f21304	Cambridge University v Middlesex
	University Match 1956
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 30th, 31st May, 1st June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 5 wickets
Umpires	FS Lee, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 23/1 (Murray 15*, Hurst 8*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 36/1 (Barber 8*, Dexter 25*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	b Robins	54
RW Barber	c Edrich b Warr	91
ER Dexter	c Warr b Edrich	126
Swaranjit Singh	c Titmus b Warr	0
PD Croft	not out	42
BCG Wilenkin	st Murray b Robins	6
RM James	did not bat
GW Cook	did not bat
G Goonesena	did not bat
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
RB Blatcher	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 7 lb)	21
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 107.5 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-95, 2-231, 3-247, 4-322, 5-340 (107.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	17	6	31	2	-	-
Tilly	11	4	26	0	-	-
Hurst	12	2	52	0	-	-
Parfitt	15	1	58	0	-	-
Titmus	23	7	42	0	-	-
Robins	15.5	3	56	2	-	-
Hooker	8	2	20	0	-	-
Edrich	6	1	34	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Blatcher	0
+JT Murray	b Swaranjit Singh	56
RJ Hurst	b Swaranjit Singh	30
HW Tilly	lbw b Goonesena	15
*WJ Edrich	c Barber b Cook	53
D Bennett	c O'Brien b Swaranjit Singh	3
RW Hooker	st Melluish b Goonesena	0
FJ Titmus	b Goonesena	96
PH Parfitt	c Croft b Blatcher	12
JJ Warr	not out	6
RVC Robins	c Swaranjit Singh b Goonesena	1
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 134.3 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-84, 3-87, 4-116, 5-137, 6-140, 7-184, 8-250, 9-285, 10-289 (134.3 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blatcher	11	3	42	2	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	35	14	58	3	-	-
Goonesena	45.3	19	64	4	-	-
Cook	27	5	65	1	-	-
Croft	5	1	12	0	-	-
Dexter	11	2	31	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	lbw b Warr	0
RW Barber	lbw b Robins	34
ER Dexter	st Murray b Robins	54
PD Croft	b Bennett	7
RM James	b Robins	1
BCG Wilenkin	b Titmus	4
GW Cook	lbw b Titmus	0
Swaranjit Singh	run out	4
G Goonesena	b Titmus	15
*+MEL Melluish	c Warr b Titmus	1
RB Blatcher	not out	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-74, 3-87, 4-88, 5-93, 6-97, 7-105, 8-115, 9-120, 10-123 (46.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	4	0	21	1	-	-
Titmus	11.4	6	9	4	-	-
Robins	20	6	54	3	-	-
Bennett	11	2	36	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Swaranjit Singh	51
+JT Murray	b Goonesena	37
*WJ Edrich	b Goonesena	0
D Bennett	c Melluish b Swaranjit Singh	0
RW Hooker	c Blatcher b Goonesena	2
FJ Titmus	not out	53
PH Parfitt	not out	24
RJ Hurst	did not bat
HW Tilly	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
RVC Robins	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 69.2 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-77, 3-78, 4-91, 5-99

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blatcher	4	1	19	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	31.2	8	63	2	-	-
Goonesena	21	5	46	3	-	-
Cook	10	4	24	0	-	-
Dexter	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RB Blatcher made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RW Barber (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in First-Class matches
--> ER Dexter (1) passed his previous highest score of 118 in First-Class matches
--> RJ Hurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> ER Dexter (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> RVC Robins reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Cambridge University second innings

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