f21295 cc10609	Gloucestershire v Surrey
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester on 26th, 28th, 29th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Gloucestershire won by 10 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 12; Surrey 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, FW Shipston
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 191 all out
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 14/0 (Fletcher 7*, Clark 7*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	b AV Bedser	0
W Knightley-Smith	c Surridge b Laker	13
RB Nicholls	c Lock b Surridge	0
JF Crapp	c Surridge b Lock	9
DG Hawkins	c Fletcher b Lock	7
JB Mortimore	b Laker	5
GEE Lambert	c AV Bedser b Lock	5
DR Smith	c Lock b Laker	2
+P Rochford	lbw b Lock	4
C Cook	not out	0
BD Wells	c Swetman b Laker	1
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 32.1 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-15, 4-27, 5-31, 6-37, 7-41, 8-49, 9-51, 10-52 (32.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	5	1	8	1	-	-
Surridge	3	1	2	1	-	-
Lock	13	5	16	4	-	-
Laker	11.1	3	20	4	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Mortimore	7
TH Clark	b Cook	40
B Constable	c Emmett b Cook	25
PBH May	b Cook	8
REC Pratt	c Nicholls b Wells	10
EA Bedser	c Wells b Mortimore	51
+R Swetman	b Wells	7
JC Laker	lbw b Wells	16
*WS Surridge	b Mortimore	5
GAR Lock	st Rochford b Mortimore	8
AV Bedser	not out	4
Extras	(9 b, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 116 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-65, 3-83, 4-96, 5-98, 6-121, 7-149, 8-160, 9-183, 10-191 (116 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	1	0	3	0	-	-
Smith	2	1	3	0	-	-
Wells	42	17	55	3	-	-
Cook	39	22	40	3	-	-
Mortimore	31	5	79	4	-	-
Hawkins	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	c Surridge b Laker	51
W Knightley-Smith	c Pratt b Laker	14
RB Nicholls	c Lock b AV Bedser	62
JF Crapp	c Pratt b Lock	94
DG Hawkins	c AV Bedser b Lock	24
JB Mortimore	c Surridge b EA Bedser	8
GEE Lambert	b EA Bedser	2
DR Smith	c and b EA Bedser	2
+P Rochford	c Surridge b Lock	0
C Cook	not out	2
BD Wells	b AV Bedser	5
Extras	(17 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 130.5 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-104, 3-174, 4-225, 5-256, 6-258, 7-262, 8-269, 9-282, 10-288 (130.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	19.5	5	42	2	-	-
Surridge	19	5	43	0	-	-
Lock	40	15	75	3	-	-
Laker	33	10	70	2	-	-
EA Bedser	19	6	34	3	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	b Wells	16
TH Clark	c Nicholls b Mortimore	35
B Constable	lbw b Cook	5
PBH May	b Mortimore	34
REC Pratt	c Emmett b Cook	0
*WS Surridge	lbw b Cook	0
EA Bedser	c Smith b Cook	16
+R Swetman	lbw b Mortimore	18
JC Laker	c Crapp b Mortimore	0
GAR Lock	c and b Mortimore	13
AV Bedser	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 106.3 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-48, 3-67, 4-83, 5-83, 6-107, 7-107, 8-108, 9-138, 10-139 (106.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	5	2	8	0	-	-
Smith	2	1	3	0	-	-
Wells	28	12	49	1	-	-
Cook	46	15	54	4	-	-
Mortimore	25.3	13	23	5	-	-

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Notes
--> DR Smith made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PBH May (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> BD Wells reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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