f17951 cc8774	Surrey v Essex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 12th, 14th, 15th June 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Surrey 0; Essex 12
Umpires	JJ Hills, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 342/5 (Pearce 43*, Smith 15*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 36/2 (Fletcher 24*, Watts 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c McIntyre b Watts	58
SJ Cray	c McIntyre b Surridge	41
AV Avery	b Bedser	108
FH Vigar	lbw b McMahon	19
R Horsfall	c Barton b Watts	48
*TN Pearce	not out	43
R Smith	not out	15
+FH Rist	did not bat
WB Morris	did not bat
EJ Price	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 w)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 130 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-141, 3-210, 4-244, 5-315

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	25	4	63	1	-	-
Parker	14	3	28	0	-	-
Bedser	23	2	64	1	-	-
McMahon	30	5	81	1	-	-
Watts	25	6	62	2	1	-
Squires	13	2	34	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Smith b Price	19
DGW Fletcher	c Morris b Price	28
HS Squires	b Smith	10
HT Barling	c Preston b Smith	21
*MR Barton	b Smith	18
JF Parker	c Rist b Smith	0
+AJW McIntyre	c Horsfall b Smith	25
EA Bedser	c and b Smith	20
EA Watts	not out	21
WS Surridge	c Price b Vigar	11
JWJ McMahon	c Pearce b Smith	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-58, 3-58, 4-92, 5-92, 6-99, 7-134, 8-152, 9-171, 10-177 (70.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	11	4	32	0	-	-
Smith	29.5	5	97	7	-	-
Price	15	6	21	2	-	-
Vigar	10	3	16	1	-	-
Morris	5	2	8	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Rist b Preston	0
DGW Fletcher	c Dodds b Vigar	41
HS Squires	b Smith	10
EA Watts	c Vigar b Morris	32
HT Barling	c Vigar b Preston	35
*MR Barton	b Preston	92
JF Parker	c Pearce b Vigar	0
+AJW McIntyre	b Smith	5
EA Bedser	b Avery	7
WS Surridge	not out	32
JWJ McMahon	b Preston	5
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 114.4 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-23, 3-84, 4-84, 5-183, 6-184, 7-199, 8-228, 9-256, 10-268 (114.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	22.4	5	61	4	-	-
Smith	31	10	58	2	-	-
Vigar	41	12	88	2	-	-
Morris	17	2	41	1	-	-
Avery	3	1	11	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	run out	52
SJ Cray	b Watts	1
AV Avery	not out	47
R Horsfall	not out	2
FH Vigar	did not bat
*TN Pearce	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
+FH Rist	did not bat
WB Morris	did not bat
EJ Price	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 20.1 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-102

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	8	1	32	0	-	-
Watts	5	0	25	1	1	-
Bedser	5	0	21	0	-	-
McMahon	1	0	14	0	-	-
Parker	1.1	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AV Avery (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> TN Pearce (1) passed 9500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> WS Surridge (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in first-class matches
--> WS Surridge (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith reached 500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Surrey first innings

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