f20879	Cambridge University v Free Foresters
	University Match 1955
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 4th, 6th, 7th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HL Palmer, EB Wye
Close of play day 1	Free Foresters (1) 33/2 (Blake 16*, Rutter 0*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 181/7 (CS Smith 14*, Melluish 18*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ABD Parsons	c Shaddick b Hall	34
PD Croft	lbw b Hall	8
G Goonesena	c Blake b Kenny	48
Swaranjit Singh	c Dowding b Hall	1
*DRW Silk	c Burger b Robins	41
W Knightley-Smith	st Blake b Shaddick	9
JF Pretlove	c Blake b Shaddick	0
RG Newman	lbw b Robins	0
CS Smith	not out	40
+MEL Melluish	c Hall b Dickinson	36
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 81.1 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-88, 3-91, 4-104, 5-131, 6-131, 7-132, 8-167, 9-235 (81.1 ov)

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	18	6	50	3	-	-
Kenny	30	5	68	1	-	-
Shaddick	13	2	40	2	-	-
Dickinson	3.1	0	9	1	-	-
Robins	17	2	50	2	-	-

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Free Foresters first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DE Blake	c Croft b Goonesena	42
BCG Wilenkin	c Silk b CS Smith	5
AL Dowding	c Parsons b DJ Smith	0
AEH Rutter	b CS Smith	45
*FG Mann	c Melluish b Goonesena	2
CGD Burger	b CS Smith	4
RVC Robins	lbw b CS Smith	2
TA Hall	not out	8
DC Dickinson	b CS Smith	5
CJM Kenny	b CS Smith	0
RA Shaddick	b Goonesena	1
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 64.4 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-13, 3-93, 4-103, 5-108, 6-112, 7-115, 8-125, 9-125, 10-132 (64.4 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	21	5	35	6	-	-
DJ Smith	11	4	25	1	-	-
Goonesena	22.4	8	35	3	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	10	4	19	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ABD Parsons	b Hall	11
PD Croft	b Kenny	0
G Goonesena	c Wilenkin b Kenny	78
Swaranjit Singh	c Shaddick b Robins	48
W Knightley-Smith	run out	1
JF Pretlove	b Robins	3
RG Newman	c and b Kenny	4
CS Smith	not out	14
+MEL Melluish	not out	18
*DRW Silk	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 64 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-20, 3-101, 4-119, 5-127, 6-148, 7-151

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	8	1	22	1	-	-
Kenny	26	11	61	3	-	-
Shaddick	10	3	20	0	-	-
Dickinson	7	1	22	0	-	-
Robins	13	1	52	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RG Newman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BCG Wilenkin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CGD Burger made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AEH Rutter made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RA Shaddick made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MEL Melluish (1) equalled his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> G Goonesena (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> G Goonesena (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> CS Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Free Foresters first innings (previous best was 5-69)
--> CS Smith reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Free Foresters first innings

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