| f20801 | |
| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 4th, 5th, 6th May 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | FS Lee, HL Palmer |
| Close of play day 1 | Yorkshire (1) 374/6 (Yardley 74*, van Geloven 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Yorkshire (2) 5/0 (Lowson 3*, Watson 2*) |
| Yorkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FA Lowson | c Parsons b CS Smith | 7 | |||||
| W Watson | b CS Smith | 10 | |||||
| JV Wilson | b DJ Smith | 110 | |||||
| DB Close | lbw b CS Smith | 114 | |||||
| EI Lester | c Whiteside b DJ Smith | 6 | |||||
| *NWD Yardley | not out | 74 | |||||
| R Illingworth | b Swaranjit Singh | 28 | |||||
| J van Geloven | not out | 1 | |||||
| +R Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| FS Trueman | did not bat | ||||||
| R Appleyard | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b, 11 lb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 94 overs) | 374 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-21, 3-245, 4-260, 5-271, 6-373 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| CS Smith | 20 | 2 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| DJ Smith | 27 | 2 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Swaranjit Singh | 17 | 0 | 86 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 25 | 5 | 76 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barber | 5 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DRW Silk | b van Geloven | 15 | |||||
| AD Buckingham | b van Geloven | 10 | |||||
| ABD Parsons | lbw b Trueman | 36 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | c and b Trueman | 25 | |||||
| R O'Brien | c Booth b Close | 6 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | c Illingworth b van Geloven | 94 | |||||
| RW Barber | b Illingworth | 0 | |||||
| CS Smith | c Lowson b Appleyard | 37 | |||||
| G Goonesena | c and b Trueman | 4 | |||||
| DJ Smith | not out | 0 | |||||
| +PG Whiteside | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 4 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 101.4 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-29, 3-68, 4-84, 5-144, 6-149, 7-224, 8-229, 9-240 (101.4 ov) | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 25 | 6 | 74 | 3 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 17 | 4 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Close | 17 | 5 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Appleyard | 23.4 | 11 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 19 | 5 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FA Lowson | c Whiteside b Swaranjit Singh | 54 | |||||
| W Watson | not out | 52 | |||||
| JV Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| DB Close | did not bat | ||||||
| EI Lester | did not bat | ||||||
| *NWD Yardley | did not bat | ||||||
| R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| J van Geloven | did not bat | ||||||
| +R Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| FS Trueman | did not bat | ||||||
| R Appleyard | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 35.4 overs) | 114 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-114 (Lowson, 35.4 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| CS Smith | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| DJ Smith | 11 | 2 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swaranjit Singh | 6.4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 11 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DRW Silk | c Appleyard b Close | 28 | |||||
| AD Buckingham | b Close | 43 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | c Illingworth b Close | 0 | |||||
| R O'Brien | not out | 16 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | c Watson b Illingworth | 38 | |||||
| RW Barber | not out | 3 | |||||
| ABD Parsons | did not bat | ||||||
| CS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| G Goonesena | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| +PG Whiteside | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 48 overs) | 138 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60, 2-60, 3-80, 4-131 | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 12 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Close | 12 | 4 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Appleyard | 12 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> J van Geloven made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PG Whiteside made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JV Wilson (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 100
--> DB Close (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> EI Lester (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> AD Buckingham (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
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