f21377	Surrey v Cambridge University
	University Match 1956
Venue	Woodbridge Road, Guildford on 27th, 28th, 29th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DE Davies, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 1/0 (Fletcher 0*, Pratt 1*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 81/2 (Barber 44*, Wilenkin 5*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	b Cox	1
RW Barber	c McIntyre b AV Bedser	7
BCG Wilenkin	c Stewart b Laker	7
VR Lumsden	c Fletcher b EA Bedser	44
JF Pretlove	c Pratt b Laker	51
Swaranjit Singh	c and b Cox	41
RM James	not out	106
CS Smith	c Pratt b EA Bedser	29
GW Cook	c Laker b EA Bedser	5
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 119.3 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-12, 3-36, 4-106, 5-124, 6-188, 7-286, 8-294 (119.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	28	12	39	1	-	-
Cox	29	6	88	2	-	-
Willett	3	0	11	0	-	-
Laker	30	13	47	2	-	-
EA Bedser	29.3	7	106	3	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DGW Fletcher	retired ill	0
REC Pratt	c Pretlove b Barber	120
MJ Stewart	not out	155
KF Barrington	not out	13
EA Bedser	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
R Swetman	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
DF Cox	did not bat
MD Willett	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 95 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-256 (Pratt)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	20	7	38	0	-	-
DJ Smith	31	7	85	0	-	-
James	7	2	20	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	15	2	72	0	-	-
Cook	14	4	33	0	-	-
Pretlove	5	0	21	0	-	-
Barber	3	0	19	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	c sub b AV Bedser	25
RW Barber	c Pratt b EA Bedser	49
BCG Wilenkin	retired hurt	67
VR Lumsden	b AV Bedser	28
RM James	c sub b Pratt	20
Swaranjit Singh	c sub b AV Bedser	19
GW Cook	c Stewart b Willett	7
JF Pretlove	not out	3
CS Smith	not out	0
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 91 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-92, 3-136, 4-184, 5-226, 6-236

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AV Bedser	30	11	65	3	-	-
Cox	23	6	52	0	-	-
Willett	5	1	13	1	-	-
EA Bedser	23	4	67	1	-	-
Barrington	1	0	1	0	-	-
Pratt	9	3	20	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
REC Pratt	not out	36
MJ Stewart	c and b CS Smith	38
KF Barrington	not out	25
DGW Fletcher	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
R Swetman	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
DF Cox	did not bat
MD Willett	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 38 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (Stewart)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	12	4	28	1	-	-
DJ Smith	15	2	48	0	-	-
James	6	0	17	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	4	2	3	0	-	-
Lumsden	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RM James (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> REC Pratt (1) passed his previous highest score of 90 in First-Class matches
--> REC Pratt (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MJ Stewart (1) passed his previous highest score of 134 in First-Class matches
--> RW Barber (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> DGW Fletcher retired ill in the Surrey first innings having scored 0 (team score 1/0)

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