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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 18th, 20th, 21st May 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sussex won by an innings and 148 runs |
| Umpires | K McCanlis, HL Palmer |
| Scorers | WE Teversham (Cambridge University), GW Washer (Sussex) |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 95/1 (Suttle 27*, Parks 23*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Cambridge University (2) 36/2 (Cook 25*, Edge 2*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JT Davies | c Webb b Bates | 0 | |||||
| GW Cook | b Bates | 3 | |||||
| DJ Green | b Smith | 15 | |||||
| GD Edge | c Suttle b Thomson | 7 | |||||
| *ER Dexter | b Bates | 18 | |||||
| RM James | c Foreman b Thomson | 4 | |||||
| PI Pieris | c Smith b Bell | 13 | |||||
| M Kasippillai | b Smith | 11 | |||||
| JRF Rutherford | b Smith | 7 | |||||
| +BT Swift | not out | 18 | |||||
| OS Wheatley | c Smith b Bates | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42 overs) | 100 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-9, 3-20, 4-45, 5-45, 6-54, 7-73, 8-77, 9-81, 10-100 (42 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 15 | 7 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bates | 14 | 5 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| Smith | 10 | 4 | 20 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bell | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DV Smith | retired hurt | 27 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | c Davies b Wheatley | 16 | |||||
| KG Suttle | c Kasippillai b Cook | 91 | |||||
| JM Parks | c Swift b Pieris | 124 | |||||
| G Potter | c Pieris b Rutherford | 63 | |||||
| DJ Foreman | c Swift b Kasippillai | 17 | |||||
| NI Thomson | c Rutherford b Kasippillai | 21 | |||||
| RV Bell | not out | 14 | |||||
| +RT Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| *RG Marlar | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Bates | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 8 lb, 3 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 115 overs) | 389 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49, 2-200, 3-293, 4-324, 5-366, 6-389 (115 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rutherford | 14 | 1 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wheatley | 36 | 9 | 78 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pieris | 38 | 8 | 142 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cook | 13 | 3 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kasippillai | 9 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| James | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JT Davies | b Thomson | 1 | |||||
| GW Cook | lbw b Bates | 27 | |||||
| DJ Green | b Bates | 0 | |||||
| GD Edge | b Thomson | 10 | |||||
| *ER Dexter | b Bates | 8 | |||||
| RM James | lbw b Bell | 26 | |||||
| PI Pieris | c and b Marlar | 37 | |||||
| M Kasippillai | c Webb b Thomson | 7 | |||||
| JRF Rutherford | not out | 5 | |||||
| OS Wheatley | b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| +BT Swift | b Bates | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 4 lb, 5 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 55.4 overs) | 141 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-28, 3-46, 4-46, 5-55, 6-111, 7-136, 8-136, 9-138, 10-141 (55.4 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 19 | 8 | 27 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bates | 20.4 | 6 | 48 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bell | 10 | 4 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 6 | 1 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GD Edge made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GW Cook (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> RV Bell made his debut for Sussex in First-Class matches
--> DV Smith retired hurt in the Sussex first innings having scored 27 (team had lost 0 wickets)
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