f21438 cc10718	Lancashire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 21st, 23rd, 24th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 74 runs
Points	Lancashire 12; Gloucestershire 4
Umpires	DE Davies, RSM Lay
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 15/0 (Milton 12*, Young 3*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 53/1 (Wharton 26*, Collins 3*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b Wells	16
J Dyson	lbw b Lake	1
GA Edrich	c Mortimore b Wells	34
*C Washbrook	b Lambert	0
KJ Grieves	c Rochford b Lake	87
RW Barber	lbw b Wells	18
R Collins	lbw b Lake	7
MJ Hilton	b Lake	14
+J Jordan	c Lake b Cook	20
JB Statham	b Lambert	1
T Greenhough	not out	0
Extras	(14 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 103.4 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-40, 3-41, 4-94, 5-161, 6-182, 7-183, 8-208, 9-221, 10-221 (103.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	22	6	52	2	-	-
Lake	21	6	39	4	-	-
Wells	31	14	50	3	-	-
Cook	19.4	9	41	1	-	-
Mortimore	10	3	16	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Jordan b Statham	3
CA Milton	lbw b Statham	63
*GM Emmett	b Greenhough	48
TW Graveney	lbw b Hilton	8
JF Crapp	lbw b Greenhough	81
GEE Lambert	b Statham	11
JB Mortimore	b Statham	0
GJ Lake	b Greenhough	6
+P Rochford	b Greenhough	2
C Cook	b Statham	0
BD Wells	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 98.2 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-72, 3-86, 4-180, 5-216, 6-220, 7-220, 8-223, 9-228, 10-228 (98.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	30.2	8	70	5	-	-
Wharton	7	2	15	0	-	-
Hilton	24	12	56	1	-	-
Greenhough	28	8	62	4	-	-
Collins	9	2	19	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Milton b Lake	29
J Dyson	b Cook	19
R Collins	run out	27
*C Washbrook	c and b Lake	16
KJ Grieves	c Graveney b Cook	40
GA Edrich	not out	30
MJ Hilton	not out	20
RW Barber	did not bat
+J Jordan	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
T Greenhough	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 51 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-58, 3-90, 4-102, 5-171

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	13	1	48	0	-	-
Lake	17	3	53	2	-	-
Wells	10	4	42	0	-	-
Cook	11	4	38	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	c Collins b Hilton	28
CA Milton	b Wharton	11
TW Graveney	lbw b Statham	32
JF Crapp	c Collins b Hilton	8
DM Young	b Statham	1
GEE Lambert	c Jordan b Greenhough	19
JB Mortimore	c Edrich b Hilton	4
GJ Lake	c Grieves b Hilton	0
+P Rochford	lbw b Statham	2
C Cook	c Jordan b Hilton	4
BD Wells	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 54.1 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-47, 3-56, 4-59, 5-100, 6-105, 7-105, 8-107, 9-112, 10-112 (54.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	18.1	7	29	3	-	-
Wharton	7	2	21	1	-	-
Hilton	20	8	34	5	-	-
Greenhough	9	2	25	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CA Milton (1) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> GM Emmett (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 29
--> A Wharton (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 29
--> GA Edrich (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> KJ Grieves (2) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 34
--> GJ Lake achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 1-22)
--> BD Wells reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> GJ Lake achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 1-22)

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