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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 4th, 5th, 6th May 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | FS Lee, HL Palmer |
| Scorer | WE Teversham (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Cambridge University (1) 276/9 (Swift 6*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Cambridge University (2) 23/2 (Barber 16*, Swift 0*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Barber | c Ralph b King | 25 | |||||
| GW Cook | b Preston | 0 | |||||
| DJ Green | b Preston | 44 | |||||
| IM McLachlan | st Taylor b King | 101 | |||||
| ER Dexter | b Preston | 24 | |||||
| *G Goonesena | b Preston | 29 | |||||
| RM James | lbw b Bailey | 3 | |||||
| CS Smith | b King | 24 | |||||
| JRF Rutherford | run out | 10 | |||||
| +BT Swift | not out | 6 | |||||
| OS Wheatley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 112.1 overs) | 276 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-63, 3-96, 4-129, 5-190, 6-205, 7-251, 8-270, 9-276 (112.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 22.1 | 5 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Preston | 24 | 6 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 13 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 19 | 2 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| King | 27 | 8 | 67 | 3 | - | - | |
| Insole | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Swift b Goonesena | 29 | |||||
| LA Savill | b Goonesena | 21 | |||||
| +B Taylor | lbw b Smith | 15 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | c Swift b Cook | 8 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Goonesena b Wheatley | 66 | |||||
| MJ Bear | lbw b Goonesena | 5 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c James b Wheatley | 64 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | lbw b James | 14 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | b Wheatley | 4 | |||||
| KC Preston | not out | 5 | |||||
| IM King | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 95.5 overs) | 238 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-57, 3-72, 4-79, 5-86, 6-197, 7-214, 8-219, 9-238 (95.5 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 28 | 6 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wheatley | 20 | 5 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 26 | 5 | 66 | 3 | - | - | |
| Rutherford | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 12 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| James | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Barber | b Preston | 17 | |||||
| GW Cook | lbw b Bailey | 2 | |||||
| DJ Green | c Smith b Preston | 5 | |||||
| JRF Rutherford | lbw b Preston | 6 | |||||
| IM McLachlan | lbw b Ralph | 33 | |||||
| ER Dexter | not out | 100 | |||||
| *G Goonesena | c Insole b King | 3 | |||||
| RM James | not out | 5 | |||||
| CS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| +BT Swift | did not bat | ||||||
| OS Wheatley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 59 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-23, 3-24, 4-37, 5-128, 6-136 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 16 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Preston | 14 | 4 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 14 | 2 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 6 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| King | 9 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | b Cook | 57 | |||||
| LA Savill | st Swift b Goonesena | 14 | |||||
| +B Taylor | not out | 23 | |||||
| MJ Bear | not out | 22 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | did not bat | ||||||
| TE Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| WT Greensmith | did not bat | ||||||
| LHR Ralph | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| IM King | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 42 overs) | 121 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-58, 2-78 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wheatley | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goonesena | 8 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Rutherford | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barber | 10 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DJ Green (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> IM McLachlan (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> IM McLachlan (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> ER Dexter (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> G Barker (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> IM King made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> KC Preston reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Cambridge University second innings
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