f20804	Cambridge University v Essex
	University Match 1955
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 7th, 9th, 10th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FS Lee, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 26/2 (O'Brien 9*, Lumsden 16*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 44/0 (Dodds 22*, Gibb 13*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Melluish b CS Smith	2
+PA Gibb	c Silk b Goonesena	16
G Barker	run out	24
R Horsfall	c Melluish b Goonesena	5
*DJ Insole	c Silk b Goonesena	84
TE Bailey	b Swaranjit Singh	28
B Taylor	c Melluish b Goonesena	0
R Smith	c Silk b Goonesena	6
WT Greensmith	not out	30
JA Bailey	b Swaranjit Singh	1
P Cousens	run out	3
Extras	(10 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 102.4 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-30, 3-55, 4-55, 5-147, 6-151, 7-162, 8-191, 9-192, 10-220 (102.4 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	10	4	18	1	-	-
DJ Smith	11	2	28	0	-	-
Goonesena	44.4	17	70	5	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	33	12	61	2	-	-
Barber	4	0	22	0	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	b Smith	1
AD Buckingham	c Gibb b TE Bailey	0
R O'Brien	c sub b Greensmith	27
VR Lumsden	b TE Bailey	18
W Knightley-Smith	c Dodds b Smith	95
Swaranjit Singh	c Insole b Greensmith	0
RW Barber	st Gibb b Greensmith	10
CS Smith	b JA Bailey	0
G Goonesena	b Greensmith	20
+MEL Melluish	b TE Bailey	36
DJ Smith	not out	5
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 105.1 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-34, 4-71, 5-71, 6-88, 7-101, 8-137, 9-203, 10-222 (105.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	24.1	7	43	3	-	-
Smith	22	7	43	2	-	-
JA Bailey	15	3	33	1	-	-
Greensmith	27	5	72	4	-	-
Cousens	17	7	21	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Swaranjit Singh b Goonesena	50
+PA Gibb	lbw b CS Smith	17
G Barker	not out	67
R Horsfall	not out	40
*DJ Insole	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
B Taylor	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 3 lb)	20
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-98

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	13	4	31	1	-	-
DJ Smith	12	0	39	0	-	-
Goonesena	18	5	35	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	7	2	14	0	-	-
Barber	4	0	26	0	-	-
Lumsden	8	2	29	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	c TE Bailey b Greensmith	20
AD Buckingham	not out	52
RW Barber	not out	36
R O'Brien	did not bat
VR Lumsden	did not bat
W Knightley-Smith	did not bat
Swaranjit Singh	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
G Goonesena	did not bat
+MEL Melluish	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 33 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Silk)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	1	13	0	-	-
JA Bailey	10	2	23	0	-	-
Greensmith	6	1	23	1	-	-
Cousens	8	1	39	0	-	-
Insole	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Knightley-Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> MEL Melluish (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> R Horsfall (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> AD Buckingham (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches

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