f20815	Cambridge University v Leicestershire
	University Match 1955
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 11th, 12th, 13th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Leicestershire won by 3 wickets
Umpires	DE Davies, HL Palmer
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), WE Teversham (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 99/2 (Lester 35*, Palmer 8*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 122/3 (Swaranjit Singh 17*, Knightley-Smith 14*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	c Firth b Boshier	0
R O'Brien	lbw b Munden	34
VR Lumsden	c Firth b Walsh	23
Swaranjit Singh	run out	53
W Knightley-Smith	b Munden	14
CS Smith	lbw b Walsh	11
PD Croft	lbw b Lester	8
G Goonesena	not out	56
+MEL Melluish	c Smithson b Lester	13
DJ Smith	c Smithson b Walsh	5
RHM Arkell	b Walsh	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-57, 3-59, 4-79, 5-136, 6-136, 7-164, 8-202, 9-217, 10-223 (89 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	5	33	0	-	-
Boshier	9	3	25	1	-	-
Walsh	25	3	75	4	-	-
Munden	21	11	38	2	-	-
Jackson	9	6	7	0	-	-
Lester	12	2	40	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Goonesena	62
MR Hallam	b Goonesena	35
M Tompkin	c Melluish b Goonesena	15
*CH Palmer	lbw b CS Smith	87
GA Smithson	lbw b DJ Smith	14
VE Jackson	b DJ Smith	0
VS Munden	b CS Smith	17
JE Walsh	lbw b CS Smith	0
+J Firth	not out	18
CT Spencer	c and b Goonesena	12
BS Boshier	c Melluish b Goonesena	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-88, 3-167, 4-214, 5-214, 6-220, 7-220, 8-249, 9-269, 10-269 (96 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	22	2	69	3	-	-
DJ Smith	20	1	65	2	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	19	4	54	0	-	-
Goonesena	26	8	49	5	-	-
Arkell	9	1	23	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	st Firth b Munden	28
R O'Brien	c Hallam b Munden	46
VR Lumsden	b Munden	13
Swaranjit Singh	c Hallam b Boshier	49
W Knightley-Smith	b Boshier	15
G Goonesena	b Spencer	14
PD Croft	c Spencer b Boshier	13
CS Smith	c Hallam b Spencer	4
+MEL Melluish	c Tompkin b Boshier	2
DJ Smith	not out	1
RHM Arkell	c and b Boshier	3
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-84, 3-89, 4-139, 5-158, 6-176, 7-182, 8-185, 9-192, 10-196 (79.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	24	3	62	2	-	-
Boshier	21.5	9	49	5	-	-
Walsh	8	0	34	0	-	-
Munden	18	12	16	3	-	-
Lester	8	1	27	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Knightley-Smith b DJ Smith	7
MR Hallam	c Silk b CS Smith	13
M Tompkin	b DJ Smith	30
*CH Palmer	c Melluish b DJ Smith	43
GA Smithson	b CS Smith	22
VE Jackson	not out	12
VS Munden	run out	3
JE Walsh	c Melluish b DJ Smith	6
+J Firth	not out	2
CT Spencer	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, 48.3 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-49, 3-59, 4-120, 5-124, 6-128, 7-135

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	14.3	2	49	2	-	-
DJ Smith	18	3	58	4	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	6	0	18	0	-	-
Goonesena	10	4	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PD Croft made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RHM Arkell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Swaranjit Singh (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> J Firth (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> DRW Silk (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> DJ Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 3-103)

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