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| Venue | Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham on 17th, 18th August 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Wiltshire 3; Dorset 1 |
| Umpires | WF Simpson, WH Stephens |
| Scorers | MWH Gray (Wiltshire), S Hey (Dorset) |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Dorset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MM Walford | c Lomax b Merryweather | 70 | |||||
| GES Woodhouse | b Merryweather | 29 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | not out | 35 | |||||
| CF Deacon | c Hurn b Merryweather | 11 | |||||
| *DJW Bridge | c Naylor b Jones | 9 | |||||
| GW Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| PA Deane | did not bat | ||||||
| DCPR Jowett | did not bat | ||||||
| ME Doggrell | did not bat | ||||||
| M Hardwicke | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 41.4 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-103, 2-104, 3-144, 4-159 (41.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wiltshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Martin | 7 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 2 | - | |
| Marshall | 11 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Merryweather | 14 | 5 | 47 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jones | 9.4 | 0 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AOH Mills | c Bridge b Jowett | 48 | |||||
| JR Thompson | b Dovey | 31 | |||||
| MH Lloyd | b Jowett | 38 | |||||
| RJ Knight | not out | 35 | |||||
| J Hurn | not out | 10 | |||||
| IR Lomax | did not bat | ||||||
| PA Naylor | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Merryweather | did not bat | ||||||
| AG Marshall | did not bat | ||||||
| MH Martin | did not bat | ||||||
| PK Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 46.3 overs) | 164 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44, 2-112, 3-141 | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Deane | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Doggrell | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 14 | 3 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 17 | 1 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 4.3 | 1 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dorset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MM Walford | c Knight b Marshall | 10 | |||||
| GES Woodhouse | c Lomax b Marshall | 11 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | c Knight b Marshall | 2 | |||||
| CF Deacon | not out | 2 | |||||
| *DJW Bridge | not out | 0 | |||||
| GW Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| PA Deane | did not bat | ||||||
| DCPR Jowett | did not bat | ||||||
| ME Doggrell | did not bat | ||||||
| M Hardwicke | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 10.5 overs) | 25 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-23, 3-24 | |||||||
| Wiltshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Marshall | 5.5 | 0 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Martin | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PA Naylor made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
Match abandoned due to rain at 2.35 on the second day
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