f20833	Cambridge University v South Africans
	South Africa in England 1955
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africans won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FS Lee, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	South Africans (1) 268 all out
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 76/2 (Silk 40*, Parsons 3*)

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ McGlew	b Swaranjit Singh	85
JHB Waite	c Parsons b Swaranjit Singh	78
+CAR Duckworth	st Melluish b Goonesena	15
WR Endean	c Parsons b CS Smith	24
PL Winslow	st Melluish b Goonesena	0
*JE Cheetham	c Pretlove b CS Smith	23
ARA Murray	b DJ Smith	5
ERH Fuller	c O'Brien b Swaranjit Singh	7
HJ Tayfield	b Swaranjit Singh	1
VI Smith	not out	4
PS Heine	b Swaranjit Singh	12
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-137, 2-180, 3-188, 4-190, 5-228, 6-239, 7-251, 8-251, 9-252, 10-268 (95.4 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	22	11	36	2	-	-
DJ Smith	19	3	50	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	28.4	6	73	5	-	-
Goonesena	24	2	74	2	-	-
Pretlove	2	0	21	0	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	b Smith	15
R O'Brien	st Duckworth b Smith	25
ABD Parsons	c Waite b Smith	1
Swaranjit Singh	run out	0
VR Lumsden	c and b Tayfield	9
W Knightley-Smith	c Heine b Tayfield	6
JF Pretlove	b Tayfield	0
CS Smith	b Heine	1
G Goonesena	lbw b Heine	8
+MEL Melluish	b Tayfield	0
DJ Smith	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-41, 3-41, 4-42, 5-56, 6-56, 7-57, 8-65, 9-67, 10-67 (60.2 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	17	8	17	2	-	-
Fuller	9	5	8	0	-	-
Tayfield	22.2	8	31	4	-	-
Smith	12	6	9	3	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	c Cheetham b Fuller	54
R O'Brien	c Waite b Tayfield	0
G Goonesena	lbw b Tayfield	31
ABD Parsons	c Cheetham b Tayfield	11
Swaranjit Singh	c Waite b Fuller	20
VR Lumsden	b Tayfield	5
W Knightley-Smith	b Fuller	5
JF Pretlove	not out	19
CS Smith	c Heine b Smith	7
+MEL Melluish	not out	0
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(8 wickets, 113 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-70, 3-86, 4-116, 5-120, 6-123, 7-131, 8-153

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	20	10	32	0	-	-
Fuller	21	12	24	3	-	-
Tayfield	44	23	51	4	-	-
Smith	17	7	33	1	-	-
Murray	11	6	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ McGlew (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> WR Endean (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23

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