f20904	Sussex v Cambridge University
	University Match 1955
Venue	Cricket Field Road, Horsham on 11th, 13th, 14th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Cambridge University won by 4 wickets
Umpires	F Chester, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 35/2 (Parsons 8*, Lumsden 5*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 107/4 (Suttle 13*, Cox 12*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Potter	c Melluish b CS Smith	2
DV Smith	c Goonesena b CS Smith	10
KG Suttle	b Goonesena	45
JM Parks	not out	175
DS Sheppard	b DJ Smith	12
DJ Foreman	b Lumsden	38
G Cox	b Goonesena	48
+DN Mantell	c Melluish b Goonesena	2
*RG Marlar	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(21 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	29
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-35, 3-87, 4-114, 5-244, 6-359, 7-361 (99 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	29	3	106	2	-	-
DJ Smith	27	6	84	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	14	5	37	0	-	-
Goonesena	21	4	68	3	-	-
Lumsden	8	0	37	1	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	c Sheppard b Wood	1
ABD Parsons	c Foreman b Marlar	46
G Goonesena	b Bates	14
VR Lumsden	b Marlar	47
*DRW Silk	b Parks	26
Swaranjit Singh	c and b Parks	39
PD Croft	b Marlar	6
W Knightley-Smith	not out	13
CS Smith	b Marlar	4
+MEL Melluish	lbw b Marlar	16
DJ Smith	lbw b Parks	0
Extras	(8 b, 11 lb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 126.5 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-115, 4-122, 5-184, 6-195, 7-195, 8-201, 9-227, 10-232 (126.5 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	16	8	13	1	-	-
Bates	15	3	32	1	-	-
Marlar	48	20	89	5	-	-
Smith	15	4	27	0	-	-
Potter	16	5	28	0	-	-
Parks	16.5	6	23	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Potter	b Lumsden	32
DV Smith	b DJ Smith	11
DS Sheppard	c Melluish b Lumsden	24
DJ Foreman	st Melluish b Goonesena	1
KG Suttle	not out	20
G Cox	b DJ Smith	17
*RG Marlar	not out	5
JM Parks	did not bat
+DN Mantell	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
DJ Wood	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 10 lb)	25
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-67, 3-68, 4-90, 5-124

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	10	4	20	0	-	-
DJ Smith	17	0	32	2	-	-
Goonesena	19	5	41	1	-	-
Lumsden	11	6	17	2	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	b Parks	25
R O'Brien	b Wood	1
G Goonesena	c Marlar b Bates	61
VR Lumsden	c Cox b Wood	90
Swaranjit Singh	lbw b Bates	26
PD Croft	c Parks b Wood	26
CS Smith	not out	7
ABD Parsons	not out	14
W Knightley-Smith	did not bat
+MEL Melluish	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, 81.1 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-55, 3-149, 4-210, 5-233, 6-249

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	16	4	33	3	-	-
Bates	22	7	58	2	-	-
Marlar	26.1	5	98	0	-	-
Smith	6	1	25	0	-	-
Parks	11	4	36	1	-	-

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Notes
--> G Potter (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> VR Lumsden (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 85
--> PD Croft (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> JM Parks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Cambridge University first innings (previous best was 3-59)

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