| f21348 | |
| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 13th, 14th, 15th June 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | WE Phillipson, EA Roberts |
| Scorers | GC Austin (Warwickshire), M Youll (Combined Services) |
| Close of play day 1 | Warwickshire (1) 15/1 (Cartwright 5*, Bridge 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Combined Services (2) 32/1 (Sharpe 26*) |
| Combined Services first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GG Tordoff | c Gardner b Carter | 17 | |||||
| PJ Sharpe | c Cartwright b Griffiths | 51 | |||||
| SA Leadbetter | b Griffiths | 11 | |||||
| SE Leary | b Khalid Ibadulla | 2 | |||||
| CCP Williams | b Hitchcock | 8 | |||||
| *AC Shirreff | b Hitchcock | 32 | |||||
| JH Edrich | st Lewis b Bridge | 14 | |||||
| +G Millman | not out | 12 | |||||
| J Wild | b Griffiths | 2 | |||||
| RK Platt | c Cartwright b Carter | 0 | |||||
| P Hodgson | b Griffiths | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.4 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-64, 3-69, 4-79, 5-101, 6-133, 7-147, 8-151, 9-156, 10-157 (82.4 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Griffiths | 17.4 | 6 | 38 | 4 | - | - | |
| Carter | 19 | 7 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Khalid Ibadulla | 13 | 5 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hitchcock | 19 | 5 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leach | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | c Millman b Hodgson | 4 | |||||
| TW Cartwright | lbw b Shirreff | 24 | |||||
| WB Bridge | lbw b Platt | 15 | |||||
| Khalid Ibadulla | c Wild b Platt | 1 | |||||
| A Townsend | not out | 100 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | c Hodgson b Tordoff | 27 | |||||
| CW Leach | c Millman b Tordoff | 3 | |||||
| BE Fletcher | lbw b Hodgson | 17 | |||||
| RG Carter | b Leary | 31 | |||||
| *+EB Lewis | not out | 15 | |||||
| SS Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 7 lb, 2 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 95.3 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-39, 3-47, 4-62, 5-106, 6-113, 7-167, 8-230 | |||||||
| Combined Services bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hodgson | 24.3 | 12 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Platt | 27 | 10 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Leary | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wild | 18 | 5 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shirreff | 11 | 4 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tordoff | 12 | 2 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Combined Services second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GG Tordoff | c Cartwright b Carter | 3 | |||||
| PJ Sharpe | c Leach b Carter | 26 | |||||
| SA Leadbetter | c Lewis b Carter | 6 | |||||
| SE Leary | c Cartwright b Townsend | 81 | |||||
| CCP Williams | not out | 125 | |||||
| JH Edrich | c Townsend b Bridge | 14 | |||||
| *AC Shirreff | not out | 25 | |||||
| +G Millman | did not bat | ||||||
| J Wild | did not bat | ||||||
| RK Platt | did not bat | ||||||
| P Hodgson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 82 overs) | 288 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-33, 3-51, 4-170, 5-215 | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Griffiths | 19 | 6 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carter | 20 | 3 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Khalid Ibadulla | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hitchcock | 8 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 17 | 4 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leach | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 6 | 3 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cartwright | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Townsend | c Shirreff b Hodgson | 0 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | b Hodgson | 18 | |||||
| Khalid Ibadulla | c Millman b Hodgson | 1 | |||||
| BE Fletcher | not out | 30 | |||||
| RG Carter | b Leary | 5 | |||||
| FC Gardner | not out | 28 | |||||
| TW Cartwright | did not bat | ||||||
| WB Bridge | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Leach | did not bat | ||||||
| *+EB Lewis | did not bat | ||||||
| SS Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 27 overs) | 88 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-4, 3-22, 4-41 | |||||||
| Combined Services bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hodgson | 7 | 2 | 13 | 3 | - | - | |
| Platt | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leary | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wild | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tordoff | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leadbetter | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PJ Sharpe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SA Leadbetter made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Millman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BE Fletcher made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RG Carter (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> JH Edrich (2) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
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