f21328	Cambridge University v Free Foresters
	University Match 1956
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 9th, 11th, 12th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Free Foresters won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HL Palmer, WFF Price
Scorer	WE Teversham (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 246/6 (Pretlove 89*, McLachlan 11*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 79/4 (Pretlove 0*, Swaranjit Singh 0*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	c Kamm b Hall	13
GW Cook	b Hall	0
ER Dexter	c Mathews b Hall	8
VR Lumsden	lbw b Robins	48
JF Pretlove	not out	89
Swaranjit Singh	c Mathews b Hall	11
RM James	c and b Kenny	39
IM McLachlan	not out	11
CS Smith	did not bat
PI Pieris	did not bat
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
Extras	(24 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	27
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-26, 3-37, 4-97, 5-121, 6-216

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	16	4	46	4	-	-
Kenny	22	9	55	1	-	-
Robins	17	1	68	1	-	-
Croft	4	2	14	0	-	-
Wheatley	15	6	36	0	-	-

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Free Foresters first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KPA Mathews	b Smith	20
BCG Wilenkin	c Melluish b Smith	12
ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	c Melluish b Smith	1
AL Dowding	b Cook	67
PD Croft	b Cook	8
RVC Robins	b Swaranjit Singh	36
*FG Mann	c James b Swaranjit Singh	43
OS Wheatley	c and b Cook	15
+A Kamm	lbw b Swaranjit Singh	4
TA Hall	not out	0
CJM Kenny	c Swaranjit Singh b Pretlove	0
Extras	(18 b)	18
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-38, 3-47, 4-149, 5-149, 6-158, 7-196, 8-217, 9-224, 10-224 (79.1 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19	5	61	3	-	-
Pieris	19	1	56	0	-	-
Dexter	5	2	4	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	19	7	33	3	-	-
Cook	13	3	50	3	-	-
Pretlove	4.1	2	2	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	lbw b Wheatley	35
GW Cook	c and b Wheatley	39
ER Dexter	b Robins	0
VR Lumsden	b Wheatley	2
JF Pretlove	not out	0
Swaranjit Singh	not out	0
RM James	did not bat
IM McLachlan	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
PI Pieris	did not bat
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 w)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 33 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-76, 3-78, 4-78

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	8	2	21	0	-	-
Kenny	8	3	20	0	-	-
Robins	8	3	20	1	-	-
Croft	1	0	3	0	-	-
Wheatley	8	3	12	3	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> OS Wheatley made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KPA Mathews made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Kamm made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Swaranjit Singh (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> GW Cook (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> GW Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Free Foresters first innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> Swaranjit Singh reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Free Foresters first innings

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