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County Championship, 1955Warwickshire v Gloucestershire
 Edgbaston, Birmingham
 15,16,17 June 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Gloucestershire won by 7 wicketsPoints: Gloucestershire 12, Warwickshire 0
 
Toss: WarwickshireUmpires: Harry Elliott and P Corrall
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Warwickshire 1st innings
FC Gardner                               b Graveney            35
+RT Spooner           lbw                b McHugh              16
AVG Wolton            c Nicholls         b Cook                26
RE Hitchcock                             b McHugh              44
*HE Dollery                              b Lambert             85
A Townsend                               b Mortimore           12
WJP Stewart           c Emmett           b Cook                 8
JD Bannister          st Rochford        b Cook                45
IM King                                  b Cook                14
RG Thompson           c Graveney         b Cook                 5
WE Hollies            not out                                   4
Extras                (b 13, lb 2, nb 1)                       16
Total                 (all out, 128.2 overs)                  310
FoW: 1-37, 2-78, 3-97, 4-162, 5-198,
     6-221, 7-252, 8-294, 9-305, 10-310.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lambert                     15      1     60      1
McHugh                      25      3     72      2
Cook                        47.2   18     55      5
Mortimore                   24      5     57      1
Graveney                    17      2     50      1
Gloucestershire 1st innings
DM Young              lbw                b Hollies             74
CA Milton                            c & b Hollies             65
TW Graveney           c Dollery          b Bannister           27
JF Crapp              not out                                 100
*GM Emmett                               b Thompson             1
RB Nicholls                              b Thompson             1
GEE Lambert           not out                                  31
Extras                (b 7, lb 4, nb 1)                        12
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 139 overs)         311
DNB: JB Mortimore, +P Rochford, C Cook, FP McHugh.
FoW: 1-139, 2-142, 3-210, 4-213, 5-215.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bannister                   35      6     83      1
Thompson                    25      6     60      2
Hollies                     40     19     69      2
King                        24      6     58      0
Townsend                     9      3     13      0
Hitchcock                    1      0      6      0
Wolton                       5      0     10      0
Warwickshire 2nd innings
FC Gardner                               b Lambert             16
+RT Spooner           c McHugh           b Mortimore           70
AVG Wolton            not out                                  78
RE Hitchcock          not out                                  39
Extras                (b 2, nb 1)                               3
Total                 (2 wickets declared, 42.3 overs)        206
DNB: *HE Dollery, A Townsend, WJP Stewart, JD Bannister, IM King,
     RG Thompson, WE Hollies.
FoW: 1-42, 2-114.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lambert                      9      0     45      1
McHugh                       9.3    0     33      0
Cook                        12      5     42      0
Mortimore                    4      0     26      1
Graveney                     6      0     46      0
Emmett                       2      0     11      0
Gloucestershire 2nd innings (target: 206 runs)
*GM Emmett                               b Bannister          113
CA Milton             lbw                b Hollies             20
TW Graveney           st Spooner         b Bannister           33
JB Mortimore          not out                                  22
JF Crapp              not out                                   9
Extras                (b 1, lb 8)                               9
Total                 (3 wickets, 36 overs)                   206
DNB: DM Young, RB Nicholls, GEE Lambert, +P Rochford, C Cook,
     FP McHugh.
FoW: 1-58, 2-168, 3-175.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bannister                   13      0     75      2
Thompson                    10      0     55      0
Hollies                     11      0     50      1
King                         2      0     17      0
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