f21240	Cambridge University v Yorkshire
	University Match 1956
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 2nd, 3rd, 4th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FS Lee, HL Palmer
Scorer	WE Teversham (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 40/1 (O'Brien 19*, Dexter 10*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 105/4 (Sutcliffe 11*, Blackburn 0*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Close	b CS Smith	3
DEV Padgett	b CS Smith	22
JV Wilson	c and b Goonesena	57
*WHH Sutcliffe	c Melluish b Goonesena	2
R Illingworth	c O'Brien b Swaranjit Singh	66
JDH Blackburn	lbw b Swaranjit Singh	3
JH Wardle	b DJ Smith	6
+JG Binks	b CS Smith	0
R Appleyard	b DJ Smith	5
FS Trueman	b Swaranjit Singh	46
MJ Cowan	not out	14
Extras	(11 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 99.3 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-35, 3-51, 4-168, 5-170, 6-174, 7-177, 8-186, 9-197, 10-251 (99.3 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	23	5	64	3	-	-
DJ Smith	15	4	51	2	-	-
Pieris	7	1	23	0	-	-
Goonesena	29	12	37	2	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	25.3	6	49	3	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	c Wilson b Close	59
RW Barber	c Binks b Trueman	7
ER Dexter	b Appleyard	33
Swaranjit Singh	c Binks b Wardle	5
G Goonesena	b Trueman	10
VR Lumsden	c Wilson b Close	11
M Kasippillai	b Trueman	7
CS Smith	not out	16
PI Pieris	run out	2
*+MEL Melluish	lbw b Wardle	0
DJ Smith	b Cowan	4
Extras	(10 b, 10 lb, 6 nb)	26
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-78, 3-95, 4-113, 5-128, 6-143, 7-145, 8-155, 9-163, 10-180 (75.1 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	18	4	39	3	-	-
Cowan	18.1	6	40	1	-	-
Wardle	15	8	29	2	-	-
Appleyard	12	5	28	1	-	-
Close	12	5	18	2	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Close	b Swaranjit Singh	47
DEV Padgett	c and b Goonesena	20
JV Wilson	lbw b Goonesena	7
R Illingworth	c O'Brien b Goonesena	12
*WHH Sutcliffe	c Lumsden b DJ Smith	11
JDH Blackburn	b DJ Smith	15
JH Wardle	lbw b DJ Smith	14
+JG Binks	b Goonesena	5
R Appleyard	not out	8
FS Trueman	not out	19
MJ Cowan	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-73, 3-81, 4-105, 5-105, 6-132, 7-137, 8-145

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	10	1	28	0	-	-
DJ Smith	19	6	33	3	-	-
Pieris	8	3	25	0	-	-
Goonesena	30	13	50	4	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	13	6	22	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	c Wardle b Close	18
RW Barber	not out	68
ER Dexter	b Close	0
VR Lumsden	b Wardle	28
Swaranjit Singh	lbw b Wardle	2
M Kasippillai	b Appleyard	3
G Goonesena	c Illingworth b Wardle	9
CS Smith	not out	1
PI Pieris	did not bat
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, 59 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-35, 3-90, 4-92, 5-95, 6-131

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	10	4	11	0	-	-
Cowan	9	3	26	0	-	-
Wardle	17	2	52	3	-	-
Appleyard	13	4	20	1	-	-
Close	10	3	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JDH Blackburn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JDH Blackburn made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> R Illingworth (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> DB Close (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> RW Barber (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> RW Barber (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> DJ Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Yorkshire second innings
--> R Appleyard reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cambridge University second innings

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