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County Championship, 1955Worcestershire v Surrey
 County Ground, New Road, Worcester
 23,25,26 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Surrey won by 8 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: P Corrall and WT Jones
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Worcestershire 1st innings
D Kenyon                                 b AV Bedser            0
PE Richardson         lbw                b Clark               38
L Outschoorn          c Stewart          b Laker               49
J Lister                                 b Laker               13
MJ Horton             lbw                b Laker               11
RG Broadbent                         c & b EA Bedser            0
RO Jenkins            c EA Bedser        b Laker               29
+H Yarnold                               b EA Bedser            0
*RTD Perks                               b AV Bedser            2
R Berry               c Laker            b AV Bedser           11
JA Flavell            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 1)                               5
Total                 (all out, 63.3 overs)                   158
FoW: 1-4, 2-91, 3-95, 4-115, 5-116,
     6-116, 7-116, 8-122, 9-152, 10-158.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
AV Bedser                   18      4     33      3
Surridge                     7      1     23      0
Laker                       24.3    6     63      4
EA Bedser                   11      1     28      2
Clark                        3      1      6      1
Surrey 1st innings
DGW Fletcher                             b Perks               20
MJ Stewart                               b Flavell             83
B Constable           c Yarnold          b Flavell            132
KF Barrington         lbw                b Horton              18
TH Clark                             c & b Flavell             28
EA Bedser                            c & b Jenkins             41
RCE Pratt                                b Jenkins             38
+R Swetman                               b Jenkins             17
JC Laker              not out                                   6
Extras                (lb 9, nb 2)                             11
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 109.3 overs)       394
DNB: *WS Surridge, AV Bedser.
FoW: 1-48, 2-152, 3-192, 4-269, 5-292, 6-366, 7-375, 8-394.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Perks                       26      4     72      1
Flavell                     24      3     77      3
Berry                       26      6     86      0
Jenkins                     15.3    1     69      3
Horton                      18      1     79      1
Worcestershire 2nd innings
D Kenyon                                 b Laker               39
PE Richardson         c Swetman          b Clark               44
L Outschoorn                             b AV Bedser           46
J Lister                                 b Clark                2
MJ Horton                            c & b Laker               19
RG Broadbent          lbw                b Clark               36
RO Jenkins            not out                                  54
+H Yarnold                               b Laker                7
*RTD Perks            c AV Bedser        b EA Bedser            3
R Berry               c Fletcher         b Laker                9
JA Flavell                               b AV Bedser            5
Extras                (b 2, lb 4)                               6
Total                 (all out, 88.5 overs)                   270
FoW: 1-59, 2-105, 3-113, 4-151, 5-151,
     6-208, 7-215, 8-237, 9-263, 10-270.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
AV Bedser                   17.5    3     50      2
Surridge                     3      0     19      0
Laker                       25      5     49      4
EA Bedser                   21      6     65      1
Clark                       21      0     76      3
Pratt                        1      0      5      0
Surrey 2nd innings (target: 35 runs)
DGW Fletcher                             b Berry                1
MJ Stewart            st Yarnold         b Jenkins             19
B Constable           not out                                   7
KF Barrington         not out                                   8
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (2 wickets, 12.1 overs)                  35
DNB: TH Clark, EA Bedser, RCE Pratt, +R Swetman, JC Laker,
     *WS Surridge, AV Bedser.
FoW: 1-20, 2-24.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Perks                        1      0      3      0
Berry                        4      3      3      1
Jenkins                      5.1    0     17      1
Horton                       2      0     12      0
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