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| Venue | Recreation Ground, Blandford on 27th, 28th August 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Dorset won by 8 wickets |
| Points | Dorset 10; Berkshire 0 |
| Umpires | TS Jennings, WH Stephens |
| Scorer | J Hinton (Berkshire) |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Berkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CMS Crombie | c Walford b Dovey | 28 | |||||
| AA Hillary | lbw b Doggrell | 1 | |||||
| JE Scott | lbw b Ives | 0 | |||||
| RM James | c Bridge b Ives | 15 | |||||
| JGC Surridge | b Dovey | 18 | |||||
| GR Langdale | b Dovey | 2 | |||||
| JM Pavey | c Jowett b Dovey | 5 | |||||
| MN Morgan | lbw b Dovey | 0 | |||||
| DE Young | c Courtenay b Dovey | 6 | |||||
| RA Finch | c Doggrell b Dovey | 9 | |||||
| +T Ingram | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42.1 overs) | 96 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-4, 3-34, 4-60, 5-65, 6-66, 7-66, 8-74, 9-85, 10-96 (42.1 ov) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Doggrell | 10 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ives | 12 | 3 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 11.1 | 5 | 11 | 7 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dorset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MM Walford | c Langdale b Young | 71 | |||||
| GES Woodhouse | c Crombie b Young | 67 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | c Ingram b Langdale | 27 | |||||
| GGL Hebden | b Langdale | 7 | |||||
| DA Bulfield | not out | 19 | |||||
| DCPR Jowett | c Ingram b Langdale | 4 | |||||
| DJW Bridge | b James | 1 | |||||
| ME Doggrell | not out | 1 | |||||
| RL Small | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Ives | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (15 b, 8 lb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 72 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-151, 2-157, 3-166, 4-195, 5-205, 6-216 | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morgan | 12 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Finch | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 28 | 5 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| James | 17 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Young | 10 | 0 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Berkshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CMS Crombie | b Jowett | 19 | |||||
| AA Hillary | c Ives b Jowett | 48 | |||||
| MN Morgan | c Bulfield b Bridge | 14 | |||||
| RM James | c Walford b Dovey | 22 | |||||
| JGC Surridge | c Ives b Bridge | 4 | |||||
| GR Langdale | c Jowett b Bridge | 1 | |||||
| JM Pavey | c and b Bridge | 10 | |||||
| JE Scott | c Doggrell b Jowett | 5 | |||||
| DE Young | c Woodhouse b Bridge | 1 | |||||
| RA Finch | b Dovey | 16 | |||||
| +T Ingram | not out | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 2 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 98.5 overs) | 164 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-80, 3-100, 4-106, 5-112, 6-120, 7-130, 8-134, 9-138, 10-164 (98.5 ov) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Doggrell | 11 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Ives | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dovey | 36.5 | 23 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 13 | 6 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bridge | 33 | 14 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dorset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MM Walford | lbw b James | 12 | |||||
| GES Woodhouse | c Hillary b James | 0 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | not out | 15 | |||||
| GGL Hebden | not out | 10 | |||||
| DA Bulfield | did not bat | ||||||
| DCPR Jowett | did not bat | ||||||
| DJW Bridge | did not bat | ||||||
| ME Doggrell | did not bat | ||||||
| RL Small | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Dovey | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Ives | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 19.3 overs) | 41 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-28 | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| James | 10 | 4 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Surridge | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RA Finch made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DA Bulfield made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RL Small made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GES Woodhouse (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 15
--> MN Morgan (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> RR Dovey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 6-55)
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