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| Venue | Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 9th, 10th November 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 168 runs |
| Umpires | J Loupos, G Niddrie |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 420/4 (Bailey 35*, Evans 14*; 85 overs) |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Kirby b Blenkinsop | 9 | 32 | 1 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Richardson b Blenkinsop | 173 | 252 | 23 | - | ||
| ASM Oakman | c Johnstone b Blenkinsop | 150 | 223 | 18 | 1 | ||
| DCS Compton | c Fox b Fairbairn | 32 | 58 | 2 | 1 | ||
| TE Bailey | not out | 35 | 71 | 5 | - | ||
| +TG Evans | not out | 14 | 16 | 2 | - | ||
| *DJ Insole | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Wardle | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Laker | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Loader | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Statham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 330 minutes, 85 overs) | 420 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Richardson), 2-337 (Cowdrey), 3-339 (Oakman), 4-400 (Compton) | |||||||
| Orange Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Littleford | 15 | 3 | 68 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blenkinsop | 20 | 2 | 97 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fairbairn | 20 | 0 | 110 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hanson | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Fox | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carlstein | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Orange Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *SL Hanson | c Evans b Statham | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| C Richardson | b Loader | 0 | 1 | 8 | - | - | |
| EL Johnstone | c Oakman b Wardle | 21 | 81 | 3 | - | ||
| DJ Schonegevel | c Bailey b Loader | 6 | 21 | - | - | ||
| PR Carlstein | c Wardle b Laker | 25 | 68 | 4 | - | ||
| JSM Fox | not out | 17 | 46 | 2 | - | ||
| +IEF Kirby | c Evans b Wardle | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| GFK Jackson | c Bailey b Wardle | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| I Littleford | st Evans b Wardle | 1 | 8 | - | - | ||
| DD Fairbairn | st Evans b Wardle | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| AG Blenkinsop | c Statham b Wardle | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 30.1 overs) | 71 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Hanson, 0.2 ov), 2-4 (Richardson, 1.1 ov), 3-18 (Schonegevel), 4-44 (Johnstone), 5-54 (Carlstein), 6-55 (Kirby), 7-61 (Jackson), 8-69 (Littleford), 9-71 (Fairbairn), 10-71 (Blenkinsop, 30.1 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Loader | 6 | 1 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laker | 9 | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 7.1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | - | - | |
| Orange Free State second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *SL Hanson | b Wardle | 19 | 48 | 4 | - | ||
| C Richardson | b Wardle | 19 | 72 | 3 | - | ||
| EL Johnstone | c Oakman b Wardle | 3 | 16 | - | - | ||
| JSM Fox | c and b Compton | 29 | 71 | 5 | - | ||
| PR Carlstein | b Compton | 41 | 77 | 6 | - | ||
| DJ Schonegevel | lbw b Wardle | 2 | 15 | - | - | ||
| +IEF Kirby | not out | 47 | 44 | 9 | - | ||
| GFK Jackson | b Wardle | 7 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| I Littleford | b Wardle | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| DD Fairbairn | st Evans b Wardle | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| AG Blenkinsop | c Loader b Wardle | 6 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 52.7 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Hanson), 2-40 (Johnstone), 3-41 (Richardson), 4-106 (Fox), 5-113 (Carlstein), 6-115 (Schonegevel), 7-133 (Jackson), 8-133 (Littleford), 9-169 (Fairbairn), 10-181 (Blenkinsop, 52.7 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Loader | 7 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 18.2 | 3 | 80 | 8 | - | - | |
| Laker | 13 | 5 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Compton | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GFK Jackson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AG Blenkinsop made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 75 minutes
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