barton	c Pollard b Cranston	3
JF Parker	b Cranston	10
+AJW McIntyre	b Pollard	1
*ERT Holmes	b Cranston	1
EA Bedser	c Brierley b Cranston	12
WS Surridge	c Roberts b Pollard	29
JWJ McMahon	not out	8
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 57.1 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-12, 3-51, 4-59, 5-71, 6-72, 7-73, 8-75, 9-113, 10-123 (57.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	26	8	56	3	-	1
Cranston	23.1	7	43	7	-	-
Roberts	5	0	13	0	-	-
Hilton	3	2	7	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Place	run out	120		180	10	-
TL Brierley	lbw b Surridge	17
GA Edrich	c McIntyre b Surridge	3
JT Ikin	c Parker b Bedser	7
+EH Edrich	lbw b Surridge	27
*K Cranston	c McIntyre b Bedser	0
A Wharton	b Bedser	46
ND Howard	c McMahon b Bedser	19
R Pollard	not out	3
WB Roberts	c McIntyre b Squires	1
MJ Hilton	c Fishlock b Bedser	1
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-50, 3-66, 4-116, 5-119, 6-216, 7-232, 8-241, 9-243, 10-246 (79.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	23	5	71	3	-	1
Parker	15	2	35	0	-	-
McMahon	13	1	49	0	-	-
Bedser	22.5	1	75	5	-	-
Squires	6	2	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DGW Fletcher (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> HT Barling (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> WS Surridge (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> WS Surridge (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> W Place (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 54
--> K Cranston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey second innings (previous best was 6-99)
--> K Cranston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey second innings (previous best was 6-99)
--> EA Bedser achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 4-15)
--> EA Bedser achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings
--> EA Bedser achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 4-15)
--> EA Bedser achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings

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