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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 12th, 14th, 15th May 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | LH Gray, HL Palmer |
| Scorer | WE Teversham (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 14/1 (Phebey 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (2) 130/2 (Wilson 52*, Cowdrey 54*) |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
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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