| f21387 | |
| 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*) |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
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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