f21250	Cambridge University v Sussex
	University Match 1956
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 9th, 10th, 11th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FS Lee, HL Palmer
Scorer	WE Teversham (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 221/6 (Suttle 1*, Thomson 0*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 88/1 (Oakman 49*, Semmence 0*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Smith	c Smith b Pieris	130
ASM Oakman	b Swaranjit Singh	13
AAK Lawrence	lbw b Smith	0
JM Parks	c Cook b Pieris	66
DJ Semmence	b Cook	2
KG Suttle	not out	33
DJ Foreman	b Cook	1
NI Thomson	b Swaranjit Singh	1
+RT Webb	st Melluish b Goonesena	11
*RG Marlar	st Melluish b Goonesena	2
DL Bates	b Goonesena	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 102.4 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-26, 3-201, 4-216, 5-220, 6-221, 7-227, 8-258, 9-264, 10-268 (102.4 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21	5	67	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	30	14	56	2	-	-
Pieris	20	2	62	2	-	-
Goonesena	20.4	5	48	3	-	-
Lumsden	1	0	9	0	-	-
Cook	10	6	17	2	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	b Thomson	8
RW Barber	b Parks	56
ER Dexter	c Smith b Thomson	0
Swaranjit Singh	c Bates b Parks	42
VR Lumsden	c Bates b Oakman	13
G Goonesena	b Parks	4
GW Cook	b Oakman	0
IM McLachlan	c Semmence b Oakman	12
PI Pieris	c and b Oakman	4
*+MEL Melluish	not out	8
DJ Smith	c and b Oakman	4
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-14, 3-108, 4-119, 5-131, 6-131, 7-133, 8-144, 9-153, 10-159 (63.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	12	6	25	2	-	-
Bates	14	3	37	0	-	-
Marlar	11	2	27	0	-	-
Smith	2	0	8	0	-	-
Parks	15	5	44	3	-	-
Oakman	9.3	5	10	5	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ASM Oakman	c O'Brien b Goonesena	49
AAK Lawrence	c Swaranjit Singh b Goonesena	36
DJ Semmence	c Pieris b Goonesena	4
DJ Foreman	lbw b Smith	14
KG Suttle	not out	36
NI Thomson	c and b Goonesena	1
*RG Marlar	st Melluish b Goonesena	4
+RT Webb	b Swaranjit Singh	6
DV Smith	did not bat
JM Parks	did not bat
DL Bates	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-92, 3-92, 4-123, 5-124, 6-134, 7-158 (61 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	1	40	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	14	1	47	1	-	-
Goonesena	27	6	50	5	-	-
Cook	5	2	13	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	b Smith	22
RW Barber	c and b Oakman	8
ER Dexter	not out	118
Swaranjit Singh	b Parks	33
VR Lumsden	c Semmence b Marlar	38
G Goonesena	c Oakman b Thomson	26
IM McLachlan	not out	6
GW Cook	did not bat
PI Pieris	did not bat
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 75 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-40, 3-100, 4-149, 5-240

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	7	1	27	1	-	-
Bates	11	2	50	0	-	-
Marlar	16	5	56	1	-	-
Smith	11	2	20	1	-	-
Parks	10	2	41	1	-	-
Oakman	20	6	57	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GW Cook made his debut in First-Class matches
--> IM McLachlan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R O'Brien (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> ER Dexter (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> ER Dexter (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> VR Lumsden (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22

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