f20959	Oxford University v Cambridge University
	University Match 1955
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 2nd, 4th, 5th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	N Oldfield, AE Pothecary
Scorers	WH Hansford, J Tyler (Oxford University)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 304 all out
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 103/6 (Pretlove 15*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	b Fellows-Smith	34
ABD Parsons	c Allan b Fellows-Smith	31
G Goonesena	c Williams b Gibson	23
VR Lumsden	lbw b Fasken	14
JF Pretlove	c Smith b Allan	114		242
Swaranjit Singh	c Williams b Fellows-Smith	2
PD Croft	lbw b Allan	9
*DRW Silk	lbw b Fellows-Smith	23
CS Smith	run out	7
+MEL Melluish	c Allan b Fellows-Smith	12
DJ Smith	not out	4
Extras	(18 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	31
Total	(all out, 116.2 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-73, 3-104, 4-122, 5-139, 6-151, 7-221, 8-238, 9-287, 10-304 (116.2 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	21	7	54	0	-	-
Fasken	22	6	39	1	-	-
Fellows-Smith	37	9	83	5	-	-
Jowett	9	3	22	0	-	-
Allan	14.2	4	36	2	-	-
Gibson	13	5	39	1	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJK Smith	c Melluish b CS Smith	25
JM Allan	c Pretlove b DJ Smith	9
AC Walton	st Melluish b Goonesena	57
*CCP Williams	b Goonesena	18
+AP Walshe	b Swaranjit Singh	20
GPS Delisle	c Silk b Goonesena	0
I Gibson	c Pretlove b Swaranjit Singh	2
JP Fellows-Smith	not out	24
DK Fasken	c Lumsden b Goonesena	4
DCPR Jowett	b Swaranjit Singh	0
JB Phillips	lbw b Swaranjit Singh	2
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-42, 3-73, 4-130, 5-135, 6-138, 7-138, 8-158, 9-166, 10-170 (69 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	18	1	49	1	-	-
DJ Smith	13	3	30	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	17	7	20	4	-	-
Goonesena	21	5	62	4	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ABD Parsons	lbw b Fasken	0
R O'Brien	b Fasken	24
G Goonesena	c and b Fasken	21
VR Lumsden	c Smith b Allan	25
Swaranjit Singh	c and b Phillips	11
JF Pretlove	c Walshe b Fasken	40
PD Croft	c Fasken b Gibson	1
*DRW Silk	c Gibson b Phillips	6
CS Smith	not out	26
+MEL Melluish	not out	13
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-41, 3-46, 4-63, 5-97, 6-103, 7-112, 8-149

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	21	4	46	2	-	-
Fasken	18	6	38	4	-	-
Fellows-Smith	6	2	20	0	-	-
Jowett	10	4	14	0	-	-
Allan	17	6	21	1	-	-
Gibson	6	1	28	1	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Walton	c Silk b DJ Smith	2
JM Allan	b Goonesena	11
MJK Smith	c Swaranjit Singh b Goonesena	104		180	13	-
JP Fellows-Smith	lbw b CS Smith	23
*CCP Williams	not out	47
GPS Delisle	c Melluish b Swaranjit Singh	15
I Gibson	b DJ Smith	8
+AP Walshe	not out	5
DK Fasken	did not bat
DCPR Jowett	did not bat
JB Phillips	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, 76 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-34, 3-72, 4-175, 5-190, 6-216

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	23	9	47	1	-	-
DJ Smith	18	5	46	2	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	14	2	49	1	-	-
Goonesena	18	4	73	2	-	-
Pretlove	3	3	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JF Pretlove (1) 100 in 215 minutes
--> JP Fellows-Smith (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> JP Fellows-Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Cambridge University first innings

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