f20953	Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University
	University Match 1955
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 29th, 30th June, 1st July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	EG Canning, GD Morton
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 67/3 (Lumsden 6*, Pretlove 3*)
Close of play day 2	Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 150/6 (Coldwell 6*, Davies 33*)

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KPA Mathews	lbw b CS Smith	41
+DE Blake	c Melluish b DJ Smith	8
AC Shirreff	b CS Smith	10
JF Crapp	c Silk b Swaranjit Singh	25
VS Munden	b Goonesena	25
AL Dowding	c Melluish b CS Smith	57
WR Coldwell	lbw b Swaranjit Singh	8
MH Stevenson	c and b Goonesena	1
*JGW Davies	st Melluish b Goonesena	0
BD Wells	b Goonesena	8
CT Spencer	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-34, 3-73, 4-105, 5-125, 6-154, 7-157, 8-165, 9-182, 10-188 (79 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	22	5	60	3	-	-
DJ Smith	19	4	53	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	19	7	26	2	-	-
Goonesena	19	7	44	4	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	c Blake b Spencer	0
R O'Brien	c Munden b Shirreff	27
G Goonesena	c Stevenson b Spencer	11
VR Lumsden	c Blake b Spencer	55
JF Pretlove	st Blake b Wells	26
Swaranjit Singh	b Wells	0
ABD Parsons	st Blake b Wells	16
PD Croft	lbw b Spencer	0
CS Smith	b Spencer	3
+MEL Melluish	c Munden b Spencer	14
DJ Smith	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-42, 3-42, 4-101, 5-107, 6-144, 7-148, 8-148, 9-153, 10-166 (74.5 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27.5	9	58	6	-	-
Shirreff	18	6	37	1	-	-
Munden	12	6	21	0	-	-
Wells	17	5	37	3	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KPA Mathews	lbw b CS Smith	10
+DE Blake	b DJ Smith	40
AC Shirreff	b CS Smith	4
JF Crapp	b Swaranjit Singh	18
VS Munden	c Croft b Goonesena	4
AL Dowding	b Goonesena	22
*JGW Davies	b DJ Smith	87
WR Coldwell	b CS Smith	7
MH Stevenson	c Swaranjit Singh b CS Smith	37
BD Wells	not out	1
CT Spencer	b DJ Smith	2
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 81.5 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-34, 3-34, 4-80, 5-91, 6-112, 7-151, 8-242, 9-244, 10-246 (81.5 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	27	2	90	4	-	-
DJ Smith	19.5	3	63	3	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	13	6	28	1	-	-
Goonesena	18	8	42	2	-	-
Pretlove	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	c Blake b Spencer	4
R O'Brien	b Spencer	3
G Goonesena	c Crapp b Davies	55
VR Lumsden	c Munden b Davies	44
JF Pretlove	c Blake b Spencer	4
Swaranjit Singh	lbw b Wells	21
ABD Parsons	st Blake b Wells	18
PD Croft	not out	47
CS Smith	lbw b Munden	5
+MEL Melluish	b Spencer	6
DJ Smith	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, 87 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-12, 3-107, 4-112, 5-112, 6-146, 7-151, 8-182, 9-213

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21	5	55	4	-	-
Shirreff	21	5	68	0	-	-
Munden	15	6	24	1	-	-
Wells	21	9	35	2	-	-
Davies	9	2	25	2	-	-

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Notes
--> WR Coldwell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JF Crapp (1) passed 21500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> DE Blake (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> PD Croft (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> G Goonesena reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings
--> BD Wells reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cambridge University second innings
--> CT Spencer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Cambridge University second innings
--> DRW Silk retired not out in the Cambridge University second innings having scored 4 (team had lost 0 wickets) - he returned when the score was 9/1

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