First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

SURREY v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Kennington Oval, July 25, 26, 27, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Surrey 4, Leicestershire 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester b Surridge 2 2 G.A.Smithson b Laker 17 (1) b Surridge 3 3 M.Tompkin c Bedser b Wait 4 not out 175 4 *C.H.Palmer c Laker b Bedser 76 c and b Lock 106 5 V.E.Jackson lbw b Laker 4 not out 9 6 G.L.Berry c Kirby b Bedser 21 7 V.S.Munden c Laker b Wait 24 (2) b Lock 27 8 D.G.Harron c Wait b Lock 53 9 †J.Firth c Parker b Constable 30 10 C.R.D.Wooler c Lock b Constable 11 11 J.Sperry not out 0 Extras b 11, lb 5, nb 5 21 b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 18 —— —— 263 (3 wickets, declared) 338 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-14, 3-50, 4-62, 5-125, 6-136, 7-179, 8-236, 9-262, 10-263 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-80, 3-316 SURREY 1 E.A.Bedser c Munden b Jackson 35 2 T.H.Clark c Firth b Wooler 88 3 B.Constable c Smithson b Jackson 70 4 L.B.Fishlock lbw b Lester 80 5 J.F.Parker st Firth b Munden 79 6 G.J.Whittaker not out 10 7 J.C.Laker 8 *W.S.Surridge 9 †G.N.G.Kirby 10 G.A.R.Lock 11 O.J.Wait Extras b 6, lb 9 15 —— (5 wickets, declared) 377 FoW (1): 1-80, 2-163, 3-228, 4-328, 5-377 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Surridge 21 4 56 1 14 3 34 1 Wait 12 2 29 2 13 2 54 0 Laker 42 19 77 2 21 5 45 0 Lock 26 8 47 1 (5) 26 8 61 2 Bedser 17 7 22 2 (4) 11 5 20 0 Constable 10.2 4 11 2 19 2 77 0 Clark (7) 15 4 29 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Wooler 26 4 72 1 Sperry 20 5 54 0 Lester 13 3 55 1 Jackson 40 12 87 2 Munden 28.5 11 84 1 Palmer 3 1 10 0 Umpires: J.S.Buller and F.S.Lee. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Surrey (1) 25-0 (Bedser 4*, Clark 19*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 41-1 (Munden 13*, Tompkin 18*). M.Tompkin’s 175 included 16 fours and 1 five. C.H.Palmer’s 106 included 11 fours. 343