f21529	Gentlemen of England v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen of England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	E Cooke, WT Jones
Scorers	AJB Fowler (Gentlemen of England), N Gorman (Australians)
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 226/8 (Maddocks 0*, Crawford 0*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Rutherford	lbw b Marlar	9
KD Mackay	b Warr	67
PJP Burge	c Palmer b Warr	36
RN Harvey	st Blake b Marlar	14
CC McDonald	b Marlar	10
R Benaud	c Allan b Warr	4
AK Davidson	run out	56		45	7	1
*KR Miller	hit wkt b Warr	17
+LV Maddocks	not out	0
WPA Crawford	not out	0
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(13 b)	13
Total	(8 wickets, 71 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-112, 3-115, 4-131, 5-142, 6-174, 7-224, 8-226

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	9	4	22	0	-	-
Warr	29	12	46	4	-	-
Marlar	22	5	104	3	-	-
Allan	6	0	18	0	-	-
Goonesena	5	0	23	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	did not bat
MC Cowdrey	did not bat
RT Simpson	did not bat
*DJ Insole	did not bat
CH Palmer	did not bat
JM Allan	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
G Goonesena	did not bat
+DE Blake	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> KD Mackay (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 28
--> PJP Burge (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JJ Warr reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians first innings

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