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| Venue | Kennington Oval, Kennington on 30th, 31st May 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Surrey won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Surrey won by 8 wickets |
| Points | Surrey 12; Leicestershire 0 |
| Umpires | TJ Bartley, LH Gray |
| Scorers | FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), H Strudwick (Surrey) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (2) 70/2 (Hallam 50*, Palmer 12*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | b Loader | 5 | |||||
| MR Hallam | c Stewart b AV Bedser | 4 | |||||
| M Tompkin | c May b Lock | 20 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | c Surridge b AV Bedser | 1 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c Constable b AV Bedser | 7 | |||||
| GA Smithson | c Swetman b Lock | 12 | |||||
| PT Smith | c Stewart b Lock | 0 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Stewart b EA Bedser | 2 | |||||
| J van Geloven | not out | 1 | |||||
| +J Firth | lbw b Lock | 0 | |||||
| CT Spencer | c Constable b Lock | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 27.5 overs) | 56 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-9, 3-12, 4-28, 5-46, 6-46, 7-53, 8-53, 9-54, 10-56 (27.5 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AV Bedser | 12 | 4 | 17 | 3 | - | - | |
| Loader | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lock | 6.5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | - | - | |
| EA Bedser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Surrey first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DGW Fletcher | c Spencer b Jackson | 2 | |||||
| TH Clark | c Lester b Munden | 34 | |||||
| B Constable | b Jackson | 2 | |||||
| PBH May | c Spencer b van Geloven | 34 | |||||
| MJ Stewart | c Hallam b van Geloven | 40 | |||||
| EA Bedser | not out | 31 | |||||
| +R Swetman | not out | 9 | |||||
| *WS Surridge | did not bat | ||||||
| GAR Lock | did not bat | ||||||
| AV Bedser | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Loader | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 64 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-29, 3-45, 4-117, 5-124 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 9 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 8 | 0 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 17 | 8 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Munden | 20 | 9 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 8 | 3 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lester | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | c Stewart b AV Bedser | 0 | |||||
| MR Hallam | b Lock | 80 | |||||
| M Tompkin | b Lock | 3 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | run out | 23 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c May b EA Bedser | 15 | |||||
| GA Smithson | c May b AV Bedser | 30 | |||||
| PT Smith | c Surridge b Loader | 27 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Constable b Loader | 7 | |||||
| J van Geloven | b Loader | 4 | |||||
| +J Firth | not out | 7 | |||||
| CT Spencer | b AV Bedser | 14 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 5 nb, 2 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.5 overs) | 221 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-37, 3-113, 4-115, 5-133, 6-183, 7-195, 8-195, 9-202, 10-221 (97.5 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AV Bedser | 21.5 | 3 | 74 | 3 | - | - | |
| Loader | 17 | 0 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lock | 26 | 11 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| EA Bedser | 25 | 10 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clark | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Surridge | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Surrey second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DGW Fletcher | not out | 43 | |||||
| TH Clark | c Spencer b Munden | 17 | |||||
| B Constable | lbw b Jackson | 19 | |||||
| PBH May | not out | 39 | |||||
| MJ Stewart | did not bat | ||||||
| EA Bedser | did not bat | ||||||
| +R Swetman | did not bat | ||||||
| *WS Surridge | did not bat | ||||||
| GAR Lock | did not bat | ||||||
| AV Bedser | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Loader | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 52.4 overs) | 121 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-57 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 15 | 2 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 10 | 3 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Munden | 22.4 | 9 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> GAR Lock reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
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