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| Venue | The University Parks, Oxford on 28th, 30th April, 1st May 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gloucestershire won by an innings and 10 runs |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, D Hendren |
| Close of play day 1 | Gloucestershire (1) 99/2 (Young 69*, Milton 9*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Oxford University (2) 60/2 (Metcalfe 29*, Hobbs 6*) |
| Oxford University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MJK Smith | c Rochford b Mortimore | 56 | |||||
| SG Metcalfe | c Mortimore b Cook | 63 | |||||
| AC Walton | run out | 0 | |||||
| JAD Hobbs | lbw b Wells | 9 | |||||
| I Gibson | c Milton b Cook | 0 | |||||
| JD Currie | c Rochford b Cook | 4 | |||||
| +AP Walshe | c Lambert b Cook | 18 | |||||
| SVM Clube | b Wells | 0 | |||||
| JA Bailey | c McHugh b Griffiths | 16 | |||||
| JB Phillips | c Mortimore b Griffiths | 9 | |||||
| ESM Kentish | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79.3 overs) | 184 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-119, 2-119, 3-133, 4-134, 5-134, 6-139, 7-146, 8-162, 9-176, 10-184 (79.3 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| McHugh | 10 | 3 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 17 | 6 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cook | 26 | 9 | 43 | 4 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 6.3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 10 | 4 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GM Emmett | lbw b Kentish | 5 | |||||
| DM Young | lbw b Bailey | 82 | |||||
| JVC Griffiths | b Gibson | 8 | |||||
| CA Milton | c Gibson b Phillips | 11 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | b Kentish | 60 | |||||
| GEE Lambert | b Phillips | 71 | |||||
| DR Smith | c Walshe b Phillips | 0 | |||||
| +P Rochford | not out | 31 | |||||
| C Cook | b Bailey | 7 | |||||
| BD Wells | run out | 6 | |||||
| FP McHugh | run out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 10 lb, 1 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 104.4 overs) | 299 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-75, 3-107, 4-123, 5-216, 6-217, 7-269, 8-288, 9-296, 10-299 (104.4 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Phillips | 32.4 | 4 | 88 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kentish | 19 | 2 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 28 | 11 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gibson | 14 | 5 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clube | 11 | 5 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxford University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MJK Smith | c Rochford b Lambert | 13 | |||||
| SG Metcalfe | c Lambert b Cook | 36 | |||||
| AC Walton | b McHugh | 7 | |||||
| JAD Hobbs | c and b Cook | 6 | |||||
| I Gibson | c Rochford b McHugh | 1 | |||||
| JD Currie | b McHugh | 3 | |||||
| +AP Walshe | c Milton b Cook | 17 | |||||
| SVM Clube | lbw b Lambert | 2 | |||||
| JA Bailey | c Mortimore b McHugh | 7 | |||||
| JB Phillips | not out | 5 | |||||
| ESM Kentish | c Emmett b McHugh | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.4 overs) | 105 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-30, 3-61, 4-64, 5-68, 6-71, 7-88, 8-99, 9-103, 10-105 (57.4 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 13 | 3 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| McHugh | 26.4 | 11 | 34 | 5 | - | - | |
| Smith | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 12 | 2 | 21 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JAD Hobbs made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SVM Clube made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DR Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> P Rochford (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> JD Currie made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> JA Bailey made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> ESM Kentish made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> ESM Kentish made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> FP McHugh reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Oxford University second innings
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