First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

SURREY v KENT Played at Kennington Oval, July 17, 19, 20, 1948. Surrey won by 67 runs. (Points: Surrey 12, Kent 0) SURREY 1 L.B.Fishlock c Evans b Crush 12 c Crush b Todd 13 2 D.G.W.Fletcher b Crush 60 c Fagg b Edrich 62 3 H.S.Squires b Edrich 40 c Ames b Edrich 92 4 J.F.Parker c Fagg b Edrich 0 not out 4 5 *M.R.Barton b Dovey 40 not out 4 6 G.J.Whittaker lbw b Todd 68 7 E.A.Bedser run out 21 8 J.C.Laker run out 99 9 A.V.Bedser b Wright 22 10 †G.N.G.Kirby not out 13 11 J.W.J.McMahon Extras b 15, lb 1, nb 2 18 b 5 5 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 393 (3 wickets, declared) 180 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-105, 3-105, 4-159, 5-179, 6-226, 7-306, 8-351, 9-393 FoW (2): 1-17, 2-172, 3-172 KENT 1 L.J.Todd b McMahon 135 (9) run out 0 2 A.E.Fagg b A.V.Bedser 36 b Parker 43 3 L.E.G.Ames c Fishlock b Laker 32 (1) c and b Parker 22 4 J.G.W.Davies run out 16 (3) c Kirby b Laker 12 5 †T.G.Evans b McMahon 19 (4) b Laker 31 6 P.Hearn b A.V.Bedser 9 (11) not out 8 7 *B.H.Valentine not out 9 (5) c A.V.Bedser b McMahon 22 8 B.R.Edrich b McMahon 3 b McMahon 21 9 E.Crush b McMahon 9 (6) c A.V.Bedser b Laker 10 10 R.R.Dovey not out 5 c Kirby b McMahon 13 11 D.V.P.Wright (7) c Squires b McMahon 10 Extras b 18, lb 10, nb 3 31 b 6, lb 4 10 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 304 202 FoW (1): 1-90, 2-155, 3-191, 4-221, 5-263, 6-279, 7-285, 8-299 FoW (2): 1-39, 2-78, 3-84, 4-127, 5-137, 6-149, 7-160, 8-161, 9-189, 10-202 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Todd 17 6 41 1 (2) 4 0 20 1 Crush 27 7 66 2 (1) 4 0 22 0 Wright 33 5 123 1 1nb 4 0 23 0 Dovey 22 9 35 1 (6) 9 1 41 0 Edrich 27.5 7 76 2 (4) 9.3 0 45 2 Davies 14 3 34 0 1nb (5) 3 0 24 0 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W A.V.Bedser 40 7 114 2 3nb 6 0 43 0 Parker 21 8 36 0 11 0 47 2 Laker 30 12 32 1 15 0 74 3 McMahon 29 9 71 4 9.3 1 28 4 Squires 7 2 10 0 E.A.Bedser 7 1 10 0 Umpires: H.Elliott and K.McCanlis. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Surrey (1) 298-6 (Whittaker 68*, Laker 39*); 2nd day: Kent (1) 186-2 (Todd 87*, Davies 16*). L.J.Todd’s 135 took 355 minutes and included 15 fours. 296