f18434 cc9072	Leicestershire v Surrey
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 24 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Surrey 0
Umpires	D Davies, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 18/1 (Fishlock 11*, Squires 5*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 97/3 (Berry 51*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c and b AV Bedser	71
G Lester	b Laker	49
GS Watson	lbw b Laker	0
M Tompkin	c AV Bedser b Surridge	89
VE Jackson	c Surridge b Parker	11
A Riddington	c Parker b EA Bedser	24
*SJ Symington	b Laker	6
VS Munden	b EA Bedser	14
JE Walsh	c McIntyre b Laker	5
+P Corrall	not out	2
J Sperry	b EA Bedser	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 108.2 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-65, 3-192, 4-213, 5-228, 6-247, 7-267, 8-274, 9-278, 10-280 (108.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	15	3	39	1	-	-
Surridge	16	2	67	1	-	-
Parker	14	4	27	1	-	-
Laker	35	13	63	4	-	-
Lock	13	4	40	0	-	-
EA Bedser	15.2	4	35	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	run out	28
EA Bedser	b Sperry	2
HS Squires	lbw b Walsh	51
*MR Barton	c Walsh b Lester	40
JF Parker	c and b Walsh	83
+AJW McIntyre	b Walsh	2
AF Brazier	b Lester	11
JC Laker	lbw b Sperry	9
AV Bedser	c Jackson b Symington	12
WS Surridge	b Walsh	19
GAR Lock	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 102.3 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-53, 3-100, 4-152, 5-161, 6-194, 7-209, 8-240, 9-269, 10-270 (102.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	26	9	59	2	-	-
Symington	18	4	47	1	-	-
Jackson	12	1	35	0	-	-
Walsh	25.3	3	85	4	-	-
Lester	21	6	31	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c AV Bedser b Surridge	79
G Lester	c EA Bedser b Lock	26
GS Watson	b Laker	4
A Riddington	c Brazier b Lock	2
M Tompkin	c Squires b Lock	29
VE Jackson	b Surridge	24
*SJ Symington	run out	9
VS Munden	b AV Bedser	15
JE Walsh	c Brazier b EA Bedser	15
+P Corrall	c Surridge b EA Bedser	6
J Sperry	not out	11
Extras	(19 lb, 4 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 91.2 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-92, 3-97, 4-139, 5-173, 6-190, 7-210, 8-224, 9-232, 10-243 (91.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	16	6	26	1	-	-
Surridge	14	2	65	2	-	-
Laker	27	10	50	1	-	-
Lock	26	11	62	3	-	-
EA Bedser	8.2	3	17	2	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Jackson b Symington	19
EA Bedser	b Walsh	30
HS Squires	b Walsh	70
*MR Barton	b Walsh	0
JF Parker	b Walsh	23
+AJW McIntyre	c Watson b Riddington	8
AF Brazier	lbw b Walsh	0
JC Laker	c Corrall b Walsh	34
AV Bedser	c Walsh b Lester	3
WS Surridge	c Munden b Walsh	20
GAR Lock	not out	1
Extras	(12 b, 9 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 78.1 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-67, 3-67, 4-127, 5-148, 6-148, 7-189, 8-194, 9-227, 10-229 (78.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	9	2	18	0	-	-
Symington	5	1	10	1	-	-
Lester	17	4	33	1	-	-
Walsh	30.1	3	113	7	-	-
Riddington	17	3	34	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GL Berry (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> G Lester (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 78
--> GL Berry (2) passed 25000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 70
--> GL Berry (2) passed 27000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> EA Bedser (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> HS Squires (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> HS Squires (2) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JF Parker (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> JC Laker reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JC Laker reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Sperry reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> G Lester reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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