County Championship - Season 1956

County Championship - Results

Date	Opponents	Venue	Results	Scores
12 May	Sussex	Portsmouth	Won by 4 wkts (12 pts) Toss unknown	Sussex 315 (Parks 71, Cannings 4-69) Hants 231 (Marshall 84, Marlar 6-50) Sussex 55 (Suttle 17, Heath 4-21) Hants 141-6 (Rayment 44, Smith 4-34)
19 May	Kent	Southampton	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 384-5 (Horton 96, Pettiford 1-46) Kent 244 (Evans 63, Shackleton 5-46) Hants 205-5 (Gray 73, Wright 2-47) Kent 215-8 (Dixon 90, Marshall 3-26)
23 May	Somerset	Taunton	Won by an innings and 87 runs (12 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 369 (Barnard 77, McMahon 3-61) Somerset 120 (Tremlett 41, Shackleton 5-47) Somerset 162 (McCool 94, Heath 4-23)
26 May	Worcestershire	Cowes	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 370-7 (Ingleby-MacKenzie 130no, Jenkins 4-90) Worcs 196 (Horton 70no, Shackleton 4-45) Worcs 305-8 (Outschoorn 154no, Shackleton 3-58)
02 Jun	Gloucestershire	Southampton	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss won by Gloucestershire	Glos 279-5 (Milton 111no, Shackleton 3-57) Hants 288 (Rayment 94, Cook 4-74) Glos 120-7 (Graveney 50, Burden 4-58)
09 Jun	Surrey	Portsmouth	Won by 28 runs (12 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 191 (Gray 64, AV Bedser 5-68) Surrey 126 (Clark 48, Burden 6-23) Hants 71 (Eagar 30, Loader 5-32) Surrey 108 (Fletcher 31, Marshall 6-36)
13 Jun	Glamorgan	Bournemouth	Lost by 202 runs (0 pts) Toss won by Glamorgan	Glam 250 (Devereux 61, Shackleton 3-55) Hants 68 (Sainsbury 18, Wooller 6-33) Glam 110-5 (Parkhouse 47no, Sainsbury 3-8) Hants 90 (Eagar 28, Shepherd 4-6)
16 Jun	Middlesex	Lords	Won by 9 wkts (12 pts) Toss unknown	Middx 59 (Warr 13, Cannings 5-27) Hants 174-4 (Marshall 112, Hooker 2-28) Middx 126 (Murray 29, Gray 4-29) Hants 12-1 (L Harrison 8no, Edrich 1-5)
20 Jun	Glamorgan	Cardiff Arms Park	Lost by 8 wkts (0 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 125 (Sainsbury 26, Shepherd 4-31) Glam 136 (Lewis 34, Marshall 6-44) Hants 95 (Gray 16, Shepherd 8-33) Glam 88-2 (Hedges 41, Sainsbury 1-19)
23 Jun	Surrey	Guildford	Lost by 37 runs (4 pts) Toss unknown	Surrey 173 (Fletcher 88, Shackleton 7-62) Hants 185 (Horton 50, EA Bedser 4-43) Surrey 250-4 (Stewart 106, Barrington 103, Gray 2-50) Hants 201 (Marshall 58, Loader 3-36)
30 Jun	Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 155 (Marshall 46, Bailey 6-69) Essex 398-8 (Bailey 141no, Sainsbury 5-104) Hants 251-6 (Rayment 85, Bailey 2-36)
04 Jul	Yorkshire	Hull	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss unknown	Yorks 174 (Close 88, Marshall 6-44) Hants 152 (Gray 64, Appleyard 5-69) Yorks 143 (Watson 49, Cannings 5-39) Hants 104-9 (Gray 32, Wardle 3-22)
11 Jul	Warwickshire	Portsmouth	Won by 8 wkts (12 pts) Toss won by Warwickshire	Warwick 255 (Wolton 50, Shackleton 5-65) Hants 218 (Horton 67, Thompson 3-40) Warwick 123-5 (Gardner 30, Heath 3-32) Hants 162-2 (Rayment 65no, Thompson 1-28)
14 Jul	Derbyshire	Chesterfield	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 59-7 (Sainsbury 26no, Gladwin 3-16)
18 Jul	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss won by Gloucestershire	Glos 202-5 (Emmett 78, Cannings 2-44) Hants 62-5 (Gray 18, Wells 3-11)
21 Jul	Leicestershire	Bournemouth	Won by 8 wkts (12 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Leics 134 (Jackson 74, Cannings 5-20) Hants 193 (Gray 43, Goodwin 4-70) Leics 231-7 (Jackson 62, Gray 3-39) Hants 173-2 (Gray 70, Goodwin 1-33, Jackson 1-33)
25 Jul	Lancashire	Bournemouth	Lost by 6 wkts (0 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 125 (Horton 35, Greenhough 5-38) Lancs 212 (Grieves 51, Marshall 4-77) Hants 193 (Horton 70, Greenhough 6-79) Lancs 107-4 (Grieves 32no, Sainsbury 3-46)
28 Jul	Warwickshire	Edgbaston	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss won by Warwickshire	Hants 290-8 (Gray 115, Bannister 2-42) Warwick 112 (Spooner 76, Shackleton 7-38) Warwick 193-4 (Horner 52, Shackleton 2-39)
01 Aug	Middlesex	Southampton	Lost by 12 runs (0 pts) Toss unknown	Middx 227-7 (Compton 53, Burden 3-41) Hants 141-8 (Gray 62, Titmus 5-50) Middx 82-5 (Edrich 24no, Cannings 3-47) Hants 156 (Gray 50, Hurst 3-33)
04 Aug	Kent	Canterbury	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss won by Hampshire	Hants 132 (Ingleby-MacKenzie 39, Wright 3-19) Kent 126 (Cowdrey 38, Cannings 4-39) Hants 139-6 (Ingleby-MacKenzie 50no, Smith 3-40) Kent 142-9 (Phebey 64, Gray 5-52)
08 Aug	Northamptonshire	Rushden	Won by 10 wkts (12 pts) Toss unknown	Nhants 310-4 (Brookes 108, Shackleton 2-56) Hants 351-7 (Marshall 133, Kelleher 2-60) Nhants 82 (Tribe 17, Allen 17, Cannings 6-37) Hants 45-0 (Marshall 24no)
11 Aug	Leicestershire	Leicester	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 237 (Marshall 63, Spencer 5-62) Leics 108 (Jackson 41, Burden 4-31) Hants 43-2 (Burden 26, Van Geloven 1-7)
15 Aug	Essex	Portsmouth	Lost by 37 runs (0 pts) Toss won by Essex	Essex 241 (Insole 75, Cannings 5-69) Hants 208 (Gray 118no, TE Bailey 4-34) Essex 151-7 (Insole 57, Shackleton 4-44) Hants 147 (Horton 40, JA Bailey 3-26)
18 Aug	Northamptonshire	Portsmouth	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss unknown	Nhants 178-9 (1 ret hurt) (Arnold 29, Cannings 6-53) Hants 166 (Marshall 48, Tyson 4-49) Nhants 148-9 (1 abs) (Barrick 62, Shackleton 4-42) Hants 9-1 (Cannings 6, Arnold 1-5)
22 Aug	Sussex	Eastbourne	Won by 48 runs (12 pts) Toss unknown	Hants 293 (Eagar 84, Thomson 4-58) Sussex 154 (Parks 36, Shackleton 7-48) Hants 102-3 (Marshall 47, Thomson 3-34) Sussex 193 (Parks 58, Cannings 2-11)
25 Aug	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge	Match Drawn (0 pts) Toss unknown	Notts 193-5 (Giles 72, Sainsbury 2-56) Hants 115-4 (Ingleby-MacKenzie 37, Dooland 2-39)
29 Aug	Somerset	Bournemouth	Won by 6 wkts (12 pts) Toss won by Somerset	Somerset 37 (Wight 18, Shackleton 5-5, Sainsbury 5-15) Hants 119 (Ingleby-MacKenzie 41, Biddulph 4-53) Somerset 139 (Silk 42, Shackleton 4-42) Hants 60-4 (Marshall 16, Hilton 2-12)
01 Sep	Nottinghamshire	Bournemouth	Match Drawn (4 pts) Toss won by Nottinghamshire	Hants 259-5 (Marshall 73, Jepson 3-55) Notts 143-6 (Harvey 57, Cannings 3-36) Hants 27-5 (Horton 8, Jepson 3-14)

Totals
Runs scored 8086 for 362 wkts at an average of 22.33 per wkt.
Runs against 8375 for 403 wkts at an average of 20.78 per wkt.
Played 28, Won 9, Drawn 13, Lost 6, Points 140
Points System: WIN: 12 pts, LOST and won 1st inns: 4 pts, LOST and lost 1st inns: no points, DRAW and won 1st inns: 4 pts, DRAW and tied 1st inns: 2 pts, DRAW and lost 1st inns: no points, DRAW and won 1st inns in a match played under 1-day rules: 8 pts. Position decided by total points.
Finish - 6th

Averages

Ct	St	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	50's	100's	HS	Runs	Average	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	5fers	10Wm	BP	RPO	Average
21		HM Barnard	19	29	2	1	0	77	443	16.40	6	1	15	0	0	0	0-6	2.50	--
1		DE Blake	1	1	0	0	0	18	18	18.00
10		MD Burden	18	18	2	0	0	26	83	5.18	287.2	78	742	33	1	0	6-23	2.58	22.48
8		VHD Cannings	23	23	9	0	0	32no	131	9.35	690	250	1398	77	6	0	6-37	2.02	18.15
26		EDR Eagar	21	31	7	2	0	84	497	20.70	3	0	22	0	0	0	0-22	7.33	--
2		RD Flood *	2	3	0	0	0	19	26	8.66
14		JR Gray	28	46	4	10	2	118no	1387	33.02	436.3	131	1045	41	1	0	5-52	2.39	25.48
36	14	L Harrison	27	34	8	0	0	45	273	10.50
4		MB Heath	9	9	3	0	0	9	23	3.83	268.1	62	736	30	0	0	4-21	2.74	24.53
10		H Horton	28	44	4	12	0	96	1249	31.22	8	3	32	0	0	0	0-0	4.00	--
6		ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	10	17	4	1	1	130no	460	35.38
22		RE Marshall	28	46	1	6	2	133	1242	27.60	319.3	108	664	33	3	0	6-36	2.07	20.12
10		RWC Pitman	11	16	2	0	0	26	122	8.71
5		AWH Rayment	28	46	3	4	0	94	907	21.09	12.3	4	38	3	0	0	2-24	3.04	12.66
28		PJ Sainsbury	26	38	12	0	0	48no	552	21.23	656	272	1311	47	2	0	5-15	1.99	27.89
15		D Shackleton	28	31	9	0	0	35	299	13.59	1128.1	408	1998	126	7	0	7-38	1.77	15.85
		DT Tulk *	1	1	1	0	0	0no	0	--	13	3	48	0	0	0	0-48	3.69	--
		Extras/run outs							374				326	13
218	14	TOTALS	308	433	71	36	5		8086		3828.1	1320	8375	403	20	0

* County Championship Debut

Hundreds

Score	Player	Opponents	Venue
133	RE Marshall	Northamptonshire	Rushden
130no	ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	Worcestershire	Cowes
118no	JR Gray	Essex	Portsmouth
115	JR Gray	Warwickshire	Edgbaston
112	RE Marshall	Middlesex	Lords

5 Fers

Return	Player	Opponents	Venue
7-38	D Shackleton	Warwickshire	Edgbaston
7-48	D Shackleton	Sussex	Eastbourne
7-62	D Shackleton	Surrey	Guildford
6-23	MD Burden	Surrey	Portsmouth
6-36	RE Marshall	Surrey	Portsmouth
6-37	VHD Cannings	Northamptonshire	Rushden
6-44	RE Marshall	Yorkshire	Hull
6-44	RE Marshall	Glamorgan	Cardiff Arms Park
6-53	VHD Cannings	Northamptonshire	Portsmouth
5-5	D Shackleton	Somerset	Bournemouth
5-15	PJ Sainsbury	Somerset	Bournemouth
5-20	VHD Cannings	Leicestershire	Bournemouth
5-27	VHD Cannings	Middlesex	Lords
5-39	VHD Cannings	Yorkshire	Hull
5-46	D Shackleton	Kent	Southampton
5-47	D Shackleton	Somerset	Taunton
5-52	JR Gray	Kent	Canterbury
5-65	D Shackleton	Warwickshire	Portsmouth
5-69	VHD Cannings	Essex	Portsmouth
5-104	PJ Sainsbury	Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea

10 Wkts Matches (none)

Best Partnerships

Wkt	Score	Players	Opponents	Venue
1st	155	JR Gray and RE Marshall	Warwickshire	Edgbaston
	117	JR Gray and RE Marshall	Nottinghamshire	Bournemouth
2nd	156	H Horton and RE Marshall	Northamptonshire	Rushden
	126	JR Gray and H Horton	Kent	Southampton
	111	JR Gray and H Horton	Leicestershire	Bournemouth
3rd	151	H Horton and AWH Rayment	Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea
	117	JR Gray and AWH Rayment	Warwickshire	Portsmouth
4th	87	HM Barnard and AWH Rayment	Somerset	Taunton
5th	87	H Horton and ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	Nottinghamshire	Bournemouth
6th	102	EDR Eagar and PJ Sainsbury	Kent	Southampton
7th	86	EDR Eagar and ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	Worcestershire	Cowes
8th	65	ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie and D Shackleton	Worcestershire	Cowes
9th	74	VHD Cannings and L Harrison	Leicestershire	Leicester
10th	42	VHD Cannings and H Horton	Sussex	Portsmouth