misc31883	Royal Air Force v Royal Navy
	Other matches in England 1955
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 8th, 9th August 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Royal Air Force won by 10 wickets
Umpires	WJR Harrington, R Routledge
Close of play day 1

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Royal Navy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blackshaw	b Shirreff	64
AJT Brown	c Leary b McKinna	7
MLY Ainsworth	b Cowan	3
N Durden-Smith	b Shirreff	10
ALSS Thackara	c McKinna b Cowan	43
J Proctor	c Murray b Cowan	33
JD Sayer	c Leary b Cowan	5
GD Steer	c Leary b Cowan	10
RG Stevens	b Cowan	0
DS Chapman	b Cowan	0
IM Stoop	not out	4
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-30, 3-53, 4-103, 5-161, 6-176, 7-183, 8-183, 9-183, 10-194 (54.3 ov)

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	20.3	1	62	7	-	-
McKinna	11	3	31	1	-	-
Leary	7	0	35	0	-	-
Shirreff	11	2	42	2	-	-
Heaton	3	0	6	0	-	-
Langford	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Royal Air Force first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JT Murray	not out	105			18	-
AC Shirreff	c Blackshaw b Steer	14
G Millman	c Stoop b Chapman	10
SE Leary	c Stevens b Chapman	45
WB Stott	not out	8
BA Langford	did not bat
EM Senior	did not bat
R Leggett	did not bat
JD Heaton	did not bat
GH McKinna	did not bat
MJ Cowan	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb, 2 w)	18
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-86, 3-179

Royal Navy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steer	15	2	50	1	-	-
Chapman	15	1	51	2	-	-
Stevens	18	7	51	0	-	-
Sayer	5	2	21	0	-	-
Ainsworth	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Royal Navy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blackshaw	c Murray b McKinna	0
AJT Brown	b Cowan	0
MLY Ainsworth	b Cowan	10
N Durden-Smith	lbw b Cowan	0
ALSS Thackara	b McKinna	1
J Proctor	b McKinna	0
JD Sayer	not out	16
GD Steer	b Cowan	0
RG Stevens	b Cowan	0
DS Chapman	b Cowan	0
IM Stoop	b Shirreff	18
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 17 overs)	46
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-10, 4-11, 5-11, 6-11, 7-11, 8-13, 9-17, 10-46 (17 ov)

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	8	2	20	6	-	-
McKinna	8	3	22	3	-	-
Shirreff	1	0	3	1	-	-

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Royal Air Force second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JT Murray	not out	11
AC Shirreff	not out	27
G Millman	did not bat
SE Leary	did not bat
WB Stott	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
EM Senior	did not bat
R Leggett	did not bat
JD Heaton	did not bat
GH McKinna	did not bat
MJ Cowan	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 w)	4
Total	(no wicket, 14.2 overs)	42

Royal Navy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steer	3	1	2	0	-	-
Chapman	6	2	21	0	-	-
Stevens	4.2	1	14	0	-	-
Ainsworth	1	0	1	0	-	-

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