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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 6th, 8th, 9th May 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by an innings and 2 runs |
| Umpires | LH Gray, WFF Price |
| Scorer | WE Teversham (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 58/0 (Barker 20*, Smith 31*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Cambridge University (2) 94/2 (Willard 45*, Brearley 6*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJS Clarke | lbw b Bailey | 6 | |||||
| N Alwyn | st Taylor b Greensmith | 41 | |||||
| MJL Willard | c Moore b Knight | 3 | |||||
| +JM Brearley | c Phelan b Greensmith | 27 | |||||
| NSK Reddy | c Barker b Greensmith | 7 | |||||
| *D Kirby | b Greensmith | 20 | |||||
| MJ Edwards | run out | 9 | |||||
| G Atkins | c Smith b Knight | 8 | |||||
| PD Brodrick | c Moore b Bailey | 5 | |||||
| AJG Pearson | c Phelan b Greensmith | 10 | |||||
| S Douglas-Pennant | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-37, 3-61, 4-79, 5-104, 6-111, 7-123, 8-128, 9-136, 10-149 (72 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 20 | 7 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Knight | 19 | 1 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Moore | 13 | 4 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 20 | 6 | 47 | 5 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Kirby b Pearson | 32 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Kirby b Pearson | 36 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c Edwards b Kirby | 64 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | c Brearley b Pearson | 38 | |||||
| LA Savill | c Brearley b Brodrick | 11 | |||||
| JH Purves | c and b Brodrick | 3 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | st Brearley b Brodrick | 4 | |||||
| BR Knight | c Willard b Brodrick | 37 | |||||
| +JF Taylor | st Brearley b Kirby | 57 | |||||
| PJ Phelan | not out | 29 | |||||
| KF Moore | c Atkins b Kirby | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 10 lb, 3 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 116 overs) | 331 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66, 2-79, 3-167, 4-192, 5-196, 6-202, 7-203, 8-266, 9-315, 10-331 (116 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Douglas-Pennant | 26 | 7 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pearson | 24 | 9 | 67 | 3 | - | - | |
| Willard | 11 | 3 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brodrick | 24 | 9 | 74 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kirby | 26 | 7 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Edwards | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJS Clarke | lbw b Moore | 19 | |||||
| N Alwyn | c and b Knight | 21 | |||||
| MJL Willard | b Moore | 45 | |||||
| +JM Brearley | b Moore | 7 | |||||
| NSK Reddy | c Taylor b Moore | 1 | |||||
| *D Kirby | c Taylor b Phelan | 37 | |||||
| MJ Edwards | lbw b Phelan | 26 | |||||
| G Atkins | c Taylor b Greensmith | 6 | |||||
| PD Brodrick | lbw b Greensmith | 9 | |||||
| AJG Pearson | b Greensmith | 3 | |||||
| S Douglas-Pennant | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 92.3 overs) | 180 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31, 2-68, 3-94, 4-95, 5-96, 6-152, 7-168, 8-168, 9-173, 10-180 (92.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Knight | 13 | 1 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moore | 16 | 6 | 21 | 4 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 28.3 | 11 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Phelan | 26 | 13 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> N Alwyn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KF Moore made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KF Moore made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> G Barker (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JF Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> SJS Clarke (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> D Kirby (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> PD Brodrick achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-66)
--> AJG Pearson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-36)
--> WT Greensmith reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Cambridge University second innings
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