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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 13th, 14th, 15th June 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Cambridge University won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | WJR Harrington, GD Morton |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 18/2 (Gibb 8*, Barrington 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 179/7 (Barrington 53*, Marlar 1*) |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +PA Gibb | b CS Smith | 8 | |||||
| RE Bird | c Cook b CS Smith | 2 | |||||
| AL Dowding | b CS Smith | 4 | |||||
| KF Barrington | lbw b DJ Smith | 11 | |||||
| DO Baldry | c Cook b Dexter | 23 | |||||
| *JGW Davies | b DJ Smith | 22 | |||||
| MH Stevenson | c Lumsden b CS Smith | 8 | |||||
| WS Surridge | c Melluish b DJ Smith | 9 | |||||
| RG Marlar | c Dexter b DJ Smith | 0 | |||||
| CB Clarke | not out | 15 | |||||
| ST Ilsley | c CS Smith b DJ Smith | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 8 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 43.4 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-18, 3-20, 4-42, 5-72, 6-89, 7-101, 8-101, 9-103, 10-126 (43.4 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| CS Smith | 18 | 6 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| DJ Smith | 21.4 | 8 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R O'Brien | lbw b Ilsley | 43 | |||||
| RW Barber | c Bird b Clarke | 42 | |||||
| ER Dexter | lbw b Ilsley | 6 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | run out | 30 | |||||
| JF Pretlove | b Clarke | 0 | |||||
| RM James | c Dowding b Clarke | 27 | |||||
| GW Cook | b Marlar | 57 | |||||
| CS Smith | not out | 53 | |||||
| PI Pieris | b Clarke | 20 | |||||
| *+MEL Melluish | c Dowding b Ilsley | 10 | |||||
| DJ Smith | b Clarke | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 122.2 overs) | 303 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-79, 2-89, 3-103, 4-103, 5-154, 6-159, 7-251, 8-279, 9-298, 10-303 (122.2 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Surridge | 23 | 7 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Baldry | 11 | 1 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 34 | 3 | 106 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clarke | 26.2 | 4 | 64 | 5 | - | - | |
| Ilsley | 22 | 7 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Davies | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +PA Gibb | b CS Smith | 7 | |||||
| RE Bird | b CS Smith | 37 | |||||
| AL Dowding | c Pretlove b Cook | 25 | |||||
| KF Barrington | not out | 62 | |||||
| DO Baldry | b CS Smith | 9 | |||||
| *JGW Davies | c Melluish b Pieris | 5 | |||||
| MH Stevenson | run out | 5 | |||||
| WS Surridge | c Dexter b CS Smith | 24 | |||||
| RG Marlar | b CS Smith | 10 | |||||
| CB Clarke | c Cook b CS Smith | 2 | |||||
| ST Ilsley | c Barber b DJ Smith | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 1 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70.4 overs) | 199 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-64, 3-97, 4-115, 5-122, 6-127, 7-173, 8-196, 9-198, 10-199 (70.4 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| CS Smith | 19 | 5 | 58 | 6 | - | - | |
| DJ Smith | 15.4 | 1 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pieris | 22 | 5 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cook | 8 | 3 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R O'Brien | not out | 15 | |||||
| RW Barber | c and b Dowding | 4 | |||||
| ER Dexter | not out | 4 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | did not bat | ||||||
| JF Pretlove | did not bat | ||||||
| RM James | did not bat | ||||||
| GW Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| CS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| PI Pieris | did not bat | ||||||
| *+MEL Melluish | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 4.3 overs) | 25 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Barber) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stevenson | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bird | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dowding | 0.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> ST Ilsley made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PA Gibb made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GW Cook (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
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