First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

SURREY v KENT Played at Kennington Oval, July 16, 18, 19, 1949. Surrey won by five wickets. (Points: Surrey 12, Kent 0) KENT 1 A.E.Fagg c A.V.Bedser b Lock 41 c Laker b A.V.Bedser 4 2 A.H.Phebey b Surridge 0 lbw b Laker 20 3 L.E.G.Ames c Watts b Laker 131 c Fishlock b Laker 23 4 L.J.Todd c Lock b Laker 3 c E.A.Bedser b Laker 2 5 B.R.Edrich c McIntyre b E.A.Bedser 0 c A.V.Bedser b Laker 19 6 †T.G.Evans c E.A.Bedser b Laker 1 c Squires b Lock 15 7 *D.G.Clark c McIntyre b Lock 13 c Fishlock b Laker 11 8 E.Crush b Laker 3 b Laker 18 9 R.R.Dovey b A.V.Bedser 12 c Surridge b Laker 13 10 D.V.P.Wright not out 3 not out 1 11 F.Ridgway c Surridge b Laker 8 c McIntyre b Lock 6 Extras b 3, lb 5, nb 1 9 b 7, lb 5 12 —— —— 224 144 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-75, 3-88, 4-93, 5-110, 6-147, 7-190, 8-197, 9-215, 10-224 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-29, 3-35, 4-67, 5-84, 6-89, 7-124, 8-129, 9-137, 10-144 SURREY 1 L.B.Fishlock c Evans b Edrich 92 c Edrich b Ridgway 1 2 E.A.Bedser b Wright 10 not out 46 3 G.A.R.Lock c Ames b Wright 0 4 H.S.Squires c Edrich b Ridgway 11 (3) b Ridgway 1 5 B.Constable b Ridgway 39 (4) c Ames b Wright 0 6 *M.R.Barton not out 101 (5) run out 10 7 †A.J.W.McIntyre c Fagg b Wright 14 (6) b Wright 18 8 E.A.Watts lbw b Dovey 6 (7) not out 3 9 J.C.Laker c Evans b Ridgway 4 10 A.V.Bedser b Crush 0 11 W.S.Surridge c Fagg b Crush 7 Extras lb 3, nb 1 4 b 2 2 —— —— 288 (5 wickets) 81 FoW (1): 1-20, 2-20, 3-35, 4-105, 5-191, 6-226, 7-239, 8-256, 9-267, 10-288 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-6, 3-7, 4-30, 5-67 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W A.V.Bedser 15 3 34 1 14 3 42 1 Surridge 13 0 49 1 7 2 13 0 Watts 3 1 4 0 Laker 25.5 10 51 5 (3) 23 6 47 7 Lock 18 11 34 2 (4) 13.3 6 30 2 E.A.Bedser 8 0 43 1 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 25 3 61 3 10.5 2 32 2 Crush 9.3 2 24 2 Wright 25 4 110 3 (2) 10 0 47 2 Edrich 17 1 65 1 Dovey 11 2 24 1 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and C.A.R.Coleman. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Surrey (1) 27-2 (Fishlock 10*, Squires 7*); 2nd day: Kent (2) 89-6 (Clark 0*, Crush 0*). L.E.G.Ames’ 131 took 205 minutes and included 17 fours and 1 six. M.R.Barton’s 101 included 13 fours. 277