f21306 cc10618	Lancashire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 30th, 31st May, 1st June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 162 runs
Points	Lancashire 12; Warwickshire 0
Umpires	P Corrall, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 16/1 (Gardner 3*, Wolton 9*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 223/3 (Washbrook 33*, Grieves 14*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Thompson b Hollies	12
J Dyson	lbw b Hollies	38
GA Edrich	lbw b Dollery	36
*C Washbrook	lbw b Hitchcock	38
KJ Grieves	lbw b Hollies	29
G Pullar	b Hollies	8
R Collins	c Spooner b Dollery	45
MJ Hilton	lbw b Dollery	31
+J Jordan	b Dollery	7
JB Statham	not out	20
R Tattersall	c Bannister b Hollies	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-61, 3-111, 4-148, 5-159, 6-170, 7-235, 8-244, 9-269, 10-270 (102.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	8	2	11	0	-	-
Bannister	14	3	43	0	-	-
Hollies	38.2	7	105	5	-	-
Hitchcock	16	4	39	1	-	-
Wolton	2	0	5	0	-	-
Dollery	24	2	61	4	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	run out	9
NF Horner	lbw b Statham	2
AVG Wolton	c Hilton b Tattersall	18
CW Leach	c Jordan b Wharton	15
RE Hitchcock	b Tattersall	6
A Townsend	not out	48
+RT Spooner	lbw b Tattersall	27
KR Dollery	b Hilton	5
JD Bannister	c Edrich b Hilton	0
RG Thompson	b Tattersall	7
*WE Hollies	c Edrich b Hilton	6
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-31, 3-31, 4-45, 5-63, 6-104, 7-118, 8-118, 9-143, 10-154 (75.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	19	3	42	1	-	-
Tattersall	28	9	45	4	-	-
Wharton	4	1	12	1	-	-
Hilton	16.1	7	20	3	-	-
Collins	3	0	16	0	-	-
Dyson	5	0	8	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Leach b Hollies	116
J Dyson	b Thompson	32
GA Edrich	c Hollies b Bannister	19
*C Washbrook	not out	33
KJ Grieves	not out	14
G Pullar	did not bat
R Collins	did not bat
MJ Hilton	did not bat
+J Jordan	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-149, 3-185

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	6	0	34	1	-	-
Bannister	9	0	45	1	-	-
Hollies	15	7	20	1	-	-
Hitchcock	5	0	29	0	-	-
Wolton	2	0	9	0	-	-
Dollery	18	3	62	0	-	-
Leach	7	2	15	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b Hilton	32
NF Horner	c and b Wharton	8
AVG Wolton	c Hilton b Tattersall	93
CW Leach	lbw b Tattersall	16
RE Hitchcock	c Grieves b Statham	4
A Townsend	b Tattersall	0
+RT Spooner	c Grieves b Collins	0
KR Dollery	lbw b Tattersall	4
JD Bannister	b Tattersall	5
RG Thompson	not out	0
*WE Hollies	c Washbrook b Tattersall	0
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-139, 3-153, 4-160, 5-163, 6-164, 7-164, 8-174, 9-177, 10-177 (69.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	12	5	15	1	-	-
Tattersall	22.2	10	41	6	-	-
Wharton	5	2	20	1	-	-
Hilton	12	3	43	1	-	-
Collins	15	6	32	1	-	-
Dyson	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> A Wharton (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> A Wharton (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 71
--> AVG Wolton (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21

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