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| Venue | Ernest Pass Memorial Ground, Barrow-in-Furness on 30th, 31st July 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Lancashire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Lancashire Second XI 2; Cumberland 2 |
| Umpires | J Buckingham, L Fisher |
| Scorers | J Buckingham, W Heys |
| Close of play day 1 | Cumberland (1) ?/1 |
| Lancashire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Smith | c Ashman b JF Dennis | 61 | |||||
| RW Barber | lbw b WJ Dennis | 29 | |||||
| I Gibson | c and b Millican | 43 | |||||
| JD Bond | c Denver b Millican | 7 | |||||
| G Coombe | c Denver b Thompson | 16 | |||||
| J Alker | b WJ Dennis | 23 | |||||
| *MG Rhodes | not out | 31 | |||||
| +EE Greenhalgh | b WJ Dennis | 21 | |||||
| R Tattersall | not out | 7 | |||||
| F Moore | did not bat | ||||||
| EA Kelly | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 76 overs) | 247 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59, 2-131, 3-147, 4-147, 5-182, 6-188, 7-228 | |||||||
| Cumberland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| WJ Dennis | 26 | 5 | 72 | 3 | - | - | |
| JF Dennis | 18 | 2 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Millican | 13 | 3 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Thompson | 16 | 1 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sarjeant | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Cumberland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Talbot | c Moore b Tattersall | 54 | |||||
| RJ English | b Kelly | 0 | |||||
| GA Ashman | c Moore b Coombe | 37 | |||||
| JF Dennis | b Kelly | 9 | |||||
| B Hurst | c Barber b Tattersall | 21 | |||||
| JH Millican | lbw b Moore | 4 | |||||
| WJ Dennis | b Moore | 3 | |||||
| W Hirst | b Moore | 2 | |||||
| P Sarjeant | not out | 5 | |||||
| TE Thompson | not out | 0 | |||||
| +JR Denver | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 74 overs) | 144 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-79, 3-93, 4-120, 5-125, 6-133, 7-133, 8-135 | |||||||
| Lancashire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kelly | 19 | 3 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Moore | 21 | 9 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tattersall | 25 | 13 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Coombe | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gibson | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | 1 | |