f21383	Gloucestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 30th June, 2nd July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 48 runs
Umpires	WE Phillipson, FW Shipston
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 30/5 (Graveney 6*, Mortimore 0*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	lbw b Wells	41
JW Rutherford	b Milton	1
RN Harvey	c Graveney b Lambert	13
ID Craig	lbw b Wells	69
PJP Burge	lbw b Wells	2
R Benaud	c Rochford b Cook	70
LV Maddocks	c and b Cook	5
RR Lindwall	b Wells	10
*IWG Johnson	c Milton b Cook	0
+GRA Langley	not out	0
JW Wilson	b Wells	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 91.2 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-22, 3-72, 4-76, 5-196, 6-200, 7-206, 8-210, 9-214, 10-216 (91.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	13	0	34	1	-	-
Milton	5	0	13	1	-	-
Wells	26.2	5	70	5	-	-
Cook	32	10	46	3	-	-
Mortimore	13	2	31	0	-	-
Graveney	2	0	19	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	c Langley b Maddocks	7
CA Milton	b Lindwall	10
DM Young	b Lindwall	5
TW Graveney	not out	14
JF Crapp	b Wilson	1
RB Nicholls	c Benaud b Wilson	1
JB Mortimore	b Wilson	0
GEE Lambert	b Wilson	0
+P Rochford	b Wilson	0
C Cook	c Maddocks b Wilson	0
BD Wells	c Langley b Wilson	4
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 31.1 overs)	44
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-22, 3-25, 4-26, 5-30, 6-30, 7-32, 8-32, 9-32, 10-44 (31.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	15	5	27	2	-	-
Maddocks	3	0	4	1	-	-
Wilson	12.1	9	11	7	-	-
Benaud	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	lbw b Wilson	5
CA Milton	b Lindwall	8
DM Young	c Burge b Benaud	2
TW Graveney	hit wkt b Wilson	20
JF Crapp	c Rutherford b Benaud	35
RB Nicholls	b Wilson	4
JB Mortimore	c Harvey b Benaud	13
GEE Lambert	not out	10
+P Rochford	st +Maddocks b Wilson	15
C Cook	c Craig b Wilson	1
BD Wells	b Benaud	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-15, 4-46, 5-52, 6-73, 7-92, 8-113, 9-119, 10-124 (53.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	3	0	11	1	-	-
Wilson	25	12	50	5	-	-
Benaud	23.2	7	51	4	-	-
Langley	1	0	2	0	-	-
Johnson	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CC McDonald (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> ID Craig (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> JW Wilson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 6-55)

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