f21680	Cambridge University v Essex
	University Match 1957
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 4th, 5th, 6th May 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FS Lee, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 276/9 (Swift 6*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 23/2 (Barber 16*, Swift 0*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	c Ralph b King	25
GW Cook	b Preston	0
DJ Green	b Preston	44
IM McLachlan	st Taylor b King	101
ER Dexter	b Preston	24
*G Goonesena	b Preston	29
RM James	lbw b Bailey	3
CS Smith	b King	24
JRF Rutherford	run out	10
+BT Swift	not out	6
OS Wheatley	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 112.1 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-63, 3-96, 4-129, 5-190, 6-205, 7-251, 8-270, 9-276 (112.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	22.1	5	57	1	-	-
Preston	24	6	55	4	-	-
Ralph	13	3	26	0	-	-
Greensmith	19	2	47	0	-	-
King	27	8	67	3	-	-
Insole	7	0	14	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Swift b Goonesena	29
LA Savill	b Goonesena	21
+B Taylor	lbw b Smith	15
*DJ Insole	c Swift b Cook	8
TE Bailey	c Goonesena b Wheatley	66
MJ Bear	lbw b Goonesena	5
GJ Smith	c James b Wheatley	64
WT Greensmith	lbw b James	14
LHR Ralph	b Wheatley	4
KC Preston	not out	5
IM King	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 95.5 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-57, 3-72, 4-79, 5-86, 6-197, 7-214, 8-219, 9-238 (95.5 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	28	6	64	1	-	-
Wheatley	20	5	48	3	-	-
Goonesena	26	5	66	3	-	-
Rutherford	7	1	21	0	-	-
Cook	12	2	26	1	-	-
James	2.5	0	6	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	b Preston	17
GW Cook	lbw b Bailey	2
DJ Green	c Smith b Preston	5
JRF Rutherford	lbw b Preston	6
IM McLachlan	lbw b Ralph	33
ER Dexter	not out	100
*G Goonesena	c Insole b King	3
RM James	not out	5
CS Smith	did not bat
+BT Swift	did not bat
OS Wheatley	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-23, 3-24, 4-37, 5-128, 6-136

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	16	3	31	1	-	-
Preston	14	4	38	3	-	-
Ralph	14	2	39	1	-	-
Greensmith	6	2	25	0	-	-
King	9	1	38	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Cook	57
LA Savill	st Swift b Goonesena	14
+B Taylor	not out	23
MJ Bear	not out	22
*DJ Insole	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
IM King	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 42 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-78

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	4	0	10	0	-	-
Wheatley	3	0	13	0	-	-
Goonesena	8	0	32	1	-	-
Rutherford	7	3	16	0	-	-
Cook	10	5	10	1	-	-
Barber	10	1	35	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Green (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> IM McLachlan (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> IM McLachlan (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> ER Dexter (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> G Barker (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> IM King made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> KC Preston reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Cambridge University second innings

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