f20877	Warwickshire v Combined Services
	Other First-Class matches in England 1955
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	F Chester, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 107/1 (Wolton 58*, Townsend 1*)
Close of play day 2	Combined Services (2) 137/1 (Shirreff 59*)

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Combined Services first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Gardner b Hitchcock	73
*AC Shirreff	b Dollery	0
WB Stott	c Lewis b Latham	17
MLY Ainsworth	b Latham	0
ALSS Thackara	c Stewart b Hitchcock	34
+JT Murray	b Hitchcock	14
SE Leary	not out	59
DA Allen	lbw b Hitchcock	0
GH McKinna	lbw b Hitchcock	1
CS Matthews	st Lewis b Hitchcock	19
MJ Cowan	b Paul	22
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-34, 3-38, 4-109, 5-140, 6-145, 7-145, 8-149, 9-183, 10-251 (82.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Latham	22	4	73	2	-	-
Dollery	22	2	83	1	-	-
Paul	9.2	2	13	1	-	-
King	7	3	16	0	-	-
Hitchcock	22	9	54	6	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	retired hurt	36
RT Spooner	b Cowan	10
AVG Wolton	c Cowan b McKinna	136
A Townsend	lbw b Allen	22
RE Hitchcock	c Ainsworth b Allen	45
WJP Stewart	b Cowan	3
NA Paul	c Murray b Allen	40
*+EB Lewis	b Allen	29
KR Dollery	lbw b Allen	8
HJ Latham	b Shirreff	2
IM King	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 93.1 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-173, 3-226, 4-229, 5-296, 6-315, 7-338, 8-345, 9-345 (93.1 ov)

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	21	3	65	2	-	-
McKinna	16	1	63	1	-	-
Shirreff	22	5	78	1	-	-
Matthews	11	2	36	0	-	-
Allen	19.1	2	58	5	-	-
Leary	4	0	31	0	-	-

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Combined Services second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Lewis b Dollery	78
*AC Shirreff	not out	59
WB Stott	did not bat
MLY Ainsworth	did not bat
ALSS Thackara	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
SE Leary	did not bat
DA Allen	did not bat
GH McKinna	did not bat
CS Matthews	did not bat
MJ Cowan	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 47.5 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-137 (Richardson, 47.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Latham	7	0	22	0	-	-
Dollery	6.5	1	18	1	-	-
Paul	6	1	19	0	-	-
King	5	1	15	0	-	-
Hitchcock	14	6	25	0	-	-
Townsend	6	0	29	0	-	-
Wolton	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HJ Latham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GH McKinna made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> RE Hitchcock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Combined Services first innings (previous best was 4-101)
--> RE Hitchcock achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Combined Services first innings
--> FC Gardner retired hurt in the Warwickshire first innings having scored 36 (team score 101/1)

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