f20938	Gloucestershire v Cambridge University
	University Match 1955
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 25th, 27th, 28th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets
Umpires	TJ Bartley, WFF Price
Scorers	HR Headford (Gloucestershire), PRS Piggott (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 21/0 (Young 16*, Milton 5*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 75/3 (Silk 21*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	c Wells b Griffiths	63
R O'Brien	lbw b Wells	45
G Goonesena	c Wells b Griffiths	28
VR Lumsden	lbw b Wells	8
JF Pretlove	lbw b Wells	54
Swaranjit Singh	b Mortimore	13
ABD Parsons	b Milton	22
W Knightley-Smith	not out	11
PD Croft	c Milton b Griffiths	26
+MEL Melluish	st Rochford b Griffiths	0
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 137.5 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-100, 2-127, 3-145, 4-163, 5-195, 6-249, 7-249, 8-288, 9-289 (137.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McHugh	15	6	21	0	-	-
Wiltshire	20	4	38	0	-	-
Wells	46	22	77	3	-	-
Griffiths	23.5	6	74	4	-	-
Mortimore	26	12	45	1	-	-
Milton	7	2	15	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Smith	29
CA Milton	c Croft b Goonesena	28
RB Nicholls	b Smith	31
JF Crapp	c and b Swaranjit Singh	49
JB Mortimore	b Smith	50
JVC Griffiths	b Smith	19
GGM Wiltshire	c Pretlove b Smith	6
*GM Emmett	lbw b Swaranjit Singh	21
+P Rochford	not out	0
BD Wells	b Smith	0
FP McHugh	st Melluish b Smith	0
Extras	(10 b, 15 lb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 114.1 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-81, 3-150, 4-166, 5-228, 6-234, 7-259, 8-259, 9-259, 10-259 (114.1 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	31.1	10	55	7	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	42	13	96	2	-	-
Goonesena	26	8	56	1	-	-
Pretlove	11	4	14	0	-	-
Lumsden	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	b Mortimore	24
R O'Brien	lbw b Wiltshire	7
ABD Parsons	b McHugh	9
VR Lumsden	c Griffiths b Mortimore	28
JF Pretlove	run out	34
G Goonesena	c Griffiths b Mortimore	7
Swaranjit Singh	c Milton b Wells	5
W Knightley-Smith	c Nicholls b Wells	0
PD Croft	c Milton b Griffiths	11
+MEL Melluish	c Rochford b Griffiths	6
DJ Smith	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-31, 3-73, 4-81, 5-95, 6-100, 7-104, 8-127, 9-137, 10-140 (75 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McHugh	19	8	22	1	-	-
Wiltshire	4	1	8	1	-	-
Wells	22	8	60	2	-	-
Griffiths	7	4	13	2	-	-
Mortimore	23	10	28	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c and b Smith	50
CA Milton	st Melluish b Pretlove	54
RB Nicholls	b Pretlove	12
JF Crapp	not out	29
*GM Emmett	not out	22
JB Mortimore	did not bat
JVC Griffiths	did not bat
GGM Wiltshire	did not bat
+P Rochford	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
FP McHugh	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 34.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-112, 3-129

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	13	1	59	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	9	0	41	0	-	-
Goonesena	2	0	12	0	-	-
Pretlove	7	0	32	2	-	-
Lumsden	3	0	18	0	-	-
Silk	0.3	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PD Croft (1) equalled his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> GM Emmett (2) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JVC Griffiths achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Cambridge University first innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> DJ Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 4-58)
--> DJ Smith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings

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