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County Championship, 1955Warwickshire v Surrey
 Courtaulds Ground, Coventry
 27,28,29 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Warwickshire won by 131 runsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: P Corrall and N Oldfield
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Warwickshire 1st innings
FC Gardner                               b Laker               23
NF Horner             c Swetman          b Loader              10
AVG Wolton                               b Laker               76
A Townsend            c Fletcher         b Laker               17
*HE Dollery           c Swetman          b Laker               24
RE Hitchcock                             b Lock                 1
KR Dollery            lbw                b Laker                2
+EB Lewis             c Constable        b Lock                 9
JD Bannister                             b Laker               12
RG Thompson           not out                                   7
WE Hollies            c Fletcher         b Laker               11
Extras                (b 17, lb 1)                             18
Total                 (all out, 67 overs)                     210
FoW: 1-38, 2-67, 3-123, 4-138, 5-139,
     6-160, 7-171, 8-175, 9-188, 10-210.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
AV Bedser                    8      1     18      0
Loader                       9      1     31      1
Lock                        26     11     48      2
Laker                       24      3     95      7
Surrey 1st innings
DGW Fletcher                             b Thompson             1
MJ Stewart                               b Bannister            3
B Constable           c Hollies          b Thompson             0
KF Barrington         run out                                  49
EA Bedser                                b Bannister            9
+R Swetman            c Thompson         b KR Dollery          14
JC Laker              c Hitchcock        b Hollies             16
*WS Surridge          not out                                  26
GAR Lock              run out                                   8
PJ Loader                                b Thompson            12
AV Bedser             c HE Dollery       b Hollies              2
Extras                (b 7, lb 6, nb 1)                        14
Total                 (all out, 66 overs)                     154
FoW: 1-7, 2-7, 3-9, 4-29, 5-58,
     6-97, 7-108, 8-111, 9-135, 10-154.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thompson                    16      4     37      3
Bannister                   21      2     51      2
Hollies                     17      5     31      2
Hitchcock                    7      0     16      0
KR Dollery                   5      3      5      1
Warwickshire 2nd innings
FC Gardner            c EA Bedser        b Laker               27
NF Horner             c AV Bedser        b Lock                38
AVG Wolton            lbw                b Lock                 1
A Townsend            c Swetman          b Lock                 5
*HE Dollery           c Laker            b Lock                 5
RE Hitchcock          not out                                 123
KR Dollery            c Surridge         b EA Bedser            4
+EB Lewis             lbw                b Laker                0
JD Bannister          lbw                b Laker                2
RG Thompson                              b EA Bedser            3
WE Hollies            st Swetman         b Lock                18
Extras                (b 18, lb 6)                             24
Total                 (all out, 70.5 overs)                   250
FoW: 1-49, 2-50, 3-60, 4-70, 5-112,
     6-155, 7-162, 8-180, 9-207, 10-250.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
AV Bedser                    4      0     18      0
Loader                       4      1      8      0
Lock                        19.5    3     68      5
Laker                       27      3     90      3
EA Bedser                   16      4     42      2
Surrey 2nd innings (target: 307 runs)
DGW Fletcher                             b Bannister           10
MJ Stewart            c Gardner          b Hitchcock           26
B Constable           lbw                b Hollies             23
KF Barrington                            b Bannister           34
EA Bedser             c Townsend         b Bannister           13
+R Swetman            not out                                  10
JC Laker              c Wolton           b Bannister           16
*WS Surridge          c Wolton           b Hollies              2
GAR Lock                                 b Hollies             17
PJ Loader             c Bannister        b Hollies              4
AV Bedser                            c & b Bannister            0
Extras                (b 16, lb 4)                             20
Total                 (all out, 69.1 overs)                   175
FoW: 1-26, 2-53, 3-93, 4-115, 5-134,
     6-145, 7-160, 8-162, 9-166, 10-175.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thompson                     6      0     17      0
Bannister                   24.1    3     57      5
Hollies                     29      6     57      4
Hitchcock                    6      1     18      1
KR Dollery                   3      1      6      0
Townsend                     1      1      0      0
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