| f21484 | |
| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 8th, 9th, 10th August 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by an innings and 127 runs |
| Umpires | E Cooke, P Corrall |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 47/1 (Burke 16*, Harvey 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (1) 424/4 (Miller 46*, Benaud 1*) |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | run out | 1 | |||||
| NF Horner | st Maddocks b Benaud | 29 | |||||
| AVG Wolton | c and b Benaud | 34 | |||||
| MJK Smith | c Maddocks b Miller | 55 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | b Benaud | 13 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | lbw b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | c Rutherford b Benaud | 12 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | not out | 41 | |||||
| JD Bannister | c Archer b Miller | 0 | |||||
| RG Thompson | b Lindwall | 0 | |||||
| *WE Hollies | b Lindwall | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84.2 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-63, 3-72, 4-96, 5-98, 6-122, 7-153, 8-153, 9-174, 10-194 (84.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 11.2 | 3 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Crawford | 12 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Archer | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 30 | 16 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 10 | 4 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Miller | 10 | 5 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Burke | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW Burke | b Thompson | 194 | |||||
| JW Rutherford | b Swaranjit Singh | 25 | |||||
| RN Harvey | b Swaranjit Singh | 145 | |||||
| ID Craig | c Wolton b Swaranjit Singh | 3 | |||||
| *KR Miller | not out | 46 | |||||
| R Benaud | not out | 1 | |||||
| RG Archer | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Lindwall | did not bat | ||||||
| +LV Maddocks | did not bat | ||||||
| WPA Crawford | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 153 overs) | 424 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-315, 3-319, 4-422 | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bannister | 29 | 6 | 73 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thompson | 26 | 7 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 49 | 12 | 128 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swaranjit Singh | 37 | 4 | 107 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hitchcock | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wolton | 8 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | b Crawford | 1 | |||||
| NF Horner | lbw b Wilson | 28 | |||||
| AVG Wolton | c Archer b Benaud | 13 | |||||
| MJK Smith | c Rutherford b Benaud | 14 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | c Burke b Benaud | 14 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | c and b Benaud | 5 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | c Rutherford b Benaud | 3 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | c Crawford b Wilson | 8 | |||||
| JD Bannister | c Rutherford b Benaud | 3 | |||||
| RG Thompson | not out | 6 | |||||
| *WE Hollies | st Maddocks b Wilson | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 43.5 overs) | 103 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-38, 3-49, 4-72, 5-72, 6-77, 7-88, 8-88, 9-92, 10-103 (43.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Crawford | 8 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 16 | 6 | 31 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 13.5 | 4 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> JW Burke (1) passed his previous highest score of 192 in First-Class matches
--> JW Burke (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 28
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> RG Thompson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians first innings
--> R Benaud reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> WPA Crawford reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
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