misc31971	Royal Air Force v Royal Navy
	Other matches in England 1956
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Royal Air Force won by 5 wickets
Umpires	BL Munden, HPH Sharp
Close of play day 1	Royal Air Force (1) 15/2
Close of play day 2

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Royal Navy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GG Tordoff	c Millman b Pearson	62
RM Foster	b Platt	5
MLY Ainsworth	b Pearson	38
*FC Boys	b Shirreff	37
AT Davis	b Shirreff	8
HYL Beverley	c Millman b Platt	0
RA Smith	c Millman b Platt	0
RG Stevens	c Wild b Platt	4
RD Tordorff	b Platt	2
+RJL Hammond	c Subba Row b Shirreff	5
RD Healey	not out	15
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-88, 3-131, 4-160, 5-161, 6-161, 7-161, 8-166, 9-168, 10-190 (75.1 ov)

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearson	27	6	52	2	-	-
Platt	27	10	70	5	-	-
Shirreff	20.1	5	54	3	-	-
Wild	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Royal Air Force first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA Leadbetter	c Tordorff b Healey	39
R Leggett	c Beverley b Healey	1
SE Leary	run out	6
R Subba Row	c Hammond b Tordoff	1
*AC Shirreff	c Healey b Tordoff	0
AS Brown	b Healey	10
WB Stott	c Tordorff b Tordoff	26
+G Millman	not out	15
J Wild	st Hammond b Stevens	3
DB Pearson	not out	8
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-13, 3-16, 4-16, 5-53, 6-60, 7-104, 8-106

Royal Navy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tordoff	15	5	35	3	-	-
Healey	18	4	39	3	-	-
Tordorff	9	2	16	0	-	-
Stevens	6	1	19	1	-	-

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Royal Navy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GG Tordoff	c Leggett b Shirreff	7
RM Foster	run out	36
MLY Ainsworth	lbw b Shirreff	0
*FC Boys	not out	24
RG Stevens	c Stott b Shirreff	5
AT Davis	run out	2
HYL Beverley	did not bat
RA Smith	did not bat
RD Tordorff	did not bat
+RJL Hammond	did not bat
RD Healey	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 29.3 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-30, 3-56, 4-70, 5-76 (29.3 ov)

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearson	7	1	16	0	-	-
Platt	6	2	13	0	-	-
Shirreff	12.3	2	32	3	-	-
Wild	2	0	4	0	-	-
Leary	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Royal Air Force second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA Leadbetter	c Boys b Tordoff	9
R Leggett	b Tordoff	15
SE Leary	not out	46
R Subba Row	c Foster b Tordoff	18
*AC Shirreff	b Tordorff	48
AS Brown	b Tordorff	2
J Wild	not out	4
WB Stott	did not bat
+G Millman	did not bat
DB Pearson	did not bat
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 3 w)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 25.5 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-28, 3-64, 4-135, 5-143

Royal Navy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Healey	6	0	38	0	-	-
Tordoff	12.5	0	72	3	-	-
Tordorff	7	0	32	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but extended to three.

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