f21267 cc10589	Gloucestershire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 16th, 17th, 18th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Warwickshire 12
Umpires	JS Buller, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 286/5 (Emmett 124*, Mortimore 30*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (1) 204/3 (Gardner 74*, Hitchcock 18*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Spooner b Dollery	5
+P Rochford	c Spooner b Thompson	1
TW Graveney	b Dollery	16
JF Crapp	c Spooner b Thompson	88
CA Milton	c Bannister b Townsend	19
*GM Emmett	c Townsend b Dollery	132
JB Mortimore	not out	36
GEE Lambert	b Dollery	4
BD Wells	c Wolton b Dollery	0
C Cook	did not bat
FP McHugh	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 115.4 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-7, 3-40, 4-78, 5-200, 6-297, 7-305, 8-305 (115.4 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	24	5	44	2	-	-
Bannister	16	3	41	0	-	-
Dollery	26.4	4	77	5	-	-
Townsend	17	2	51	1	-	-
Hollies	20	5	46	0	-	-
Hitchcock	12	1	42	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Milton b Cook	120
NF Horner	c Rochford b Lambert	8
AVG Wolton	b Mortimore	95
+RT Spooner	c Milton b Cook	6
RE Hitchcock	c Rochford b Graveney	44
A Townsend	run out	34
TW Cartwright	not out	1
KR Dollery	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
RG Thompson	did not bat
*WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 156.1 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-170, 3-183, 4-246, 5-311, 6-316 (156.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	24	4	74	1	-	-
McHugh	22	5	38	0	-	-
Wells	29	9	52	0	-	-
Cook	44.1	21	53	2	-	-
Graveney	15	6	42	1	-	-
Mortimore	22	4	49	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Bannister	16
*GM Emmett	c Hitchcock b Thompson	18
TW Graveney	b Bannister	12
JF Crapp	not out	48
CA Milton	hit wkt b Hollies	1
JB Mortimore	not out	36
+P Rochford	did not bat
GEE Lambert	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
FP McHugh	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-45, 3-50, 4-65

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	7	0	15	1	-	-
Bannister	9	2	36	2	-	-
Dollery	3	0	10	0	-	-
Hollies	11	7	16	1	-	-
Hitchcock	10	1	30	0	-	-
Wolton	7	2	24	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RT Spooner	c Graveney b Cook	25
NF Horner	not out	68
AVG Wolton	not out	30
FC Gardner	did not bat
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
A Townsend	did not bat
TW Cartwright	did not bat
KR Dollery	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
RG Thompson	did not bat
*WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 24.2 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-75 (Spooner)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	4	0	24	0	-	-
McHugh	9.2	0	52	0	-	-
Wells	3	0	15	0	-	-
Cook	8	1	32	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JF Crapp (1) passed 22500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> GM Emmett (1) passed 21000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> FC Gardner (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 118
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> NF Horner (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 56

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