f21384 cc10675	Middlesex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 30th June, 2nd, 3rd July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 0; Lancashire 4
Umpires	FS Lee, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 347/7 (Hilton 50*, Statham 7*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 60/3 (Robertson 28*, Hooker 14*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Edrich b Compton	57
J Dyson	c Compton b Titmus	16
GA Edrich	c Compton b Warr	69
*C Washbrook	c Compton b Hurst	13
KJ Grieves	b Hurst	88
G Pullar	b Hurst	23
MJ Hilton	not out	50
+J Jordan	c Bennett b Hurst	12
JB Statham	not out	7
T Greenhough	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	347
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-84, 3-99, 4-236, 5-262, 6-307, 7-327

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	22	4	61	1	-	-
Bennett	21	2	58	0	-	-
Tilly	11	1	33	0	-	-
Titmus	15	6	33	1	-	-
Hooker	2	0	3	0	-	-
Compton	7	0	22	1	-	-
Hurst	33	11	101	4	-	-
Parfitt	5	0	24	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Grieves b Tattersall	40
+JT Murray	lbw b Statham	2
*WJ Edrich	c Grieves b Statham	4
DCS Compton	b Wharton	4
RW Hooker	c Jordan b Greenhough	33
D Bennett	c Statham b Hilton	26
FJ Titmus	b Greenhough	0
PH Parfitt	c Jordan b Greenhough	8
JJ Warr	b Greenhough	29
HW Tilly	run out	3
RJ Hurst	not out	4
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-19, 3-32, 4-78, 5-96, 6-96, 7-118, 8-138, 9-142, 10-168 (75.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	16	3	40	2	-	-
Wharton	7	2	17	1	-	-
Tattersall	18	8	21	1	-	-
Hilton	15	8	38	1	-	-
Greenhough	19.4	8	37	4	-	-

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Wharton	7
+JT Murray	c Edrich b Greenhough	24
*WJ Edrich	c Wharton b Hilton	39
DCS Compton	c Edrich b Hilton	1
RW Hooker	c Wharton b Statham	17
D Bennett	c Edrich b Hilton	14
FJ Titmus	c Edrich b Hilton	14
PH Parfitt	not out	4
JJ Warr	c Pullar b Hilton	0
HW Tilly	not out	4
RJ Hurst	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 73 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-53, 3-73, 4-77, 5-98, 6-114, 7-123, 8-125

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	11	5	16	1	-	-
Wharton	5	1	14	1	-	-
Tattersall	14	8	11	0	-	-
Hilton	24	15	19	5	-	-
Greenhough	19	4	64	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Dyson (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> C Washbrook (1) passed 30500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> KJ Grieves (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 47
--> MJ Hilton (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> JJ Warr reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> MJ Hilton reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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