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County Championship, 1955Surrey v Leicestershire
 Kennington Oval, London
 6,7,8 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Surrey won by 5 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: P Corrall and WFF Price
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester              c Stewart          b Cox                143
MR Hallam             c Surridge         b Kelleher             1
M Tompkin             c McIntyre         b Surridge             1
MJK Smith             c Cox              b Laker               63
*CH Palmer            c Stewart          b Bedser              11
VE Jackson            c Cox              b Bedser               8
GA Smithson                              b Surridge            34
VS Munden             c Surridge         b Laker               24
CT Spencer            c Barrington       b Cox                 13
+J Firth              not out                                   2
Extras                (b 4, lb 8, nb 2)                        14
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 127.5 overs)       314
DNB: TJ Goodwin.
FoW: 1-4, 2-9, 3-128, 4-161, 5-177, 6-263, 7-293, 8-299, 9-314.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Surridge                    29      5     69      2
Kelleher                    19      3     58      1
Cox                         15.5    6     32      2
Laker                       41     15     91      2
Bedser                      23      7     50      2
Surrey 1st innings
DGW Fletcher          lbw                b Jackson             40
TH Clark                                 b Goodwin              2
MJ Stewart                               b Goodwin            105
B Constable           c Hallam           b Goodwin            104
KF Barrington         not out                                  27
EA Bedser             run out                                  19
+AJW McIntyre         not out                                   4
Extras                (lb 14, nb 4)                            18
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 103.2 overs)       319
DNB: JC Laker, *WS Surridge, DF Cox, HRA Kelleher.
FoW: 1-5, 2-81, 3-259, 4-266, 5-311.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     26      6     82      0
Goodwin                     26      3    102      3
Jackson                     26     10     50      1
Palmer                       7      1     17      0
Munden                      13.2    5     35      0
Lester                       5      1     15      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
G Lester              c Laker            b Cox                  7
MR Hallam             c Surridge         b Bedser              43
M Tompkin             c Surridge         b Bedser              44
MJK Smith             lbw                b Cox                  3
*CH Palmer            c Cox              b Bedser              15
VE Jackson            st McIntyre        b Bedser               6
GA Smithson           c Surridge         b Bedser               0
VS Munden             c Constable        b Clark               28
CT Spencer                               b Bedser               0
+J Firth              c Surridge         b Bedser               8
TJ Goodwin            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, nb 3)                        11
Total                 (all out, 78.2 overs)                   165
FoW: 1-39, 2-72, 3-81, 4-100, 5-113,
     6-115, 7-138, 8-155, 9-159, 10-165.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Surridge                     4      2      4      0
Kelleher                    10      0     36      0
Cox                         14      1     48      2
Laker                       14      6     13      0
Bedser                      29     15     33      7
Clark                        7.2    3     20      1
Surrey 2nd innings (target: 161 runs)
DGW Fletcher                             b Spencer              4
TH Clark                                 b Jackson             31
MJ Stewart            c Palmer           b Spencer             37
B Constable           c Smith            b Jackson             10
KF Barrington         not out                                  28
EA Bedser             c Palmer           b Jackson             24
+AJW McIntyre         not out                                  21
Extras                (b 1, lb 5)                               6
Total                 (5 wickets, 40.4 overs)                 161
DNB: JC Laker, *WS Surridge, DF Cox, HRA Kelleher.
FoW: 1-5, 2-52, 3-72, 4-85, 5-125.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Spencer                     16      2     49      2
Goodwin                      9      2     37      0
Jackson                     12.4    1     52      3
Palmer                       3      1     17      0
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