f21257	Cambridge University v Kent
	University Match 1956
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 12th, 14th, 15th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	LH Gray, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 14/1 (Phebey 4*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 130/2 (Wilson 52*, Cowdrey 54*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	c Pettiford b Halfyard	25
BCG Wilenkin	run out	63
ER Dexter	b Pettiford	51
Swaranjit Singh	c Jones b Dixon	13
G Goonesena	lbw b Halfyard	64
GW Cook	c Cowdrey b Spanswick	27
IM McLachlan	lbw b Halfyard	5
CS Smith	c Ufton b Spanswick	3
PI Pieris	not out	23
*+MEL Melluish	c Pettiford b Spanswick	5
DJ Smith	not out	10
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-123, 3-160, 4-163, 5-254, 6-254, 7-259, 8-265, 9-273

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spanswick	22	3	62	3	-	-
Halfyard	32	9	99	3	-	-
Pettiford	23	6	69	1	-	-
Dixon	17	7	42	1	-	-
Page	6	2	17	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	b Swaranjit Singh	22
PH Jones	b CS Smith	10
RC Wilson	b CS Smith	15
*MC Cowdrey	b Swaranjit Singh	24
J Pettiford	st Melluish b Goonesena	14
AF Brazier	c Melluish b Goonesena	4
AL Dixon	c Cook b Goonesena	2
+DG Ufton	c Melluish b CS Smith	2
DJ Halfyard	c McLachlan b Goonesena	20
JG Spanswick	b CS Smith	1
JCT Page	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-46, 3-54, 4-81, 5-86, 6-97, 7-98, 8-120, 9-121, 10-124 (54 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	20	4	35	4	-	-
DJ Smith	7	0	18	0	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	11	1	30	2	-	-
Goonesena	16	8	34	4	-	-

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Kent second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Phebey	c Melluish b CS Smith	13
PH Jones	b CS Smith	3
RC Wilson	c McLachlan b Pieris	75
*MC Cowdrey	not out	204
J Pettiford	not out	45
AF Brazier	did not bat
AL Dixon	did not bat
+DG Ufton	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
JG Spanswick	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 138 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-208

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	23	5	51	2	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	42	10	121	0	-	-
Goonesena	34	9	76	0	-	-
Pieris	23	9	59	1	-	-
Dexter	1	0	3	0	-	-
Cook	15	3	30	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	c Cowdrey b Brazier	10
BCG Wilenkin	c Ufton b Halfyard	19
ER Dexter	c Cowdrey b Brazier	32
Swaranjit Singh	c Wilson b Spanswick	51
G Goonesena	not out	22
IM McLachlan	c Ufton b Spanswick	28
GW Cook	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
PI Pieris	did not bat
*+MEL Melluish	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 33 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-30, 3-109, 4-129, 5-173 (33 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spanswick	8	0	48	2	-	-
Halfyard	11	0	55	1	-	-
Dixon	2	0	14	0	-	-
Brazier	12	2	45	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Halfyard made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JG Spanswick made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed his previous highest score of 154 in First-Class matches
--> G Goonesena (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> IM McLachlan (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> BCG Wilenkin made his debut for Cambridge University in First-Class matches

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