| f21365 | |
| Venue | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1956 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Oxford University won by 78 runs | 
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, D Davies | 
| Close of play day 1 | Gloucestershire (1) 32/0 (Emmett 23*, Milton 9*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Oxford University (2) 82/5 (Eagar 18*, Walshe 8*) | 
| Oxford University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| I Gibson | c Milton b Griffiths | 27 | |||||
| JM Allan | c Griffiths b Hawkins | 60 | |||||
| AC Walton | b Griffiths | 3 | |||||
| *MJK Smith | c Griffiths b Wells | 126 | |||||
| GPS Delisle | run out | 76 | |||||
| MA Eagar | st Rochford b Griffiths | 18 | |||||
| +AP Walshe | c Griffiths b Wells | 0 | |||||
| JD Currie | not out | 4 | |||||
| JRM Branston | lbw b Griffiths | 0 | |||||
| JA Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| ESM Kentish | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 12 lb, 2 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 126 overs) | 336 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-79, 2-99, 3-99, 4-304, 5-318, 6-321, 7-336, 8-336 (126 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire | 13 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 34 | 11 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bernard | 10 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 37 | 13 | 91 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hawkins | 19 | 7 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Milton | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GM Emmett | c Smith b Bailey | 38 | |||||
| CA Milton | c Walton b Gibson | 84 | |||||
| W Knightley-Smith | lbw b Kentish | 21 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | lbw b Kentish | 6 | |||||
| DG Hawkins | c Smith b Kentish | 2 | |||||
| JR Bernard | c Walton b Kentish | 0 | |||||
| JVC Griffiths | b Kentish | 0 | |||||
| DR Smith | b Allan | 36 | |||||
| GGM Wiltshire | c Allan b Gibson | 2 | |||||
| +P Rochford | not out | 1 | |||||
| BD Wells | b Gibson | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72 overs) | 199 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49, 2-98, 3-106, 4-108, 5-108, 6-108, 7-188, 8-195, 9-197, 10-199 (72 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kentish | 23 | 7 | 63 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 25 | 2 | 69 | 1 | - | - | |
| Branston | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allan | 12 | 2 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gibson | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | - | - | |
| Oxford University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| I Gibson | c Nicholls b Bernard | 5 | |||||
| JM Allan | b Bernard | 8 | |||||
| AC Walton | c Nicholls b Wells | 4 | |||||
| *MJK Smith | b Wells | 24 | |||||
| GPS Delisle | c Milton b Bernard | 8 | |||||
| MA Eagar | lbw b Hawkins | 49 | |||||
| JD Currie | lbw b Griffiths | 23 | |||||
| +AP Walshe | c Milton b Griffiths | 12 | |||||
| JRM Branston | lbw b Griffiths | 0 | |||||
| JA Bailey | c Smith b Hawkins | 2 | |||||
| ESM Kentish | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76 overs) | 143 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-15, 3-23, 4-38, 5-62, 6-107, 7-129, 8-135, 9-138, 10-143 (76 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 29 | 14 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bernard | 9 | 2 | 20 | 3 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 11 | 4 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hawkins | 16 | 6 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Milton | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GM Emmett | c and b Bailey | 15 | |||||
| CA Milton | lbw b Bailey | 28 | |||||
| W Knightley-Smith | c Smith b Bailey | 5 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | c Walton b Gibson | 61 | |||||
| DG Hawkins | c Bailey b Gibson | 63 | |||||
| JR Bernard | c Walshe b Allan | 17 | |||||
| JVC Griffiths | b Gibson | 5 | |||||
| DR Smith | c Delisle b Gibson | 3 | |||||
| GGM Wiltshire | not out | 0 | |||||
| +P Rochford | lbw b Allan | 1 | |||||
| BD Wells | c Walshe b Gibson | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61.2 overs) | 202 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-33, 3-52, 4-162, 5-183, 6-197, 7-197, 8-200, 9-201, 10-202 (61.2 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kentish | 11 | 1 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 18 | 3 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Allan | 15 | 3 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gibson | 17.2 | 2 | 63 | 5 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JR Bernard made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JRM Branston made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94
--> DR Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> MA Eagar (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> JD Currie (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> DG Hawkins (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> I Gibson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 4-79)
--> I Gibson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire second innings
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