f21406	Oxford University v Cambridge University
	University Match 1956
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 7th, 9th, 10th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	P Corrall, DE Davies
Scorers	AJB Fowler, PG Thompson (Oxford University)
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 8/0 (Allan 0*, Gibson 8*)
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (1) 170/5 (Smith 80*, Eagar 31*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	c and b Allan	35
R O'Brien	c Clube b Kentish	146		293	18	-
BCG Wilenkin	b Bailey	7
ER Dexter	c Walton b Clube	46
JF Pretlove	run out	16
RM James	c Walshe b Kentish	8
Swaranjit Singh	run out	1
CS Smith	not out	13
G Goonesena	not out	18
DJ Smith	did not bat
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-66, 3-176, 4-241, 5-266, 6-270, 7-271

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24	2	76	1	-	-
Kentish	24	6	83	2	-	-
Allan	35	10	82	1	-	-
Clube	12	0	49	1	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Allan	b CS Smith	6
I Gibson	c Melluish b Goonesena	19
AC Walton	lbw b Swaranjit Singh	13
*MJK Smith	c Melluish b Goonesena	117		200	13	-
GPS Delisle	b Swaranjit Singh	7
SG Metcalfe	st Melluish b Goonesena	7
MA Eagar	not out	55
+AP Walshe	c DJ Smith b Goonesena	5
SVM Clube	b Goonesena	0
JA Bailey	run out	5
ESM Kentish	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-35, 3-47, 4-66, 5-76, 6-217, 7-225, 8-225, 9-247 (98 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	29	5	83	1	-	-
DJ Smith	20	6	34	0	-	-
Goonesena	31	8	77	5	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	18	6	40	2	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	c Smith b Allan	7
R O'Brien	c Delisle b Kentish	0
BCG Wilenkin	c Eagar b Allan	20
ER Dexter	st Walshe b Gibson	17
JF Pretlove	not out	34
Swaranjit Singh	c and b Kentish	26
RM James	not out	24
CS Smith	did not bat
G Goonesena	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-25, 3-48, 4-51, 5-100

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	3	1	6	0	-	-
Kentish	12	6	15	2	-	-
Allan	18	7	36	2	-	-
Clube	11	4	20	0	-	-
Gibson	11	2	51	1	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Gibson	b CS Smith	5
SG Metcalfe	b CS Smith	16
AC Walton	lbw b CS Smith	0
*MJK Smith	c Pretlove b Goonesena	10
GPS Delisle	c DJ Smith b Goonesena	2
JM Allan	not out	14
MA Eagar	not out	7
+AP Walshe	did not bat
SVM Clube	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
ESM Kentish	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 36 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-12, 3-31, 4-31, 5-33

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	13	6	22	3	-	-
DJ Smith	3	0	7	0	-	-
Goonesena	14	9	21	2	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	3	3	0	0	-	-
Barber	2	1	4	0	-	-
Pretlove	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AP Walshe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> R O'Brien (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in First-Class matches
--> R O'Brien (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 86
--> MJK Smith (1) 100 in 180 minutes
--> MJK Smith (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> CS Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Oxford University second innings
--> G Goonesena reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Oxford University second innings

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