f20826	Cambridge University v Sussex
	University Match 1955
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 14th, 16th, 17th May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FS Lee, HL Palmer
Scorer	GW Washer (Sussex)
Close of play day 1	Cambridge University (1) 100/4 (Knightley-Smith 2*, Croft 0*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 3/2 (Parsons 0*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	lbw b Thomson	9
R O'Brien	run out	49
ABD Parsons	c Mantell b Marlar	21
Swaranjit Singh	c Oakman b Thomson	9
W Knightley-Smith	c James b Marlar	39
PD Croft	c Parks b Thomson	24
G Goonesena	c Smith b Thomson	0
CS Smith	c and b Thomson	11
RW Barber	lbw b Thomson	11
+MEL Melluish	not out	6
DJ Smith	not out	2
Extras	(16 b, 1 lb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-67, 3-93, 4-100, 5-157, 6-161, 7-166, 8-184, 9-187

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	39	5	81	6	-	-
James	27	9	48	0	-	-
Marlar	32	17	42	2	-	-
Oakman	10	5	10	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Langridge	lbw b Goonesena	28
DV Smith	c Parsons b DJ Smith	18
ASM Oakman	c Melluish b Swaranjit Singh	17
JM Parks	b Swaranjit Singh	30
KG Suttle	lbw b Swaranjit Singh	21
G Cox	b Swaranjit Singh	44
G Potter	c Melluish b Swaranjit Singh	9
+DN Mantell	c Croft b Goonesena	11
*RG Marlar	not out	14
NI Thomson	not out	0
AE James	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 72.3 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-54, 3-86, 4-111, 5-132, 6-158, 7-177, 8-193

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	13	3	26	0	-	-
DJ Smith	10	0	39	1	-	-
Goonesena	23.3	6	65	2	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	26	7	62	5	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DRW Silk	lbw b Smith	3
R O'Brien	c Oakman b James	0
ABD Parsons	not out	0
DJ Smith	not out	0
Swaranjit Singh	did not bat
W Knightley-Smith	did not bat
PD Croft	did not bat
G Goonesena	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
RW Barber	did not bat
+MEL Melluish	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 12 overs)	3
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	6	5	3	1	-	-
Smith	6	6	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> ABD Parsons (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> PD Croft (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> Swaranjit Singh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 5-71)

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