f21470 cc10745	Lancashire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 4; Yorkshire 0
Umpires	JS Buller, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 145 all out
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 29/0 (Lowson 19*, Sutcliffe 9*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FA Lowson	b Hilton	18
WHH Sutcliffe	c Hilton b Statham	31
JV Wilson	c Grieves b Collins	8
DEV Padgett	run out	19
W Watson	run out	8
DB Close	c Ikin b Smith	39
R Illingworth	c Wharton b Collins	13
JH Wardle	b Statham	0
FS Trueman	b Statham	0
+JG Binks	not out	0
RK Platt	c Wilson b Smith	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 77.3 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-61, 3-83, 4-83, 5-97, 6-124, 7-129, 8-129, 9-145, 10-145 (77.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	15	8	25	3	-	-
Smith	9.3	2	19	2	-	-
Hilton	24	12	31	1	-	-
Greenhough	7	2	14	0	-	-
Collins	22	10	47	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Wharton	b Wardle	44
J Dyson	c Watson b Illingworth	21
JT Ikin	c Wilson b Wardle	15
C Washbrook	b Illingworth	0
KJ Grieves	c Binks b Wardle	1
R Collins	b Wardle	1
CS Smith	c Lowson b Illingworth	37
MJ Hilton	c Binks b Wardle	6
+A Wilson	c Wilson b Illingworth	9
JB Statham	c Padgett b Illingworth	4
T Greenhough	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-71, 3-71, 4-73, 5-77, 6-100, 7-126, 8-149, 9-155, 10-157 (86.1 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	17	5	30	0	-	-
Platt	14	4	23	0	-	-
Illingworth	26.1	8	48	5	-	-
Wardle	29	17	37	5	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FA Lowson	c Statham b Smith	48
WHH Sutcliffe	c Washbrook b Hilton	24
JV Wilson	c Washbrook b Hilton	54
DEV Padgett	not out	56
W Watson	c Grieves b Statham	19
DB Close	not out	2
R Illingworth	did not bat
JH Wardle	did not bat
FS Trueman	did not bat
+JG Binks	did not bat
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-108, 3-136, 4-185

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	21	5	50	1	-	-
Smith	13	1	46	1	-	-
Hilton	29	8	84	2	-	-
Collins	8	2	23	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Wharton	c Watson b Wardle	32
C Washbrook	c Platt b Wardle	70
KJ Grieves	c Watson b Wardle	6
R Collins	b Illingworth	10
CS Smith	run out	1
J Dyson	run out	2
JT Ikin	b Wardle	0
MJ Hilton	not out	6
+A Wilson	lbw b Wardle	0
T Greenhough	c Wilson b Illingworth	0
JB Statham	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, 45 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-108, 3-110, 4-111, 5-122, 6-122, 7-122, 8-122, 9-128

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	12	4	31	0	-	-
Platt	2	0	14	0	-	-
Illingworth	11	6	15	2	-	-
Wardle	19	7	67	5	-	-
Close	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JV Wilson (2) passed 15000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> R Illingworth reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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