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| Venue | College Ground, Cheltenham on 18th, 20th August 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gloucestershire won by an innings and 75 runs |
| Points | Gloucestershire 12; Kent 0 |
| Umpires | DE Davies, H Elliott |
| Close of play day 1 | Gloucestershire (1) 209/4 (Crapp 53*, Emmett 61*) |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CA Milton | c Allan b Wright | 44 | |||||
| DM Young | b Halfyard | 1 | |||||
| W Knightley-Smith | c Halfyard b Ridgway | 8 | |||||
| TW Graveney | run out | 37 | |||||
| JF Crapp | c Pettiford b Ridgway | 87 | |||||
| *GM Emmett | b Ridgway | 95 | |||||
| DG Hawkins | not out | 4 | |||||
| GEE Lambert | not out | 6 | |||||
| +P Rochford | did not bat | ||||||
| C Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| BD Wells | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 101 overs) | 289 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-22, 3-95, 4-98, 5-278, 6-281 | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ridgway | 25 | 9 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Halfyard | 23 | 8 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dixon | 17 | 4 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wright | 26 | 2 | 91 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allan | 10 | 3 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Phebey | lbw b Wells | 18 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | c and b Wells | 9 | |||||
| RC Wilson | b Wells | 0 | |||||
| JM Allan | b Cook | 2 | |||||
| AE Fagg | c Milton b Cook | 0 | |||||
| AL Dixon | c Lambert b Cook | 0 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Emmett b Wells | 2 | |||||
| J Pettiford | c Milton b Cook | 3 | |||||
| F Ridgway | c Milton b Cook | 0 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | lbw b Cook | 1 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34.1 overs) | 45 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-25, 3-30, 4-30, 5-30, 6-32, 7-41, 8-41, 9-41, 10-45 (34.1 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Milton | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 15 | 9 | 13 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cook | 14.1 | 8 | 11 | 6 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AH Phebey | b Lambert | 2 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | not out | 65 | |||||
| RC Wilson | c Rochford b Wells | 20 | |||||
| JM Allan | b Wells | 0 | |||||
| AE Fagg | lbw b Cook | 1 | |||||
| AL Dixon | c and b Wells | 22 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Milton b Wells | 7 | |||||
| J Pettiford | b Wells | 0 | |||||
| F Ridgway | b Hawkins | 15 | |||||
| DJ Halfyard | c Milton b Hawkins | 4 | |||||
| *DVP Wright | c Knightley-Smith b Cook | 22 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 8 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68.4 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-59, 3-59, 4-60, 5-95, 6-107, 7-107, 8-135, 9-139, 10-169 (68.4 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Milton | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 29 | 6 | 65 | 5 | - | - | |
| Cook | 30.4 | 8 | 67 | 2 | - | - | |
| Graveney | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hawkins | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JF Crapp (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> JF Crapp (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 52
--> JF Crapp (1) passed 23500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 57
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 10000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> BD Wells reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings
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