f20924	Warwickshire v Cambridge University
	University Match 1955
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 18th, 20th, 21st June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Cambridge University won by 53 runs
Umpires	D Davies, H Elliott
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), PRS Piggott (Cambridge University)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 16/0 (Cartwright 7*, Leach 9*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 105/5 (Swaranjit Singh 39*, Parsons 16*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	b Carter	2
R O'Brien	b Dollery	2
G Goonesena	c Townsend b Carter	118
VR Lumsden	c Lewis b Dollery	69
W Knightley-Smith	c Lewis b Dollery	2
Swaranjit Singh	b Dollery	36
ABD Parsons	lbw b Dollery	13
PD Croft	c Lewis b Dollery	8
JF Pretlove	c Lewis b Dollery	15
CS Smith	c Carter b King	39
+MEL Melluish	not out	11
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 106.1 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-11, 3-153, 4-157, 5-217, 6-238, 7-255, 8-260, 9-297, 10-325 (106.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dollery	37	3	121	7	-	-
Carter	14	1	44	2	-	-
Paul	17	6	28	0	-	-
King	20.1	3	57	1	-	-
Hitchcock	11	0	49	0	-	-
Townsend	7	2	16	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Cartwright	b Smith	58
CW Leach	c and b Goonesena	23
AVG Wolton	c Melluish b Goonesena	30
RE Hitchcock	c Smith b Swaranjit Singh	22
Khalid Ibadulla	b Goonesena	35
A Townsend	c O'Brien b Swaranjit Singh	4
NA Paul	c Knightley-Smith b Swaranjit Singh	25
*+EB Lewis	b Goonesena	4
IM King	c Silk b Goonesena	0
KR Dollery	not out	0
RG Carter	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 86.2 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-99, 3-140, 4-140, 5-148, 6-201, 7-207, 8-207, 9-216 (86.2 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22	6	30	1	-	-
Silk	2	0	2	0	-	-
Goonesena	22.2	6	58	5	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	33	8	90	3	-	-
Pretlove	6	2	21	0	-	-
Lumsden	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	c Lewis b Hitchcock	10
R O'Brien	b Carter	5
G Goonesena	b Townsend	26
VR Lumsden	b Hitchcock	4
W Knightley-Smith	b Hitchcock	0
Swaranjit Singh	c Leach b Carter	56
ABD Parsons	lbw b Carter	27
PD Croft	b Carter	19
JF Pretlove	c Lewis b Paul	12
CS Smith	c Dollery b Hitchcock	7
+MEL Melluish	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-18, 3-26, 4-28, 5-58, 6-117, 7-152, 8-153, 9-172, 10-172 (79.3 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dollery	10	3	24	0	-	-
Carter	21	8	39	4	-	-
Paul	3.3	2	5	1	-	-
King	9	6	6	0	-	-
Hitchcock	30	6	68	4	-	-
Townsend	6	1	24	1	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Cartwright	lbw b Smith	2
CW Leach	b Goonesena	25
AVG Wolton	c Parsons b Smith	16
A Townsend	st Melluish b Goonesena	24
RE Hitchcock	c Silk b Swaranjit Singh	17
Khalid Ibadulla	not out	66
NA Paul	b Goonesena	5
RG Carter	b Goonesena	18
IM King	b Goonesena	3
*+EB Lewis	b Swaranjit Singh	2
KR Dollery	lbw b Swaranjit Singh	38
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-20, 3-59, 4-83, 5-89, 6-94, 7-126, 8-130, 9-143, 10-228 (77 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	16	1	58	2	-	-
Goonesena	29	5	79	5	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	29	4	74	3	-	-
Pretlove	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CW Leach made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Goonesena (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in First-Class matches
--> G Goonesena (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AVG Wolton (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> Khalid Ibadulla (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> RG Carter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Cambridge University second innings (previous best was 4-64)
--> G Goonesena reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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