f17715 cc8691	Middlesex v Surrey
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 25th, 26th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 8 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Surrey 0
Umpires	H Cruice, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 462/7 (LH Compton 22*, Young 3*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 150/4 (Parker 49*, Barling 4*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	run out	37
SM Brown	b Laker	48
WJ Edrich	c Wheatley b Squires	18
DCS Compton	c Fletcher b Laker	178			23	-
FG Mann	b Gover	106			13	-
+LH Compton	not out	22
*RWV Robins	b Gover	22
JM Sims	c AV Bedser b Gover	1
JA Young	not out	3
PI Bedford	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	462
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-91, 3-107, 4-411, 5-413, 6-453, 7-455

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	20	2	99	3	-	3
AV Bedser	31	8	81	0	-	-
Laker	32	7	105	2	-	-
Squires	15	2	64	1	-	-
EA Bedser	16	3	52	0	-	-
Parker	5	0	34	0	1	5

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Edrich b Bedford	14
DGW Fletcher	b DCS Compton	22
HS Squires	b Bedford	17
HT Barling	c LH Compton b Gray	9
JF Parker	b Bedford	30
EA Bedser	c Robins b Young	31
*ERT Holmes	b Young	14
JC Laker	not out	33
+GA Wheatley	b Sims	6
AV Bedser	lbw b Bedford	15
AR Gover	c Edrich b Bedford	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-44, 3-63, 4-67, 5-117, 6-146, 7-147, 8-156, 9-192, 10-202 (79.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	7	4	18	1	-	-
Young	10	2	22	2	-	-
Sims	17	3	36	1	1	-
Bedford	24.2	8	53	5	2	-
DCS Compton	21	7	63	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Gray b Young	48
DGW Fletcher	b DCS Compton	5
HS Squires	b Gray	0
*ERT Holmes	b DCS Compton	28
JF Parker	b Young	75
HT Barling	hit wkt b Sims	21
EA Bedser	c Edrich b Bedford	4
JC Laker	c Edrich b Sims	60
+GA Wheatley	b Sims	3
AV Bedser	not out	28
AR Gover	st LH Compton b Young	0
Extras	(27 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	37
Total	(all out, 115.4 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-69, 4-108, 5-198, 6-198, 7-214, 8-233, 9-306, 10-309 (115.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	18	5	30	1	-	-
Young	26.4	11	51	3	-	-
DCS Compton	27	4	88	2	-	2
Sims	26	6	59	3	-	-
Bedford	14	5	28	1	-	-
Robins	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	not out	27
SM Brown	c EA Bedser b Gover	0
WJ Edrich	c Holmes b Gover	2
DCS Compton	not out	19
FG Mann	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
*RWV Robins	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
PI Bedford	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 9.2 overs)	51
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	4	0	21	2	-	1
AV Bedser	3	0	10	0	-	-
Laker	2.2	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> FG Mann (1) passed his previous highest score of 88 in County Championship matches
--> FG Mann (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> LB Fishlock (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> LB Fishlock (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 46
--> JF Parker (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 6
--> JF Parker (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> JF Parker (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> JC Laker (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> JC Laker (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in County Championship matches
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> AR Gover reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> PI Bedford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-65)
--> PI Bedford achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings
--> DCS Compton reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> PI Bedford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-65)
--> PI Bedford achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings
--> JM Sims reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey second innings

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