f22914 cc11482	Warwickshire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 15th, 17th, 18th August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 68 runs
Points	Warwickshire 4 (Batting 2); Lancashire 12
Umpires	PA Gibb, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 145/7 (Spooner 21*, Bridge 3*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 292/6 (Clayton 49*, Statham 8*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	b Thompson	0
*A Wharton	lbw b Cartwright	20
JD Bond	b Thompson	5
KJ Grieves	b Thompson	45
DM Green	b Thompson	0
BJ Booth	b Thompson	4
+G Clayton	b Bannister	14
JB Statham	c Spooner b Thompson	0
T Greenhough	b Cartwright	31
C Hilton	b Thompson	17
K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-30, 4-41, 5-53, 6-94, 7-94, 8-101, 9-143, 10-143 (55.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	22	7	52	7	-	-
Bannister	17	4	41	1	-	-
Cartwright	9.2	1	36	2	-	-
Carter	7	4	7	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NF Horner	lbw b Higgs	3
WJP Stewart	c Bond b Higgs	70
A Townsend	lbw b Greenhough	21
*MJK Smith	b Higgs	10
AVG Wolton	c Clayton b Statham	14
TW Cartwright	b Higgs	0
+RT Spooner	b Higgs	50
JD Bannister	b Statham	0
WB Bridge	c Clayton b Statham	7
RG Carter	b Higgs	0
RG Thompson	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-62, 3-81, 4-107, 5-108, 6-125, 7-126, 8-154, 9-167, 10-180 (69.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	28	4	54	3	-	-
Higgs	31.2	6	72	6	-	-
Hilton	3	1	10	0	-	-
Greenhough	7	1	39	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Wharton	lbw b Bridge	24
G Pullar	c Smith b Cartwright	68
BJ Booth	c Cartwright b Bridge	6
KJ Grieves	c Spooner b Thompson	53
JD Bond	c and b Carter	56
DM Green	run out	7
+G Clayton	c Smith b Bannister	66
JB Statham	b Bannister	13
T Greenhough	b Bridge	10
C Hilton	lbw b Bridge	12
K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 133.4 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-80, 3-118, 4-178, 5-192, 6-269, 7-298, 8-316, 9-336, 10-336 (133.4 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	27	3	52	1	-	-
Bannister	30	8	76	2	-	-
Cartwright	15	7	37	1	-	-
Carter	14	4	53	1	-	-
Townsend	5	1	10	0	-	-
Bridge	42.4	18	87	4	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NF Horner	lbw b Statham	10
WJP Stewart	c Clayton b Greenhough	32
A Townsend	b Statham	1
*MJK Smith	c Bond b Greenhough	71
AVG Wolton	b Higgs	12
TW Cartwright	not out	57
+RT Spooner	c Hilton b Greenhough	17
JD Bannister	c Bond b Greenhough	0
WB Bridge	lbw b Greenhough	0
RG Carter	b Statham	4
RG Thompson	c Grieves b Higgs	6
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 65.5 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-22, 3-65, 4-99, 5-144, 6-180, 7-191, 8-195, 9-216, 10-231 (65.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	15	4	28	3	-	-
Higgs	15.5	1	62	2	-	-
Hilton	4	0	20	0	-	-
Greenhough	23	6	73	5	-	-
Booth	8	1	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Wharton (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> AVG Wolton (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 9

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