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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gentlemen of England won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | E Cooke, WT Jones |
| Scorers | AJB Fowler (Gentlemen of England), N Gorman (Australians) |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 226/8 (Maddocks 0*, Crawford 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW Rutherford | lbw b Marlar | 9 | |||||
| KD Mackay | b Warr | 67 | |||||
| PJP Burge | c Palmer b Warr | 36 | |||||
| RN Harvey | st Blake b Marlar | 14 | |||||
| CC McDonald | b Marlar | 10 | |||||
| R Benaud | c Allan b Warr | 4 | |||||
| AK Davidson | run out | 56 | 45 | 7 | 1 | ||
| *KR Miller | hit wkt b Warr | 17 | |||||
| +LV Maddocks | not out | 0 | |||||
| WPA Crawford | not out | 0 | |||||
| JW Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 71 overs) | 226 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-112, 3-115, 4-131, 5-142, 6-174, 7-224, 8-226 | |||||||
| Gentlemen of England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 9 | 4 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warr | 29 | 12 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 22 | 5 | 104 | 3 | - | - | |
| Allan | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gentlemen of England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Cowdrey | did not bat | ||||||
| RT Simpson | did not bat | ||||||
| *DJ Insole | did not bat | ||||||
| CH Palmer | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Allan | did not bat | ||||||
| TE Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| G Goonesena | did not bat | ||||||
| +DE Blake | did not bat | ||||||
| JJ Warr | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Marlar | did not bat | ||||||