| f20877 | |
| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | F Chester, D Davies |
| Close of play day 1 | Warwickshire (1) 107/1 (Wolton 58*, Townsend 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Combined Services (2) 137/1 (Shirreff 59*) |
| Combined Services first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Gardner b Hitchcock | 73 | |||||
| *AC Shirreff | b Dollery | 0 | |||||
| WB Stott | c Lewis b Latham | 17 | |||||
| MLY Ainsworth | b Latham | 0 | |||||
| ALSS Thackara | c Stewart b Hitchcock | 34 | |||||
| +JT Murray | b Hitchcock | 14 | |||||
| SE Leary | not out | 59 | |||||
| DA Allen | lbw b Hitchcock | 0 | |||||
| GH McKinna | lbw b Hitchcock | 1 | |||||
| CS Matthews | st Lewis b Hitchcock | 19 | |||||
| MJ Cowan | b Paul | 22 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.2 overs) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-34, 3-38, 4-109, 5-140, 6-145, 7-145, 8-149, 9-183, 10-251 (82.2 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Latham | 22 | 4 | 73 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dollery | 22 | 2 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Paul | 9.2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| King | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hitchcock | 22 | 9 | 54 | 6 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | retired hurt | 36 | |||||
| RT Spooner | b Cowan | 10 | |||||
| AVG Wolton | c Cowan b McKinna | 136 | |||||
| A Townsend | lbw b Allen | 22 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | c Ainsworth b Allen | 45 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | b Cowan | 3 | |||||
| NA Paul | c Murray b Allen | 40 | |||||
| *+EB Lewis | b Allen | 29 | |||||
| KR Dollery | lbw b Allen | 8 | |||||
| HJ Latham | b Shirreff | 2 | |||||
| IM King | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb, 1 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93.1 overs) | 345 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-173, 3-226, 4-229, 5-296, 6-315, 7-338, 8-345, 9-345 (93.1 ov) | |||||||
| Combined Services bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowan | 21 | 3 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| McKinna | 16 | 1 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shirreff | 22 | 5 | 78 | 1 | - | - | |
| Matthews | 11 | 2 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allen | 19.1 | 2 | 58 | 5 | - | - | |
| Leary | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Combined Services second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Lewis b Dollery | 78 | |||||
| *AC Shirreff | not out | 59 | |||||
| WB Stott | did not bat | ||||||
| MLY Ainsworth | did not bat | ||||||
| ALSS Thackara | did not bat | ||||||
| +JT Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| SE Leary | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| GH McKinna | did not bat | ||||||
| CS Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Cowan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 47.5 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-137 (Richardson, 47.5 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Latham | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dollery | 6.5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Paul | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| King | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hitchcock | 14 | 6 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wolton | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HJ Latham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GH McKinna made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> RE Hitchcock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Combined Services first innings (previous best was 4-101)
--> RE Hitchcock achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Combined Services first innings
--> FC Gardner retired hurt in the Warwickshire first innings having scored 36 (team score 101/1)
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