f21347	Essex v Cambridge University
	University Match 1956
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 16th, 18th, 19th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CS Elliott, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (1) 115/6 (Wilenkin 14*, Cook 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Wilenkin b DJ Smith	21
G Barker	lbw b Pretlove	92
+B Taylor	c Melluish b Pretlove	43
*DJ Insole	not out	29
TE Bailey	not out	21
GJ Smith	did not bat
LA Savill	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-163, 3-164

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	11	0	34	0	-	-
DJ Smith	11	1	54	1	-	-
Cook	18	7	46	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	30	16	39	0	-	-
Pretlove	14	3	33	2	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	lbw b R Smith	7
RW Barber	c Taylor b Bailey	1
ER Dexter	c Dodds b Ralph	19
Swaranjit Singh	c and b R Smith	13
JF Pretlove	b Greensmith	45
RM James	b Ralph	13
BCG Wilenkin	c Bailey b Greensmith	16
GW Cook	b Bailey	3
CS Smith	not out	4
*+MEL Melluish	st Taylor b Greensmith	1
DJ Smith	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-15, 3-33, 4-47, 5-85, 6-109, 7-118, 8-122, 9-125

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	18	5	37	2	-	-
Preston	6	1	22	0	-	-
R Smith	10	3	24	2	-	-
Ralph	13	4	24	2	-	-
Greensmith	14	5	17	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Pretlove b Dexter	27
G Barker	c Melluish b CS Smith	1
GJ Smith	b CS Smith	10
*DJ Insole	c DJ Smith b Swaranjit Singh	33
LA Savill	not out	5
R Smith	c Barber b CS Smith	1
TE Bailey	not out	5
+B Taylor	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 36.3 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-29, 3-68, 4-86, 5-87

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	10.3	3	19	3	-	-
DJ Smith	10	4	24	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	8	3	16	1	-	-
Dexter	8	2	23	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	run out	30
RW Barber	c Taylor b Bailey	6
ER Dexter	b R Smith	5
Swaranjit Singh	c Barker b R Smith	13
JF Pretlove	st Taylor b Greensmith	20
RM James	b R Smith	0
BCG Wilenkin	b Ralph	4
GW Cook	not out	17
CS Smith	c Taylor b Dodds	2
*+MEL Melluish	b R Smith	5
DJ Smith	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 63 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-24, 3-55, 4-55, 5-55, 6-62, 7-82, 8-87, 9-105

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	11	3	21	1	-	-
Preston	4	0	11	0	-	-
R Smith	20	8	35	4	-	-
Ralph	8	5	11	1	-	-
Greensmith	15	5	22	1	-	-
Dodds	5	4	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> B Taylor (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 25

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