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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 28th, 30th April 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Surrey won by an innings and 78 runs |
| Umpires | FS Lee, HL Palmer |
| Scorer | WE Teversham (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Surrey (1) 165/4 (Barrington 24*, Bedser 23*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R O'Brien | c McIntyre b Loader | 4 | |||||
| RW Barber | c McIntyre b Lock | 23 | |||||
| ER Dexter | b Loader | 0 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | c and b Loader | 0 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | c McIntyre b Lock | 18 | |||||
| G Goonesena | b Lock | 11 | |||||
| JT Davies | b Loader | 7 | |||||
| M Kasippillai | c Fletcher b Lock | 7 | |||||
| PI Pieris | b Lock | 6 | |||||
| *+MEL Melluish | b Loader | 0 | |||||
| DJ Smith | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 45.5 overs) | 86 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-6, 3-14, 4-41, 5-57, 6-62, 7-74, 8-74, 9-76, 10-86 (45.5 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Loader | 12 | 4 | 19 | 5 | - | - | |
| Surridge | 9 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laker | 11 | 6 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lock | 13.5 | 4 | 27 | 5 | - | - | |
| Surrey first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TH Clark | lbw b Smith | 9 | |||||
| DGW Fletcher | b Swaranjit Singh | 14 | |||||
| B Constable | c Davies b Swaranjit Singh | 39 | |||||
| PBH May | c Davies b Swaranjit Singh | 54 | |||||
| KF Barrington | c Melluish b Smith | 59 | |||||
| EA Bedser | c O'Brien b Goonesena | 25 | |||||
| +AJW McIntyre | b Pieris | 50 | |||||
| JC Laker | not out | 11 | |||||
| *WS Surridge | b Smith | 1 | |||||
| GAR Lock | not out | 20 | |||||
| PJ Loader | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 107 overs) | 284 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-28, 3-113, 4-118, 5-170, 6-246, 7-262, 8-263 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 27 | 5 | 83 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pieris | 22 | 1 | 74 | 1 | - | - | |
| Swaranjit Singh | 27 | 8 | 66 | 3 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 31 | 10 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R O'Brien | c Surridge b Laker | 21 | |||||
| RW Barber | b Laker | 11 | |||||
| ER Dexter | c Barrington b Bedser | 44 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | b Laker | 4 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | b Lock | 5 | |||||
| G Goonesena | b Laker | 1 | |||||
| JT Davies | b Lock | 0 | |||||
| M Kasippillai | b Lock | 6 | |||||
| PI Pieris | lbw b Loader | 20 | |||||
| *+MEL Melluish | c and b Loader | 3 | |||||
| DJ Smith | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.2 overs) | 120 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31, 2-36, 3-48, 4-61, 5-62, 6-69, 7-77, 8-114, 9-120, 10-120 (69.2 ov) | |||||||
| Surrey bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Loader | 11 | 3 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Surridge | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laker | 24 | 12 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lock | 21 | 6 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 5.2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> ER Dexter made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JT Davies made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PI Pieris made his debut in First-Class matches
--> M Kasippillai made his debut for Cambridge University in First-Class matches
--> M Kasippillai made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> GAR Lock reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Cambridge University second innings
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