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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 9th, 10th, 11th May 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | FS Lee, HL Palmer |
| Scorers | WE Teversham (Cambridge University), GW Washer (Sussex) |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 221/6 (Suttle 1*, Thomson 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (2) 88/1 (Oakman 49*, Semmence 0*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | c Smith b Pieris | 130 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | b Swaranjit Singh | 13 | |||||
| AAK Lawrence | lbw b Smith | 0 | |||||
| JM Parks | c Cook b Pieris | 66 | |||||
| DJ Semmence | b Cook | 2 | |||||
| KG Suttle | not out | 33 | |||||
| DJ Foreman | b Cook | 1 | |||||
| NI Thomson | b Swaranjit Singh | 1 | |||||
| +RT Webb | st Melluish b Goonesena | 11 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | st Melluish b Goonesena | 2 | |||||
| DL Bates | b Goonesena | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 102.4 overs) | 268 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-26, 3-201, 4-216, 5-220, 6-221, 7-227, 8-258, 9-264, 10-268 (102.4 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 21 | 5 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Swaranjit Singh | 30 | 14 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pieris | 20 | 2 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 20.4 | 5 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lumsden | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 10 | 6 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R O'Brien | b Thomson | 8 | |||||
| RW Barber | b Parks | 56 | |||||
| ER Dexter | c Smith b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | c Bates b Parks | 42 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | c Bates b Oakman | 13 | |||||
| G Goonesena | b Parks | 4 | |||||
| GW Cook | b Oakman | 0 | |||||
| IM McLachlan | c Semmence b Oakman | 12 | |||||
| PI Pieris | c and b Oakman | 4 | |||||
| *+MEL Melluish | not out | 8 | |||||
| DJ Smith | c and b Oakman | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.3 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-14, 3-108, 4-119, 5-131, 6-131, 7-133, 8-144, 9-153, 10-159 (63.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 12 | 6 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bates | 14 | 3 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 11 | 2 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parks | 15 | 5 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 9.3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ASM Oakman | c O'Brien b Goonesena | 49 | |||||
| AAK Lawrence | c Swaranjit Singh b Goonesena | 36 | |||||
| DJ Semmence | c Pieris b Goonesena | 4 | |||||
| DJ Foreman | lbw b Smith | 14 | |||||
| KG Suttle | not out | 36 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c and b Goonesena | 1 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | st Melluish b Goonesena | 4 | |||||
| +RT Webb | b Swaranjit Singh | 6 | |||||
| DV Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Parks | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Bates | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 61 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-88, 2-92, 3-92, 4-123, 5-124, 6-134, 7-158 (61 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 15 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Swaranjit Singh | 14 | 1 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 27 | 6 | 50 | 5 | - | - | |
| Cook | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R O'Brien | b Smith | 22 | |||||
| RW Barber | c and b Oakman | 8 | |||||
| ER Dexter | not out | 118 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | b Parks | 33 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | c Semmence b Marlar | 38 | |||||
| G Goonesena | c Oakman b Thomson | 26 | |||||
| IM McLachlan | not out | 6 | |||||
| GW Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| PI Pieris | did not bat | ||||||
| *+MEL Melluish | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 75 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-40, 3-100, 4-149, 5-240 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bates | 11 | 2 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 16 | 5 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 11 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Parks | 10 | 2 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 20 | 6 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GW Cook made his debut in First-Class matches
--> IM McLachlan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R O'Brien (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> ER Dexter (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> ER Dexter (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> VR Lumsden (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
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