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| Venue | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 20th, 21st June 1956 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Gloucestershire won by 10 wickets | 
| Points | Gloucestershire 12; Yorkshire 4 | 
| Umpires | D Davies, AE Pothecary | 
| Close of play day 1 | Yorkshire (2) 14/1 (Illingworth 4*, Wilson 6*) | 
| Yorkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FA Lowson | b Lambert | 11 | |||||
| R Illingworth | lbw b Lambert | 1 | |||||
| JV Wilson | c Rochford b Lambert | 0 | |||||
| *WHH Sutcliffe | b Lambert | 10 | |||||
| K Taylor | lbw b Cook | 18 | |||||
| DB Close | c Mortimore b Lambert | 42 | |||||
| WB Stott | c Rochford b Smith | 0 | |||||
| E Leadbeater | b Lambert | 0 | |||||
| +JG Binks | c Rochford b Lambert | 0 | |||||
| RK Platt | not out | 3 | |||||
| P Hodgson | b Lambert | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 40.5 overs) | 95 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-6, 3-23, 4-28, 5-76, 6-83, 7-85, 8-85, 9-88, 10-95 (40.5 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 17.5 | 3 | 35 | 8 | - | - | |
| Smith | 9 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wells | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 10 | 4 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GM Emmett | lbw b Platt | 16 | |||||
| CA Milton | lbw b Platt | 15 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | c Lowson b Platt | 29 | |||||
| JF Crapp | c Platt b Illingworth | 1 | |||||
| DG Hawkins | b Illingworth | 0 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | c and b Platt | 11 | |||||
| GEE Lambert | not out | 8 | |||||
| DR Smith | b Platt | 0 | |||||
| +P Rochford | b Platt | 1 | |||||
| C Cook | run out | 3 | |||||
| BD Wells | b Platt | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 41 overs) | 88 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-36, 3-50, 4-58, 5-66, 6-79, 7-79, 8-81, 9-88, 10-88 (41 ov) | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Platt | 19 | 8 | 40 | 7 | - | - | |
| Hodgson | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 13 | 6 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FA Lowson | run out | 1 | |||||
| R Illingworth | lbw b Lambert | 6 | |||||
| JV Wilson | b Wells | 23 | |||||
| *WHH Sutcliffe | lbw b Wells | 21 | |||||
| K Taylor | run out | 19 | |||||
| DB Close | lbw b Wells | 4 | |||||
| WB Stott | b Mortimore | 0 | |||||
| E Leadbeater | b Mortimore | 0 | |||||
| +JG Binks | c Crapp b Cook | 3 | |||||
| RK Platt | c Rochford b Mortimore | 0 | |||||
| P Hodgson | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 58.2 overs) | 91 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-17, 3-49, 4-60, 5-78, 6-78, 7-78, 8-81, 9-83, 10-91 (58.2 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 12 | 5 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 12 | 6 | 21 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cook | 7.2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 21 | 12 | 20 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GM Emmett | not out | 62 | |||||
| CA Milton | not out | 31 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | did not bat | ||||||
| JF Crapp | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Hawkins | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Mortimore | did not bat | ||||||
| GEE Lambert | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| +P Rochford | did not bat | ||||||
| C Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| BD Wells | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 20.1 overs) | 100 | |||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Platt | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hodgson | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Close | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leadbeater | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GEE Lambert achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Yorkshire first innings (previous best was 7-73)
--> GEE Lambert reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> GEE Lambert achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Yorkshire first innings (previous best was 7-73)
--> RK Platt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 7-70)
--> RK Platt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 7-70)
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