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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 27th, 28th April 1956 (2-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Toss not known | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Close of play day 1 | Warwickshire (1) 154/6 (Hitchcock 67*, Weeks 3*) | 
| Birmingham and District Cricket League first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CW Leach | c Horner b Hollies | 14 | 1 | - | |||
| NH Whiting | c Spooner b Weeks | 37 | 4 | 1 | |||
| JC Ashwell | st Spooner b Weeks | 8 | 1 | - | |||
| RW Powell | lbw b Weeks | 21 | 3 | - | |||
| JDB Edwards | c Townsend b Weeks | 0 | - | - | |||
| HC Edwards | c Cartwright b Hollies | 1 | - | - | |||
| CWC Grove | hit wkt b Hollies | 0 | - | - | |||
| B Shardlow | b Weeks | 7 | - | - | |||
| IM King | not out | 43 | 7 | - | |||
| HJ Latham | st Spooner b Hollies | 6 | - | - | |||
| +JW Thompson | st Spooner b Hollies | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64.5 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42 (Leach), 2-55 (Ashwell), 3-66 (Whiting), 4-66 (JDB Edwards), 5-71 (HC Edwards), 6-71 (Grove), 7-82 (Shardlow), 8-101 (Powell), 9-134 (Latham), 10-140 (Thompson, 64.5 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thompson | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bannister | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 22.5 | 10 | 38 | 5 | - | - | |
| Weeks | 19 | 7 | 47 | 5 | - | - | |
| Wolton | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | c Whiting b Grove | 25 | 1 | - | |||
| NF Horner | c Thompson b Grove | 10 | 2 | - | |||
| AVG Wolton | c Shardlow b Grove | 23 | 5 | - | |||
| TW Cartwright | c Leach b Shardlow | 3 | - | - | |||
| A Townsend | c Whiting b Grove | 0 | - | - | |||
| +RT Spooner | c JDB Edwards b King | 23 | 3 | - | |||
| RE Hitchcock | c King b Latham | 78 | 12 | - | |||
| RT Weeks | not out | 26 | 3 | - | |||
| JD Bannister | c Ashwell b Grove | 3 | - | - | |||
| RG Thompson | c Thompson b Shardlow | 3 | - | - | |||
| WE Hollies | st Thompson b Shardlow | 8 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 65 overs) | 202 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Horner), 2-50 (Wolton), 3-58 (Gardner), 4-60 (Townsend), 5-64 (Cartwright), 6-142 (Spooner), 7-165 (Hitchcock), 8-175 (Bannister), 9-184 (Thompson), 10-202 (Hollies, 65 ov) | |||||||
| Birmingham and District Cricket League bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Latham | 12 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grove | 26 | 9 | 61 | 5 | - | - | |
| Shardlow | 18 | 4 | 62 | 3 | - | - | |
| King | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Whiting | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Birmingham and District Cricket League second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CW Leach | c Gardner b Hitchcock | 24 | 2 | - | |||
| NH Whiting | c Hollies b Weeks | 13 | 2 | - | |||
| JC Ashwell | c Hitchcock b Weeks | 8 | 2 | - | |||
| RW Powell | c Hollies b Thompson | 40 | 4 | 1 | |||
| JDB Edwards | c Cartwright b Hitchcock | 0 | - | - | |||
| IM King | b Hitchcock | 23 | 4 | - | |||
| HC Edwards | c Hollies b Bannister | 1 | - | - | |||
| CWC Grove | b Hollies | 33 | 6 | - | |||
| B Shardlow | b Hollies | 14 | 2 | - | |||
| HJ Latham | run out | 0 | - | - | |||
| +JW Thompson | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.3 overs) | 162 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Whiting), 2-44 (Ashwell), 3-59 (Leach), 4-59 (JDB Edwards), 5-109 (Powell), 6-110 (HC Edwards), 7-130 (King), 8-158 (Shardlow), 9-162 (Latham), 10-162 (Grove, 56.3 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thompson | 11 | 2 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bannister | 13 | 4 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Weeks | 10 | 2 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hitchcock | 10 | 2 | 47 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wolton | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 4.3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | st Thompson b Shardlow | 19 | 2 | - | |||
| NF Horner | c Latham b Grove | 15 | 2 | - | |||
| AVG Wolton | c Leach b Shardlow | 7 | 1 | - | |||
| RE Hitchcock | c Thompson b Grove | 10 | 1 | - | |||
| A Townsend | c Thompson b Grove | 1 | - | - | |||
| +RT Spooner | c King b Shardlow | 19 | 2 | 1 | |||
| TW Cartwright | not out | 12 | 1 | - | |||
| JD Bannister | b Shardlow | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| RT Weeks | not out | 1 | - | - | |||
| WE Hollies | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 29 overs) | 86 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (Horner), 2-40 (Wolton), 3-50 (Gardner), 4-51 (Townsend), 5-56 (Hitchcock), 6-84 (Spooner), 7-84 (Bannister) | |||||||
| Birmingham and District Cricket League bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grove | 15 | 6 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Latham | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shardlow | 11 | 0 | 42 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Birmingham and District Cricket League first innings: 100 in 145 minutes
--> Warwickshire first innings: 100 in 130 minutes
--> Birmingham and District Cricket League second innings: 100 in 90 minutes
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