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| Venue | Mitchell's and Butler's Ground, Birmingham on 23rd, 24th July 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Warwickshire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Warwickshire Second XI 1; Northamptonshire Second XI 3 |
| Umpires | HW Dawson, GWF Reeves |
| Scorers | J Mercer (Northamptonshire Second XI), G Warren (Warwickshire Second XI) |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire Second XI (1) 133/5 (Starkie ?*, Tate ?*) |
| Warwickshire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WJP Stewart | b Dale | 70 | 80 | 9 | - | ||
| CW Leach | c Smith b Dilley | 8 | 24 | - | - | ||
| REG Steward | c Smith b Starkie | 24 | 57 | 2 | - | ||
| *P Cranmer | c Warrington b Dale | 17 | 29 | 3 | - | ||
| BE Fletcher | b Broderick | 42 | 90 | 7 | - | ||
| DP Ratcliffe | c Smith b Dilley | 60 | 130 | 8 | - | ||
| NA Paul | b Watts | 18 | 18 | 2 | 1 | ||
| RG Carter | retired hurt | 19 | 24 | 4 | - | ||
| WB Bridge | not out | 11 | 1 | - | |||
| TA Pargetter | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| TP Barnes | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 10 lb, 1 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 87 overs) | 288 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Leach), 2-104 (Stewart), 3-104 (Steward), 4-126 (Cranmer), 5-194 (Fletcher), 6-223 (Paul), 7-280 (Ratcliffe) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lightfoot | 11 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dilley | 15 | 2 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Warrington | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dale | 18 | 4 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Starkie | 20 | 8 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Watts | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Broderick | 8 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MEJC Norman | b Paul | 20 | 55 | 1 | - | ||
| E Davis | b Leach | 36 | 102 | 3 | - | ||
| V Broderick | b Leach | 59 | 69 | 8 | - | ||
| A Lightfoot | c and b Leach | 5 | 36 | 1 | - | ||
| PD Watts | c Barnes b Leach | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| S Starkie | not out | 103 | 17 | - | |||
| MJ Tate | c sub b Bridge | 35 | 52 | 7 | - | ||
| JR Dale | b Pargetter | 25 | 57 | 1 | 1 | ||
| J Smith | not out | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| *JM Warrington | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Dilley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 89.2 overs) | 297 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47 (Norman), 2-91 (Davis), 3-124 (Broderick), 4-124 (Watts), 5-129 (Lightfoot), 6-189 (Tate), 7-279 (Dale) | |||||||
| Warwickshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pargetter | 16 | 0 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Paul | 28.2 | 6 | 93 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 28 | 11 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leach | 17 | 6 | 57 | 4 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WJP Stewart | not out | 100 | 190 | 16 | 2 | ||
| CW Leach | not out | 59 | 190 | 7 | - | ||
| REG Steward | did not bat | ||||||
| *P Cranmer | did not bat | ||||||
| DP Ratcliffe | did not bat | ||||||
| BE Fletcher | did not bat | ||||||
| NA Paul | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Carter | did not bat | ||||||
| WB Bridge | did not bat | ||||||
| TA Pargetter | did not bat | ||||||
| TP Barnes | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 1 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, declared, 190 minutes, 32.2 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Northamptonshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lightfoot | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dilley | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Norman | 12 | 1 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Davis | 11.2 | 0 | 64 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Lightfoot | b Pargetter | 2 | 7 | - | - | ||
| MEJC Norman | not out | 8 | 35 | 1 | - | ||
| PD Watts | b Bridge | 17 | 25 | 2 | - | ||
| E Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| V Broderick | did not bat | ||||||
| S Starkie | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Tate | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Dale | did not bat | ||||||
| J Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| *JM Warrington | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Dilley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 35 minutes, 13.2 overs) | 32 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Lightfoot), 2-32 (Watts, 13.2 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pargetter | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cranmer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leach | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 3.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> MEJC Norman scored 1 five in the Northamptonshire Second XI first innings
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 50 in 40 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 100 in 80 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 150 in 140 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 200 in 180 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 250 in 212 minutes
--> Northamptonshire Second XI first innings: 100 in 110 minutes
--> Northamptonshire Second XI first innings: 200 in 200 minutes
--> REG Steward made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Starkie made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JM Warrington made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJP Stewart (1) 50 in 55 minutes
--> WJP Stewart (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 33
--> DP Ratcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Starkie (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Starkie (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Starkie (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 50
--> CW Leach achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northamptonshire Second XI first innings (previous best was 4-63)
--> RG Carter retired hurt in the Warwickshire Second XI first innings having scored 19 (team had lost 6 wickets)
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