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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Surrey won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Warwickshire 0; Surrey 4 |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, FS Lee |
| Close of play day 1 | Warwickshire (1) 73/2 (Cartwright 22*, Spooner 20*) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NF Horner | b Loader | 0 | |||||
| TW Cartwright | b Loader | 22 | |||||
| AVG Wolton | c Surridge b Bedser | 23 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | c Surridge b Bedser | 20 | |||||
| A Townsend | c Cox b Bedser | 0 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | b Loader | 19 | |||||
| CW Leach | b Bedser | 16 | |||||
| RT Weeks | b Loader | 0 | |||||
| JD Bannister | st McIntyre b Bedser | 4 | |||||
| RG Thompson | not out | 7 | |||||
| *WE Hollies | c Fletcher b Bedser | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61.3 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-41, 3-73, 4-73, 5-73, 6-96, 7-100, 8-109, 9-122, 10-126 (61.3 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Loader | 23 | 11 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Surridge | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 24.3 | 4 | 63 | 6 | - | - | |
| Cox | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clark | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Surrey first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TH Clark | c Wolton b Bannister | 2 | |||||
| MJ Stewart | run out | 75 | |||||
| DGW Fletcher | c Wolton b Leach | 50 | |||||
| KF Barrington | not out | 22 | |||||
| B Constable | not out | 27 | |||||
| EA Bedser | did not bat | ||||||
| +AJW McIntyre | did not bat | ||||||
| DF Cox | did not bat | ||||||
| DE Pratt | did not bat | ||||||
| *WS Surridge | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Loader | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 53.3 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-126, 3-132 | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bannister | 15 | 5 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thompson | 9.3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 10 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Weeks | 8 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leach | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wolton | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hitchcock | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TW Cartwright | not out | 12 | |||||
| NF Horner | c Stewart b Bedser | 19 | |||||
| AVG Wolton | not out | 1 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | did not bat | ||||||
| A Townsend | did not bat | ||||||
| RE Hitchcock | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Leach | did not bat | ||||||
| RT Weeks | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Bannister | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| *WE Hollies | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 10 overs) | 36 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Horner) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Loader | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 5 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clark | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DE Pratt made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> NF Horner (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> EA Bedser reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> PJ Loader reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
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