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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 11th, 13th, 14th May 1940 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Cambridge University won by an innings and 108 runs |
| Umpires | CD Gilbert, FHG Tomkins |
| Scorers | PRS Piggott (Cambridge University), HI Sparrow (British Empire XI) |
| Close of play day 1 | Cambridge University (1) 165/2 (Baylis 6*, Bridger 12*) |
| Close of play day 2 | British Empire XI (2) 120/4 (Yardley 61*, Bebbington 29*) |
| British Empire XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DFR Emus | lbw b Webster | 43 | 5 | - | |||
| CL Walker | b Webster | 14 | 45 | 1 | - | ||
| +WMF Bebbington | b Webster | 8 | 20 | 1 | - | ||
| NWD Yardley | b Bridger | 34 | 56 | 4 | - | ||
| JBD Emtage | c Bell b Bridger | 36 | 62 | 2 | - | ||
| JGW Davies | c Thompson b Bridger | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| FE Peall | c Bell b White | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||
| JCW Rock | b Webster | 6 | 13 | - | - | ||
| AN Young | b Webster | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| RL Skea | c Conradi b Bridger | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| DL Donnelly | not out | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 38.2 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (Walker), 2-63 (Bebbington), 3-81 (Emus), 4-130 (Yardley), 5-130 (Davies), 6-133 (Peall), 7-153 (Rock), 8-159 (Emtage), 9-159 (Skea), 10-159 (Young, 38.2 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Earls-Davis | 6 | 3 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Webster | 13.2 | 1 | 55 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bashford | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bell | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| White | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bridger | 5 | 0 | 25 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JR Thompson | c sub b Rock | 100 | 135 | 10 | - | ||
| +NM Mischler | b Davies | 42 | 128 | 2 | - | ||
| GP Baylis | c Emtage b Peall | 12 | 55 | - | - | ||
| *JR Bridger | not out | 145 | 270 | 18 | - | ||
| ER Conradi | c Yardley b Skea | 164 | 155 | 24 | - | ||
| DG Lacy-Scott | b Skea | 28 | 59 | 1 | - | ||
| WN White | not out | 11 | 20 | 2 | - | ||
| DHA Bell | did not bat | ||||||
| HJC Bashford | did not bat | ||||||
| MRG Earls-Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| J Webster | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 2 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 102 overs) | 518 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-144 (Mischler), 2-148 (Thompson), 3-188 (Baylis), 4-422 (Conradi), 5-503 (Lacy-Scott) | |||||||
| British Empire XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rock | 18 | 2 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Skea | 20 | 2 | 133 | 2 | - | - | |
| Davies | 21 | 0 | 79 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 11 | 0 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Young | 8 | 2 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emtage | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Peall | 14 | 1 | 77 | 1 | - | - | |
| British Empire XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DFR Emus | b Earls-Davis | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| CL Walker | c Earls-Davis b Bashford | 4 | 29 | - | - | ||
| JGW Davies | lbw b Webster | 20 | 41 | 2 | - | ||
| NWD Yardley | lbw b Earls-Davis | 138 | 180 | 17 | - | ||
| JBD Emtage | b Webster | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| +WMF Bebbington | c Thompson b Bashford | 56 | 150 | 5 | - | ||
| FE Peall | c Baylis b Bashford | 7 | 24 | - | - | ||
| JCW Rock | lbw b Bashford | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| AN Young | c Thompson b Bashford | 8 | - | - | |||
| RL Skea | c Mischler b Bashford | 4 | - | - | |||
| DL Donnelly | not out | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62 overs) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Emus), 2-20 (Walker), 3-32 (Davies), 4-32 (Emtage), 5-221 (Bebbington), 6-231 (Yardley), 7-232 (Rock), 8-235 (Peall), 9-246 (Skea), 10-251 (Young, 62 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Earls-Davis | 12 | 1 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Webster | 10 | 3 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bashford | 14 | 4 | 36 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bell | 11 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| White | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bridger | 10 | 0 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lacy-Scott | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
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