f21339 cc10645	Lancashire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 13th, 14th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 111 runs
Points	Lancashire 12; Middlesex 0
Umpires	JS Buller, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 30/5 (Titmus 3*, Gale 0*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dyson	b Bennett	7
S Smith	c Murray b Warr	5
GA Edrich	c Tilly b Titmus	28
*C Washbrook	c Titmus b Warr	95
KJ Grieves	c Gale b Titmus	66
G Pullar	run out	13
R Collins	c Hooker b Tilly	10
MJ Hilton	c Edrich b Hurst	34
+J Jordan	c Hooker b Hurst	28
JB Statham	c Murray b Bennett	32
R Tattersall	not out	5
Extras	(14 b, 4 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 95.3 overs)	341
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-16, 3-78, 4-195, 5-229, 6-230, 7-246, 8-287, 9-331, 10-341 (95.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	16	1	39	2	-	-
Bennett	13.3	0	42	2	-	-
Titmus	30	5	120	2	-	-
Robins	11	2	47	0	-	-
Hurst	20	9	57	2	-	-
Tilly	5	2	18	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Statham	4
+JT Murray	c Hilton b Tattersall	0
*WJ Edrich	lbw b Statham	10
RW Hooker	c Edrich b Tattersall	6
D Bennett	c Grieves b Hilton	7
FJ Titmus	b Tattersall	40
RA Gale	c Pullar b Hilton	8
RVC Robins	lbw b Statham	24
JJ Warr	not out	8
HW Tilly	b Statham	4
RJ Hurst	c Edrich b Tattersall	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-18, 4-20, 5-27, 6-61, 7-91, 8-103, 9-111, 10-114 (59.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	11	2	34	4	-	-
Tattersall	22.2	9	41	4	-	-
Hilton	19	14	19	2	-	-
Collins	7	0	17	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Statham	0
+JT Murray	b Tattersall	30
*WJ Edrich	c Hilton b Statham	2
RW Hooker	b Tattersall	11
D Bennett	c Statham b Hilton	1
FJ Titmus	c Grieves b Tattersall	0
RA Gale	c Jordan b Statham	35
RVC Robins	b Hilton	27
JJ Warr	c Jordan b Statham	6
HW Tilly	c Jordan b Statham	0
RJ Hurst	not out	0
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 46.2 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-39, 4-44, 5-44, 6-44, 7-94, 8-112, 9-116, 10-116 (46.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	13.2	6	31	5	-	-
Tattersall	15	5	23	3	-	-
Hilton	15	4	46	2	-	-
Collins	3	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> C Washbrook (1) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 61
--> FJ Titmus (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> R Tattersall reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JB Statham reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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