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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 6th, 8th, 9th June 1953 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Marylebone Cricket Club won by 6 wickets |
| Umpires | FS Lee, K McCanlis |
| Scorer | AD James (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 25/0 (Sharp 13*, Blake 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Cambridge University (2) 39/1 (Hare 20*, Alexander 1*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Bushby | c Townsend b Weeks | 106 | |||||
| DRW Silk | b Insole | 126 | |||||
| RV Turner | c Wyatt b Sims | 10 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | b Townsend | 37 | |||||
| W Knightley-Smith | b Insole | 19 | |||||
| DV Crookes | not out | 20 | |||||
| WID Hayward | c Popplewell b Townsend | 5 | |||||
| T Hare | c Townsend b Insole | 0 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | lbw b Weeks | 2 | |||||
| R Subba Row | not out | 6 | |||||
| +FCM Alexander | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 6 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 112 overs) | 355 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-213, 2-257, 3-258, 4-321, 5-321, 6-332, 7-333, 8-336 | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ellis | 20 | 5 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 21 | 5 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Allen | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 18 | 4 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Davies | 16 | 1 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sims | 12 | 3 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Weeks | 19 | 2 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HPH Sharp | c Bushby b Hayward | 24 | |||||
| DE Blake | c and b Hayward | 66 | |||||
| RES Wyatt | c Alexander b Hare | 92 | |||||
| DJ Insole | c and b Hayward | 84 | |||||
| A Townsend | not out | 56 | |||||
| JGW Davies | b Marlar | 18 | |||||
| *GOB Allen | not out | 19 | |||||
| +OB Popplewell | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Sims | did not bat | ||||||
| RT Weeks | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Ellis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 121 overs) | 375 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-132, 3-270, 4-293, 5-336 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hayward | 26 | 4 | 88 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hare | 27 | 5 | 79 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 35 | 8 | 101 | 1 | - | - | |
| Subba Row | 27 | 10 | 70 | 0 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lumsden | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Knightley-Smith | b Davies | 18 | |||||
| T Hare | b Sims | 20 | |||||
| +FCM Alexander | b Sims | 28 | |||||
| RV Turner | not out | 113 | |||||
| R Subba Row | not out | 100 | |||||
| MH Bushby | did not bat | ||||||
| DRW Silk | did not bat | ||||||
| VR Lumsden | did not bat | ||||||
| DV Crookes | did not bat | ||||||
| WID Hayward | did not bat | ||||||
| *RG Marlar | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 76.3 overs) | 286 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-39, 3-92 | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ellis | 12 | 2 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 12 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Davies | 10 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sims | 19 | 0 | 79 | 2 | - | - | |
| Weeks | 15 | 2 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sharp | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 0.3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HPH Sharp | b Marlar | 114 | |||||
| DE Blake | st Alexander b Subba Row | 50 | |||||
| A Townsend | run out | 12 | |||||
| DJ Insole | not out | 85 | |||||
| JGW Davies | c Knightley-Smith b Marlar | 3 | |||||
| *GOB Allen | not out | 1 | |||||
| RES Wyatt | did not bat | ||||||
| +OB Popplewell | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Sims | did not bat | ||||||
| RT Weeks | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Ellis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 60 overs) | 269 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-97, 2-111, 3-252, 4-260 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hayward | 13 | 1 | 82 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hare | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 24 | 3 | 103 | 2 | - | - | |
| Subba Row | 15 | 3 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lumsden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PM Ellis made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JM Sims made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PM Ellis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DRW Silk (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in First-Class matches
--> DRW Silk (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 107
--> DV Crookes (1) equalled his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> RV Turner (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> RV Turner (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> R Subba Row (2) passed his previous highest score of 94 in First-Class matches
--> R Subba Row (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> R Subba Row (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 81
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