County Championship, 1956
Surrey v Leicestershire
Kennington Oval, London
30,31 May 1956 (3-day match)
Result: Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points:
Toss: Surrey
Umpires: TJ Bartley and LH Gray
Close of play:
Day 1:
Leicestershire 1st innings
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 (b 1, lb 1) 2
Total (all out, 27.5 overs) 56
FoW: 1-5, 2-9, 3-12, 4-28, 5-46, 6-46, 7-53, 8-53, 9-54, 10-56.
Bowling O M R W
AV Bedser 12 4 17 3
Loader 7 1 26 1
Lock 6.5 4 11 5
EA Bedser 2 2 0 1
Surrey 1st innings
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
Extras (b 5, nb 2) 7
Total (5 wickets declared, 64 overs) 159
DNB: *WS Surridge, GAR Lock, AV Bedser, PJ Loader.
FoW: 1-16, 2-29, 3-45, 4-117, 5-124.
Bowling O M R W
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 2nd innings
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 (b 3, lb 1, w 2, nb 5) 11
Total (all out, 97.5 overs) 221
FoW: 1-2, 2-37, 3-113, 4-115, 5-133,
6-183, 7-195, 8-195, 9-202, 10-221.
Bowling O M R W
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 2nd innings (target: 119 runs)
DGW Fletcher not out 43
TH Clark c Spencer b Munden 17
B Constable lbw b Jackson 19
PBH May not out 39
Extras (lb 3) 3
Total (2 wickets, 52.4 overs) 121
DNB: MJ Stewart, EA Bedser, +R Swetman, *WS Surridge, GAR Lock,
AV Bedser, PJ Loader.
FoW: 1-32, 2-57.
Bowling O M R W
Spencer 5 1 22 0
van Geloven 15 2 26 0
Jackson 10 3 23 1
Munden 22.4 9 47 1
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