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| Venue | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff on 19th, 21st, 22nd May 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Glamorgan won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Glamorgan won by 71 runs |
| Umpires | D Davies, CS Elliott |
| Close of play day 1 | Combined Services (1) 41/4 (Tordoff 23*, Leary 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Glamorgan (2) 120/5 (Edrich 29*, Ward 16*) |
| Glamorgan first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *W Wooller | b Hodgson | 8 | |||||
| WGA Parkhouse | b Hodgson | 42 | |||||
| B Hedges | c Tordoff b Platt | 40 | |||||
| WE Jones | c Howland b Baker | 6 | |||||
| JS Pressdee | b Hodgson | 49 | |||||
| R Horsfall | b Platt | 0 | |||||
| BR Edrich | c Stott b Brown | 46 | |||||
| DJ Ward | c Platt b Tordoff | 4 | |||||
| +DGL Evans | not out | 9 | |||||
| DJ Shepherd | b Platt | 1 | |||||
| F Clarke | b Hodgson | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86.1 overs) | 217 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-34, 3-77, 4-79, 5-139, 6-193, 7-201, 8-209, 9-214, 10-217 (86.1 ov) | |||||||
| Combined Services bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hodgson | 16.1 | 5 | 29 | 4 | - | - | |
| Platt | 27 | 8 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Shirreff | 17 | 3 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Baker | 9 | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leary | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tordoff | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Combined Services first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JH Edrich | b Clarke | 1 | |||||
| GG Tordoff | c and b Clarke | 36 | |||||
| *AC Shirreff | b Clarke | 0 | |||||
| J Baker | b Shepherd | 9 | |||||
| ABD Parsons | st Evans b Pressdee | 1 | |||||
| +CB Howland | lbw b Shepherd | 5 | |||||
| SE Leary | not out | 81 | |||||
| WB Stott | c Wooller b Pressdee | 10 | |||||
| AS Brown | lbw b Wooller | 14 | |||||
| RK Platt | b Shepherd | 14 | |||||
| P Hodgson | b Wooller | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 7 lb, 1 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.2 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-10, 3-27, 4-37, 5-51, 6-61, 7-86, 8-152, 9-189, 10-194 (83.2 ov) | |||||||
| Glamorgan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clarke | 21 | 4 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wooller | 12.2 | 4 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 27 | 13 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ward | 13 | 4 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pressdee | 10 | 2 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Glamorgan second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *W Wooller | b Platt | 5 | |||||
| WGA Parkhouse | b Tordoff | 27 | |||||
| B Hedges | b Platt | 4 | |||||
| R Horsfall | b Platt | 12 | |||||
| JS Pressdee | c Brown b Shirreff | 13 | |||||
| BR Edrich | b Hodgson | 33 | |||||
| DJ Ward | c Platt b Tordoff | 32 | |||||
| WE Jones | c Howland b Shirreff | 33 | |||||
| +DGL Evans | not out | 11 | |||||
| DJ Shepherd | c Tordoff b Shirreff | 6 | |||||
| F Clarke | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 12 lb, 1 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 80 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-26, 3-50, 4-54, 5-76, 6-128, 7-161, 8-188, 9-198 (80 ov) | |||||||
| Combined Services bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hodgson | 19 | 4 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Platt | 28 | 4 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Shirreff | 15 | 5 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Leary | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tordoff | 16 | 2 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Combined Services second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JH Edrich | c Evans b Clarke | 5 | |||||
| GG Tordoff | c Parkhouse b Shepherd | 39 | |||||
| WB Stott | c Jones b Shepherd | 22 | |||||
| *AC Shirreff | c Ward b Pressdee | 23 | |||||
| SE Leary | b Shepherd | 11 | |||||
| J Baker | b Shepherd | 3 | |||||
| ABD Parsons | c Wooller b Shepherd | 1 | |||||
| +CB Howland | run out | 4 | |||||
| RK Platt | not out | 4 | |||||
| AS Brown | lbw b Shepherd | 0 | |||||
| P Hodgson | c Jones b Shepherd | 26 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 1 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.3 overs) | 150 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-60, 3-85, 4-106, 5-113, 6-114, 7-119, 8-119, 9-120, 10-150 (56.3 ov) | |||||||
| Glamorgan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clarke | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wooller | 11 | 6 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 23.3 | 5 | 50 | 7 | - | - | |
| Pressdee | 17 | 4 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DGL Evans made his debut in First-Class matches
--> F Clarke made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JH Edrich made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CB Howland made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R Horsfall made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Baker made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WE Jones (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> SE Leary (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in First-Class matches
--> WGA Parkhouse retired not out in the Glamorgan first innings having scored 11 - he returned when the score was 139/5
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