University Match, 1956
Cambridge University v Middlesex
F.P.Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
30,31 May, 1 June 1956 (3-day match)
Result: Middlesex won by 5 wickets
Toss: Cambridge University
Umpires: FS Lee and H Palmer
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Cambridge University 1st innings
R O'Brien b Robins 54
RW Barber c Edrich b Warr 91
ER Dexter c Warr b Edrich 126
S Singh c Titmus b Warr 0
PD Croft not out 42
BCG Wilenken st Murray b Robins 6
Extras (b 14, lb 7) 21
Total (5 wickets declared, 107.5 overs) 340
DNB: RM James, GW Cook, G Goonesena, *+MEL Melluish, RB Blatcher.
FoW: 1-95, 2-231, 3-247, 4-322, 5-340.
Bowling O M R W
Warr 17 6 31 2
Tilly 11 4 26 0
Hurst 12 2 52 0
Parfitt 15 1 58 0
Titmus 23 7 42 0
Robins 15.5 3 56 2
Hooker 8 2 20 0
Edrich 6 1 34 1
Middlesex 1st innings
JDB Robertson b Blatcher 0
+JT Murray b Singh 56
RJ Hurst b Singh 30
HW Tilly lbw b Goonesena 15
*WJ Edrich c Barber b Cook 53
D Bennett c O'Brien b Singh 3
RW Hooker st Melluish b Goonesena 0
FJ Titmus b Goonesena 96
PH Parfitt c Croft b Blatcher 12
JJ Warr not out 6
RVC Robins c Singh b Goonesena 1
Extras (b 8, lb 6, nb 3) 17
Total (all out, 134.3 overs) 289
FoW: 1-0, 2-84, 3-87, 4-116, 5-137,
6-140, 7-184, 8-250, 9-285, 10-289.
Bowling O M R W
Blatcher 11 3 42 2
Singh 35 14 58 3
Goonesena 45.3 19 64 4
Cook 27 5 65 1
Croft 5 1 12 0
Dexter 11 2 31 0
Cambridge University 2nd innings
R O'Brien lbw b Warr 0
RW Barber lbw b Robins 34
ER Dexter st Murray b Robins 54
PD Croft b Bennett 7
RM James b Robins 1
BCG Wilenken b Titmus 4
GW Cook lbw b Titmus 0
S Singh run out 4
G Goonesena b Titmus 15
*+MEL Melluish c Warr b Titmus 1
RB Blatcher not out 0
Extras (b 3) 3
Total (all out, 46.4 overs) 123
FoW: 1-1, 2-74, 3-87, 4-88, 5-93,
6-97, 7-105, 8-115, 9-120, 10-123.
Bowling O M R W
Warr 4 0 21 1
Titmus 11.4 6 9 4
Robins 20 6 54 3
Bennett 11 2 36 1
Middlesex 2nd innings (target: 175 runs)
JDB Robertson b Singh 51
+JT Murray b Goonesena 37
*WJ Edrich b Goonesena 0
D Bennett c Melluish b Singh 0
RW Hooker c Blatcher b Goonesena 2
FJ Titmus not out 53
PH Parfitt not out 24
Extras (b 5, lb 1, w 2, nb 1) 9
Total (5 wickets, 69.2 overs) 176
DNB: RJ Hurst, HW Tilly, JJ Warr, RVC Robins.
FoW: 1-77, 2-77, 3-78, 4-91, 5-99.
Bowling O M R W
Blatcher 4 1 19 0
Singh 31.2 8 63 2
Goonesena 21 5 46 3
Cook 10 4 24 0
Dexter 3 0 15 0
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