f21504 cc10775	Gloucestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1956
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 18th, 20th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 75 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 12; Kent 0
Umpires	DE Davies, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 209/4 (Crapp 53*, Emmett 61*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	c Allan b Wright	44
DM Young	b Halfyard	1
W Knightley-Smith	c Halfyard b Ridgway	8
TW Graveney	run out	37
JF Crapp	c Pettiford b Ridgway	87
*GM Emmett	b Ridgway	95
DG Hawkins	not out	4
GEE Lambert	not out	6
+P Rochford	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 101 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-22, 3-95, 4-98, 5-278, 6-281

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ridgway	25	9	52	3	-	-
Halfyard	23	8	56	1	-	-
Dixon	17	4	61	0	-	-
Wright	26	2	91	1	-	-
Allan	10	3	22	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	lbw b Wells	18
MC Cowdrey	c and b Wells	9
RC Wilson	b Wells	0
JM Allan	b Cook	2
AE Fagg	c Milton b Cook	0
AL Dixon	c Lambert b Cook	0
+TG Evans	c Emmett b Wells	2
J Pettiford	c Milton b Cook	3
F Ridgway	c Milton b Cook	0
DJ Halfyard	lbw b Cook	1
*DVP Wright	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 34.1 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-25, 3-30, 4-30, 5-30, 6-32, 7-41, 8-41, 9-41, 10-45 (34.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	3	1	8	0	-	-
Milton	2	0	6	0	-	-
Wells	15	9	13	4	-	-
Cook	14.1	8	11	6	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	b Lambert	2
MC Cowdrey	not out	65
RC Wilson	c Rochford b Wells	20
JM Allan	b Wells	0
AE Fagg	lbw b Cook	1
AL Dixon	c and b Wells	22
+TG Evans	c Milton b Wells	7
J Pettiford	b Wells	0
F Ridgway	b Hawkins	15
DJ Halfyard	c Milton b Hawkins	4
*DVP Wright	c Knightley-Smith b Cook	22
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 68.4 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-59, 3-59, 4-60, 5-95, 6-107, 7-107, 8-135, 9-139, 10-169 (68.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	3	1	4	1	-	-
Milton	1	0	3	0	-	-
Wells	29	6	65	5	-	-
Cook	30.4	8	67	2	-	-
Graveney	3	1	10	0	-	-
Hawkins	2	0	9	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JF Crapp (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> JF Crapp (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 52
--> JF Crapp (1) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> BD Wells reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings

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