misc31972	Army v Royal Air Force
	Other matches in England 1956
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 13th, 14th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D Hendren, HPH Sharp
Scorers	WD Chambers (Royal Air Force), JP Hanley (Army)
Close of play day 1

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Royal Air Force first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA Leadbetter	c Julian b Atkinson	41			4	-
R Leggett	b Atkinson	45			5	-
*AC Shirreff	lbw b White	27			1	-
R Subba Row	b Atkinson	4			-	-
SE Leary	b Atkinson	8			-	-
AS Brown	run out	0			-	-
WB Stott	c Williams b Atkinson	18			2	-
+G Millman	not out	9			1	-
J Wild	not out	0
DB Pearson	did not bat
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Leadbetter), 2-107 (Leggett), 3-117 (Subba Row), 4-125 (Leary), 5-126 (Brown), 6-128 (Shirreff), 7-150 (Stott)

Army bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	4	2	4	0	-	-
Matthews	14	2	42	0	-	-
Barr	14	7	29	0	-	-
Atkinson	20	2	59	5	-	-
White	9	0	18	1	-	-

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Army first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Sharpe	c Millman b Pearson	26			4	-
ABD Parsons	lbw b Wild	17			2	-
LJ Lenham	lbw b Shirreff	17			2	-
CCP Williams	c Millman b Shirreff	11			2	-
JH Edrich	c Subba Row b Wild	2			-	-
CRM Atkinson	c Leary b Wild	7			1	-
D Barr	b Wild	3			-	-
*WME White	lbw b Wild	0			-	-
CS Matthews	not out	7			-	-
+R Julian	b Pearson	0			-	-
K Higgs	not out	0			-	-
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Parsons), 2-63 (Sharpe), 3-71 (Lenham), 4-82 (Edrich), 5-82 (Williams), 6-91 (Barr), 7-91 (White), 8-99 (Atkinson), 9-100 (Julian)

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Platt	8	3	15	0	-	-
Pearson	10	2	20	2	-	2
Leary	4	1	11	0	1	-
Wild	11	5	13	5	-	-
Subba Row	4	0	14	0	-	-
Shirreff	7	1	17	2	-	-

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Royal Air Force second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA Leadbetter	run out	61			5	-
R Leggett	lbw b Matthews	0			-	-
*AC Shirreff	lbw b Atkinson	16			1	-
R Subba Row	c Williams b Barr	63			9	-
SE Leary	not out	4			1	-
AS Brown	not out	1			-	-
WB Stott	did not bat
+G Millman	did not bat
J Wild	did not bat
DB Pearson	did not bat
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Leggett), 2-43 (Shirreff), 3-152 (Leadbetter), 4-159 (Subba Row)

Army bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	11	1	41	1	-	-
Barr	18	1	52	1	-	-
Atkinson	11	3	28	1	-	-
White	4	0	24	0	-	-

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Army second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Sharpe	b Pearson	0			-	-
ABD Parsons	b Leary	10			-	-
LJ Lenham	c Brown b Subba Row	27			4	-
CCP Williams	b Subba Row	5			1	-
JH Edrich	lbw b Leary	8			2	-
CRM Atkinson	c Subba Row b Leary	0			-	-
D Barr	st Millman b Subba Row	0			-	-
*WME White	c Leadbetter b Subba Row	16			4	-
CS Matthews	b Subba Row	12			3	-
+R Julian	not out	24			3	-
K Higgs	not out	2			-	-
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, 47 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Sharpe), 2-16 (Parsons), 3-31 (Williams), 4-52 (Edrich), 5-52 (Lenham), 6-52 (Barr), 7-52 (Atkinson), 8-72 (White), 9-104 (Matthews)

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Platt	3	2	1	0	-	-
Pearson	5	2	15	1	-	1
Leary	17	6	40	3	-	-
Wild	8	5	6	0	-	-
Subba Row	14	6	42	5	-	-

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