f5592 cc1231	Surrey v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1901
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1901 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 4 runs
Points	Surrey 1; Worcestershire -1
Umpires	AF Smith, A White
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 91/0 (Abel 49*, Hayes 33*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 109/5 (Foster 36*, Bird 7*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Pearson	c Hayes b Brockwell	27
FL Bowley	b Lees	38
GF Wheldon	b Jephson	50
*RE Foster	b Richardson	21
F Hunt	b Jephson	23
GHT Simpson-Hayward	run out	50
A Bird	c Hayes b Lockwood	36
+T Straw	c Hayes b Lockwood	5
RD Burrows	b Lockwood	21
GA Wilson	not out	12
AF Bannister	c Hayward b Lockwood	1
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	25
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-72, 3-119, 4-150, 5-186, 6-265, 7-270, 8-274, 9-303, 10-309 (94.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	18	1	68	1	-	1
Lockwood	17.1	0	78	4	-	3
Lees	22	8	42	1	2	-
Brockwell	12	3	30	1	-	-
Jephson	20	2	50	2	-	-
Walker	5	2	16	0	1	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	c Wilson b Bird	138
EG Hayes	c Bird b Burrows	37
L Walker	b Burrows	11
VFS Crawford	b Bird	159
WH Lockwood	b Burrows	14
TW Hayward	not out	60
W Brockwell	b Burrows	6
WS Lees	b Bird	2
+F Stedman	b Bird	4
T Richardson	b Wilson	21
*DLA Jephson	absent hurt
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 4 w)	21
Total	(all out, 114.1 overs)	473
Fall of wickets:
1-103, 2-127, 3-354, 4-375, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-432, 9-473 (114.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	30.1	3	123	1	3	-
Pearson	11	1	34	0	-	-
Burrows	39	9	151	4	-	-
Simpson-Hayward	6	0	44	0	1	-
Bannister	5	0	39	0	-	-
Bird	23	7	61	4	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Pearson	b Brockwell	1
FL Bowley	b Richardson	27
GF Wheldon	c Stedman b Richardson	19
*RE Foster	b Richardson	65
F Hunt	c Stedman b Richardson	4
GHT Simpson-Hayward	c Stedman b Richardson	7
A Bird	b Lockwood	10
+T Straw	lbw b Lockwood	7
RD Burrows	b Richardson	4
GA Wilson	c Abel b Lockwood	4
AF Bannister	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 50.5 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-45, 3-63, 4-75, 5-109, 6-123, 7-149, 8-153, 9-153, 10-160 (50.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	25	2	77	6	1	1
Lockwood	10.5	2	29	3	-	-
Brockwell	8	3	28	1	-	-
Lees	7	2	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Surrey (1) ?/? (Crawford 150*, [unknown] ?*)
--> GHT Simpson-Hayward (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> GHT Simpson-Hayward (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> A Bird (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> A Bird (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in County Championship matches
--> R Abel (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> R Abel (1) passed 27500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> VFS Crawford (1) passed his previous highest score of 129 in First-Class matches
--> VFS Crawford (1) passed his previous highest score of 129 in County Championship matches
--> VFS Crawford (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 152
--> FL Bowley (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> GF Wheldon (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> F Hunt made his debut for Worcestershire in County Championship matches
--> A Bird achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 3-42)
--> RD Burrows reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> A Bird achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> WH Lockwood reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> T Richardson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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Abel's 138 lasted 195 minutes. Crawford's 159 came out of 248 scored whilst he was at the crease in 135 minutes. At 143 he played a ball on to his wicket, but the bails were not removed. Crawford acted as captain while Jephson was absent suffering from water on the knee