f19583 cc9677	Surrey v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 4th, 5th, 6th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	H Elliott, HL Parkin
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 55/3 (Palmer 1*, Firth 6*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 100/2 (Bedser 54*, Fishlock 27*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	lbw b Walsh	9
DGW Fletcher	b Lester	70
B Constable	lbw b Walsh	30
LB Fishlock	b Spencer	81
JF Parker	lbw b Walsh	8
TH Clark	not out	76
GJ Whittaker	c Walsh b Spencer	10
+AJW McIntyre	c Walsh b Spencer	0
*WS Surridge	b Spencer	14
DF Cox	b Spencer	13
GAR Lock	c Sargent b Walsh	12
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-95, 3-159, 4-175, 5-222, 6-244, 7-246, 8-262, 9-292, 10-327 (99.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	31	3	116	5	-	-
Sperry	16	2	41	0	-	-
Palmer	6	2	11	0	-	-
Walsh	25.2	3	99	4	-	-
Munden	18	7	31	0	-	-
Lester	3	0	25	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Lock b Cox	12
MR Hallam	c Lock b Surridge	22
M Tompkin	lbw b Lock	12
*CH Palmer	c and b Cox	76
+J Firth	c McIntyre b Surridge	10
GA Smithson	b Bedser	62
VS Munden	not out	52
MAJ Sargent	lbw b Surridge	1
JE Walsh	c Whittaker b Lock	29
CT Spencer	b Surridge	1
J Sperry	c Bedser b Cox	2
Extras	(6 b, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 131 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-42, 3-49, 4-77, 5-196, 6-212, 7-213, 8-273, 9-278, 10-289 (131 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	35	9	92	4	-	-
Cox	36	10	79	3	-	-
Bedser	34	12	56	1	-	-
Lock	24	10	46	2	-	-
Clark	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Bedser	not out	103
DGW Fletcher	b Sperry	5
B Constable	c Palmer b Walsh	11
LB Fishlock	not out	102
JF Parker	did not bat
TH Clark	did not bat
GJ Whittaker	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
*WS Surridge	did not bat
DF Cox	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-45

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	29	7	82	0	-	-
Sperry	29	8	66	1	-	-
Munden	5	1	16	0	-	-
Walsh	13	2	49	1	-	-
Palmer	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	not out	13
MR Hallam	c McIntyre b Surridge	5
M Tompkin	c Parker b Bedser	9
*CH Palmer	not out	0
+J Firth	did not bat
GA Smithson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
MAJ Sargent	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 11 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-28

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	5	3	9	1	-	-
Cox	3	0	17	0	-	-
Bedser	2	1	1	1	-	-
Lock	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MAJ Sargent made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LB Fishlock (1) passed 24500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 72
--> EA Bedser (2) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> CT Spencer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-67)
--> CT Spencer achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Surrey first innings
--> CT Spencer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-67)
--> CT Spencer achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings
--> DF Cox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-43)
--> WS Surridge reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> DF Cox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-43)
--> JE Walsh reached 850 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey second innings

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