f20989 cc10471	Gloucestershire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 16th, 18th, 19th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by an innings and 39 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Warwickshire 12
Umpires	WT Jones, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 5/1 (Young 4*, Rochford 0*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 148/5 (Lambert 16*, Mortimore 30*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Wells	79
NF Horner	c Rochford b Wells	119
AVG Wolton	c Wells b Cook	61
RE Hitchcock	b Lambert	43
*HE Dollery	b Mortimore	22
+RT Spooner	c Cook b Wells	39
A Townsend	st Rochford b Cook	12
RG Thompson	not out	0
KR Dollery	did not bat
IM King	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 125.1 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-203, 2-212, 3-287, 4-329, 5-334, 6-387, 7-387 (125.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	14	0	74	1	-	-
McHugh	22	6	64	0	-	-
Wells	34	9	82	3	-	-
Cook	24.1	8	56	2	-	-
Mortimore	28	5	91	1	-	-
Milton	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	st Spooner b Hollies	15
CA Milton	b KR Dollery	0
+P Rochford	b Hollies	9
JF Crapp	run out	53
*GM Emmett	b Hollies	20
W Knightley-Smith	b Hollies	44
GEE Lambert	lbw b Hitchcock	9
JB Mortimore	st Spooner b Hollies	0
BD Wells	b Hitchcock	3
C Cook	b Hitchcock	2
FP McHugh	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-25, 3-38, 4-82, 5-144, 6-164, 7-164, 8-167, 9-167, 10-169 (67 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	16	3	31	0	-	-
KR Dollery	16	3	33	1	-	-
Hollies	22	9	52	5	-	-
King	2	0	16	0	-	-
Townsend	5	1	15	0	-	-
Hitchcock	6	3	8	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	lbw b Hollies	19
CA Milton	c Spooner b Hitchcock	58
JF Crapp	c Townsend b Hitchcock	8
*GM Emmett	c Spooner b Hitchcock	4
W Knightley-Smith	b King	8
GEE Lambert	b Hitchcock	20
JB Mortimore	b Hitchcock	48
BD Wells	b Hollies	0
C Cook	lbw b Hitchcock	2
FP McHugh	not out	1
+P Rochford	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-56, 3-64, 4-92, 5-106, 6-152, 7-157, 8-174, 9-179 (80.4 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	4	1	16	0	-	-
KR Dollery	7	1	17	0	-	-
Hollies	26	9	52	2	-	-
King	14	6	19	1	-	-
Townsend	2	0	6	0	-	-
Hitchcock	27.4	11	58	6	-	-

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Notes
--> AVG Wolton (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 43
--> DM Young (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> RE Hitchcock reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> RE Hitchcock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 6-67)

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