f21373	Somerset v Cambridge University
	University Match 1956
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CFD Buttle, E Theakstone
Scorer	T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 176/3 (Lumsden 16*, James 20*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 186/5 (Stephenson 16*, Lomax 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Melluish b Pieris	18
M Walker	c Melluish b Smith	17
CL McCool	c Melluish b Cook	37
GM Tripp	c Cook b Pieris	4
*MF Tremlett	c and b Cook	15
+HW Stephenson	c Dexter b Pieris	33
JG Lomax	c Lumsden b Smith	0
BA Langford	c Wilenkin b Swaranjit Singh	50
KE Palmer	not out	14
JWJ McMahon	c Barber b Smith	8
B Lobb	lbw b Barber	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-45, 3-53, 4-96, 5-97, 6-117, 7-148, 8-198, 9-208, 10-209 (66 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	13	4	30	3	-	-
Pieris	25	5	64	3	-	-
Dexter	4	1	23	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	10	3	26	1	-	-
Cook	10	1	46	2	-	-
Barber	4	2	7	1	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	lbw b Lobb	4
RW Barber	lbw b McMahon	44
ER Dexter	c and b McMahon	91
VR Lumsden	c Lomax b Lobb	44
RM James	lbw b Langford	97
Swaranjit Singh	lbw b Lobb	6
BCG Wilenkin	lbw b McMahon	69
GW Cook	c McCool b Lomax	38
CS Smith	c Langford b McCool	6
PI Pieris	not out	6
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 114 overs)	418
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-136, 3-140, 4-230, 5-240, 6-307, 7-369, 8-404, 9-418 (114 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	22	3	86	3	-	-
Lomax	11	0	36	1	-	-
Palmer	6	0	20	0	-	-
McCool	25	5	87	1	-	-
Langford	20	8	49	1	-	-
McMahon	30	6	127	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Pieris b Cook	20
M Walker	c Cook b Pieris	2
CL McCool	c Dexter b Barber	79
GM Tripp	b Smith	33
*MF Tremlett	c Lumsden b Barber	22
+HW Stephenson	c Lumsden b Swaranjit Singh	100
JG Lomax	c Melluish b Swaranjit Singh	99
BA Langford	c Smith b Swaranjit Singh	33
KE Palmer	not out	42
B Lobb	not out	11
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	26
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 138 overs)	467
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-59, 3-119, 4-155, 5-176, 6-353, 7-381, 8-448

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	29	2	86	1	-	-
Pieris	15	5	59	1	-	-
Dexter	4	0	25	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	29	9	70	3	-	-
Cook	34	13	87	1	-	-
Barber	20	4	74	2	-	-
James	7	0	40	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	c Stephenson b Lobb	4
RW Barber	not out	38
ER Dexter	b McCool	23
VR Lumsden	b McMahon	11
RM James	c and b McCool	10
Swaranjit Singh	not out	1
BCG Wilenkin	did not bat
GW Cook	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
PI Pieris	did not bat
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 32 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-59, 3-76, 4-87

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	5	2	10	1	-	-
Lomax	1	0	1	0	-	-
McCool	15	2	54	2	-	-
McMahon	9	1	22	1	-	-
Walker	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BA Langford (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> GM Tripp (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> JG Lomax reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cambridge University first innings

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