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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 27th, 28th, 29th April 1966 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Essex won by 50 runs |
| Umpires | CS Elliott, A Jepson |
| Scorers | H Watson (Cambridge University), H Watson (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 178/6 (Bailey 38*, Edmeades 13*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 59/0 (Barker 26*, Bear 32*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Russell b Cottrell | 26 | |||||
| MJ Bear | b Roopnaraine | 20 | |||||
| GJ Saville | c Cottrell b Fitzgerald | 5 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Gould b Fitzgerald | 10 | |||||
| BR Knight | c Hays b Roopnaraine | 56 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | st +Murray b Fitzgerald | 77 | |||||
| +B Taylor | b Roopnaraine | 2 | |||||
| BEA Edmeades | c and b Fitzgerald | 24 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | not out | 18 | |||||
| RE East | c Roopnaraine b Fitzgerald | 1 | |||||
| GC Pritchard | b Fitzgerald | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89.2 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-53, 3-54, 4-77, 5-147, 6-157, 7-214, 8-243, 9-247, 10-249 (89.2 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Russell | 9 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cutler | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roopnaraine | 28 | 12 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fitzgerald | 26.2 | 9 | 70 | 6 | - | - | |
| Cottrell | 18 | 0 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KPWJ McAdam | c Bear b Edmeades | 50 | |||||
| +DL Hays | lbw b Knight | 2 | |||||
| *DL Murray | lbw b Knight | 6 | |||||
| AVE Gould | b Bailey | 0 | |||||
| VP Malalasekera | b Bailey | 80 | |||||
| NJ Cosh | c Fletcher b Bailey | 42 | |||||
| GA Cottrell | b Bailey | 0 | |||||
| JF Fitzgerald | lbw b Bailey | 0 | |||||
| RW Cutler | c Pritchard b Hobbs | 12 | |||||
| R Roopnaraine | c East b Bailey | 9 | |||||
| SG Russell | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 5 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65 overs) | 214 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-31, 3-32, 4-98, 5-170, 6-176, 7-176, 8-197, 9-203, 10-214 (65 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 13 | 4 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pritchard | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 18 | 4 | 41 | 6 | - | - | |
| East | 11 | 2 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edmeades | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 11 | 4 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Gould b Roopnaraine | 41 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c and b Roopnaraine | 48 | |||||
| GJ Saville | c McAdam b Cottrell | 5 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | b Roopnaraine | 3 | |||||
| +B Taylor | not out | 26 | |||||
| BEA Edmeades | c Fitzgerald b Cottrell | 8 | |||||
| BR Knight | c Cosh b Cottrell | 12 | |||||
| RNS Hobbs | not out | 22 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| GC Pritchard | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 69 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-90, 2-93, 3-97, 4-99, 5-112, 6-132 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Russell | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cutler | 9 | 3 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roopnaraine | 29 | 9 | 79 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fitzgerald | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cottrell | 24 | 8 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KPWJ McAdam | c Fletcher b Bailey | 13 | |||||
| AVE Gould | b Edmeades | 28 | |||||
| +DL Hays | b Bailey | 14 | |||||
| *DL Murray | lbw b Edmeades | 9 | |||||
| VP Malalasekera | b Edmeades | 4 | |||||
| NJ Cosh | c Taylor b Edmeades | 38 | |||||
| GA Cottrell | c Bear b Hobbs | 23 | |||||
| RW Cutler | st Taylor b Hobbs | 5 | |||||
| JF Fitzgerald | lbw b Hobbs | 7 | |||||
| SG Russell | c Fletcher b Bailey | 0 | |||||
| R Roopnaraine | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 2 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.2 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-62, 3-78, 4-81, 5-84, 6-139, 7-145, 8-152, 9-157, 10-157 (65.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 10 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 19.2 | 8 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| East | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edmeades | 12 | 2 | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hobbs | 22 | 7 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> VP Malalasekera made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NJ Cosh made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GA Cottrell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JF Fitzgerald made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AVE Gould (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> JF Fitzgerald achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings
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