f21371 cc10666	Warwickshire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Warwickshire 12; Lancashire 0
Umpires	H Elliott, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 125/2 (Gardner 49*, Weeks 7*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 22/2 (Gardner 9*, Wolton 4*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b Bannister	35
J Dyson	c Spooner b Carter	13
GA Edrich	lbw b Bannister	2
*C Washbrook	c Gardner b Weeks	78
KJ Grieves	c Spooner b Townsend	3
G Pullar	c Gardner b Weeks	36
MJ Hilton	b Townsend	1
+J Jordan	lbw b Hollies	1
F Moore	b Bannister	3
T Greenhough	c Spooner b Weeks	0
R Tattersall	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-41, 3-54, 4-61, 5-131, 6-139, 7-146, 8-157, 9-165, 10-172 (71.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	15	3	33	3	-	-
Carter	13	2	50	1	-	-
Townsend	9	2	27	2	-	-
Weeks	18.2	5	39	3	-	-
Hollies	16	4	23	1	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Jordan b Tattersall	63
NF Horner	c Jordan b Wharton	1
AVG Wolton	c Jordan b Greenhough	56
RT Weeks	c Hilton b Tattersall	17
WJP Stewart	c Hilton b Greenhough	29
RE Hitchcock	b Moore	16
+RT Spooner	lbw b Greenhough	4
A Townsend	not out	5
RG Carter	st Jordan b Greenhough	0
JD Bannister	lbw b Greenhough	0
*WE Hollies	b Tattersall	0
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 7 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-110, 3-150, 4-153, 5-189, 6-197, 7-209, 8-209, 9-209, 10-210 (103 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moore	14	2	51	1	-	-
Wharton	8	2	22	1	-	-
Tattersall	23	13	28	3	-	-
Greenhough	38	17	67	5	-	-
Hilton	20	12	23	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Townsend b Carter	2
J Dyson	c Spooner b Bannister	1
GA Edrich	c Spooner b Weeks	33
*C Washbrook	c Townsend b Carter	12
KJ Grieves	b Hollies	26
G Pullar	c Gardner b Weeks	9
MJ Hilton	run out	2
+J Jordan	c Wolton b Hollies	12
F Moore	b Townsend	10
T Greenhough	c and b Hollies	2
R Tattersall	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-18, 4-60, 5-73, 6-76, 7-101, 8-105, 9-117, 10-119 (68.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	12	3	16	1	-	-
Carter	10	0	28	2	-	-
Townsend	7.1	2	12	1	-	-
Weeks	20	9	29	2	-	-
Hollies	19	7	26	3	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	not out	34
NF Horner	c Jordan b Greenhough	9
RT Weeks	c Dyson b Greenhough	0
AVG Wolton	c Edrich b Greenhough	14
WJP Stewart	not out	21
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
+RT Spooner	did not bat
A Townsend	did not bat
RG Carter	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
*WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 33.2 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-50

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moore	2	0	12	0	-	-
Wharton	2	0	2	0	-	-
Tattersall	12	7	14	0	-	-
Greenhough	14	4	40	3	-	-
Hilton	3	1	5	0	-	-
Washbrook	0.2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FC Gardner (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> WJP Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> RT Weeks reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> T Greenhough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Warwickshire first innings (previous best was 4-10)
--> T Greenhough achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Warwickshire first innings
--> T Greenhough reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> T Greenhough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Warwickshire first innings (previous best was 4-10)
--> T Greenhough achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Warwickshire first innings

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