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f19945	Cambridge University v Middlesex
	University Match 1953
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 6th, 7th, 8th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Cambridge University won by 3 wickets
Umpires	FS Lee, HL Palmer
Scorers	EH Hendren (Middlesex), AD James (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 14/0 (Bushby 6, Silk 6)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 53/1 (Brown 27, Sharp 15)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Anderton b Dickinson	110
SM Brown	lbw b Hare	32
*WJ Edrich	b Marlar	19
DCS Compton	c Anderton b Hare	56
AW Thompson	c Bushby b Estcourt	68
HPH Sharp	c Alexander b Hare	0
D Bennett	lbw b Hare	15
FJ Titmus	c Dickinson b Marlar	15
+LH Compton	not out	1
JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-102, 3-227, 4-234, 5-238, 6-272, 7-317, 8-334 (127 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hare	33	6	103	4	-	-
Dickinson	35	7	80	1	-	-
Marlar	30	11	45	2	-	-
Subba Row	8	1	24	0	-	-
Estcourt	21	8	64	1	-	-

Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Bushby	b Titmus	16
DRW Silk	b Titmus	76
+FCM Alexander	b Titmus	81
R Subba Row	not out	84
VR Lumsden	c DCS Compton b Young	35
W Knightley-Smith	not out	41
T Hare	did not bat
NSD Estcourt	did not bat
FM Anderton	did not bat
DC Dickinson	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 130 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-173, 3-178, 4-253

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	15	1	47	0	-	-
Bennett	10	4	17	0	-	-
Titmus	36	13	67	3	-	-
DCS Compton	13	0	58	0	-	-
Young	17	3	47	1	-	-
Edrich	34	7	77	0	-	-
Sharp	5	0	20	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Hare	10
SM Brown	c Lumsden b Subba Row	76
HPH Sharp	run out	51
DCS Compton	lbw b Subba Row	19
AW Thompson	c and b Subba Row	6
*WJ Edrich	not out	64
D Bennett	not out	28
FJ Titmus	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-140, 3-140, 4-154, 5-171

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hare	13	0	34	1	-	-
Dickinson	11	1	35	0	-	-
Marlar	33	6	88	0	-	-
Subba Row	32	4	97	3	-	-

Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Bushby	b Warr	9
DRW Silk	c LH Compton b Titmus	18
+FCM Alexander	b DCS Compton	49
T Hare	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	35
NSD Estcourt	b Titmus	2
FM Anderton	c and b Edrich	38
VR Lumsden	c Brown b Titmus	68
W Knightley-Smith	not out	15
R Subba Row	not out	16
DC Dickinson	did not bat
*RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 67 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-46, 3-108, 4-113, 5-117, 6-163, 7-232

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	6	1	21	1	-	-
Bennett	12	3	44	0	-	-
Titmus	22	6	64	3	-	-
DCS Compton	16	1	75	2	-	-
Young	5	0	21	0	-	-
Edrich	6	0	25	1	-	-

Notes
--> FM Anderton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DC Dickinson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SM Brown (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 29500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> DRW Silk (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> FCM Alexander (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in First-Class matches
--> VR Lumsden (2) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> T Hare achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 0-75)