minc4897	Warwickshire Second XI v Surrey Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 15th, 16th May 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey Second XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire Second XI 1; Surrey Second XI 3
Umpires	JW Ashley, HC Turner
Scorers	CG Harding (Surrey Second XI), AE Whitehouse (Warwickshire Second XI)
Close of play day 1	Surrey Second XI (1) 172/4 (Willett 93*, Tindall 33*)

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Warwickshire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Leach	c Willett b Keeping	73		146	11	-
WJP Stewart	b Sydenham	5		20	1	-
MM Burton	b Keeping	23		22	5	-
BE Fletcher	c Chidgey b Ransom	9		31	-	-
WJ Slater	c Pratt b Ransom	8		28	-	-
JS Ord	c and b Keeping	0		9	-	-
ML Simms	st Johnson b Sydenham	21		62	2	-
BD Bishop	b Ransom	18		29	4	-
M Youll	c Johnson b Ransom	6		18	1	-
RG Carter	b Sydenham	7		15	1	-
TP Barnes	not out	0		1	-	-
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 194 minutes, 52.1 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Stewart), 2-47 (Burton), 3-79 (Fletcher), 4-109 (Slater), 5-116 (Ord), 6-149 (Leach), 7-177 (Simms), 8-177 (Bishop), 9-190 (Youll), 10-190 (Carter, 52.1 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Keeping	18	3	77	3	-	-
Sydenham	12.1	2	42	3	-	2
Ransom	17	5	30	4	-	2
Bedser	5	1	21	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	b Carter	5		10	1	-
AH Brown	b Leach	28		82	3	-
MD Willett	st Barnes b Leach	94		189	11	-
GJ Chidgey	b Leach	0		2	-	-
EA Bedser	lbw b Leach	12		48	2	-
RAE Tindall	b Bishop	49		94	5	-
DE Pratt	c Leach b Slater	2		5	-	-
VJ Ransom	c Slater b Bishop	72		61	11	2
JR Keeping	not out	29		46	6	-
LA Johnson	lbw b Carter	4		7	1	-
DAD Sydenham	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 280 minutes, 90.5 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Stewart), 2-68 (Brown), 3-68 (Chidgey), 4-114 (Bedser), 5-181 (Willett), 6-184 (Pratt), 7-222 (Tindall), 8-283 (Ransom), 9-296 (Johnson, 90.5 ov)

Warwickshire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carter	30.5	7	97	2	-	1
Bishop	19	3	82	2	-	-
Leach	26	2	80	4	-	-
Slater	15	4	36	1	-	-

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Warwickshire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Leach	c Stewart b Bedser	33		71	3	-
TP Barnes	c Brown b Ransom	17		129	2	-
WJP Stewart	c Johnson b Ransom	21		32	4	-
MM Burton	c Pratt b Sydenham	24		40	3	-
WJ Slater	not out	51		125	6	-
JS Ord	b Keeping	9		29	1	-
BE Fletcher	b Sydenham	13		23	2	-
ML Simms	c Johnson b Tindall	12		32	1	-
BD Bishop	c Brown b Stewart	17		17	3	-
M Youll	did not bat
RG Carter	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 256 minutes, 85.3 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Leach), 2-71 (Stewart), 3-88 (Barnes), 4-104 (Burton), 5-128 (Ord), 6-149 (Fletcher), 7-183 (Simms), 8-209 (Bishop, 85.3 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Keeping	10	5	23	1	-	2
Sydenham	23	9	47	2	-	3
Pratt	18	6	42	0	-	-
Bedser	15	4	31	1	-	-
Ransom	13	2	36	2	-	1
Tindall	5	0	10	1	-	-
Brown	1	0	4	0	-	-
Stewart	0.3	0	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 50 in 46 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 100 in 93 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 150 in 150 minutes
--> Surrey Second XI first innings: 50 in 63 minutes
--> Surrey Second XI first innings: 100 in 127 minutes
--> Surrey Second XI first innings: 150 in 165 minutes
--> Surrey Second XI first innings: 200 in 220 minutes
--> Surrey Second XI first innings: 250 in 252 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI second innings: 50 in 81 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI second innings: 100 in 137 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI second innings: 150 in 206 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI second innings: 200 in 246 minutes
--> BD Bishop made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Youll made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Keeping made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Ord made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ML Simms made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CW Leach (1) 50 in 94 minutes
--> CW Leach (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MD Willett (1) 50 in 104 minutes
--> MD Willett (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> VJ Ransom (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> VJ Ransom (1) 50 in 48 minutes
--> WJ Slater (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Slater (2) 50 in 123 minutes
--> DAD Sydenham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed ML Simms in the Warwickshire Second XI first innings (previous best was 1-19)
--> VJ Ransom reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed M Youll, his 4th wicket in the Warwickshire Second XI first innings
--> CW Leach achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed EA Bedser in the Surrey Second XI first innings (previous best was 2-6)

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