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| Venue | Trescobeas, Falmouth on 3rd, 4th August 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Cornwall 3; Dorset 1 |
| Umpires | CE Dunn, TS Jennings |
| Scorers | S Hey (Dorset), J Littlejohns (Cornwall) |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Dorset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MM Walford | b Hosen | 40 | |||||
| GES Woodhouse | c Cory b Hosen | 52 | |||||
| DR Foyle | b Smith | 2 | |||||
| GW Thompson | c Skinner b Smith | 7 | |||||
| DE Lawes | b Rodda | 34 | |||||
| +HG Hunt | c Rodda b Hosen | 2 | |||||
| PA Deane | c Rodda b Murphy | 31 | |||||
| RR Dovey | b Murphy | 6 | |||||
| DCPR Jowett | run out | 23 | |||||
| APF Alexander | b Smith | 4 | |||||
| RGH Pullen | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.5 overs) | 212 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-84, 2-96, 3-98, 4-108, 5-117, 6-165, 7-178, 8-186, 9-200, 10-212 (82.5 ov) | |||||||
| Cornwall bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 25 | 7 | 48 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Skinner | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hosen | 22.5 | 5 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Rodda | 15 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Murphy | 13 | 3 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cornwall first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Wood | c Lawes b Alexander | 0 | |||||
| TW Cory | run out | 69 | |||||
| JW Murphy | c Foyle b Alexander | 2 | |||||
| R Harris | c Foyle b Deane | 64 | |||||
| *WN Dorning | lbw b Deane | 60 | |||||
| J Vincent | c Hunt b Alexander | 13 | |||||
| A Rodda | b Deane | 0 | |||||
| AW Smith | c sub b Deane | 29 | |||||
| RW Hosen | c Lawes b Dovey | 9 | |||||
| +TB Bax | b Deane | 13 | |||||
| IJ Skinner | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 87.3 overs) | 274 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-2, 3-121, 4-170, 5-219, 6-219, 7-221, 8-251, 9-273, 10-274 (87.3 ov) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alexander | 22 | 5 | 66 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Deane | 27.3 | 6 | 73 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 29 | 12 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Pullen | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dorset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MM Walford | c Rodda b Cory | 46 | |||||
| GES Woodhouse | retired hurt | 4 | |||||
| DR Foyle | c Bax b Murphy | 3 | |||||
| GW Thompson | b Cory | 21 | |||||
| DE Lawes | run out | 14 | |||||
| +HG Hunt | b Murphy | 40 | |||||
| PA Deane | b Hosen | 9 | |||||
| RR Dovey | b Murphy | 8 | |||||
| DCPR Jowett | not out | 9 | |||||
| APF Alexander | not out | 5 | |||||
| RGH Pullen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 82.1 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37, 2-78, 3-98, 4-106, 5-143, 6-157, 7-160 | |||||||
| Cornwall bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 12 | 5 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hosen | 14 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Skinner | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murphy | 18 | 10 | 19 | 3 | - | - | |
| Rodda | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cory | 14 | 6 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wood | 7.1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> APF Alexander made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RGH Pullen made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Wood made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MM Walford (2) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
Dorset first innings new ball taken at 200/9
Cornwall first innings new ball taken at 205/4
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