f20876	Madras v Ceylon
	Gopalan Trophy 1955/56
Venue	Nehru Stadium, Madras on 21st, 22nd, 23rd October 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Ceylon won by an innings and 14 runs
Umpires	I Gopalakrishnan, AM Mashalla
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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Ceylon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Makkin Salih	lbw b Ramachandran	7
ACM Lafir	c Murugesh b Mohan Rai	107
*VG Prins	c Gopinath b Murugesh	24
S Jayasinghe	b Murugesh	22
CI Gunasekera	b Kripal Singh	31
B Claessen	c Kripal Singh b Ramachandran	64
PAT Kelly	b Ramachandran	1
GP Schoorman	c Gopinath b Ramachandran	22
+HIK Fernando	c Chakravarti b Ramachandran	0
CTA Schaffter	b Mohan Rai	9
PJ Buultjens	not out	2
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 103.4 overs)	300
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-59, 3-115, 4-179, 5-233, 6-242, 7-281, 8-281, 9-298, 10-300 (103.4 ov)

Madras bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mohan Rai	19	4	46	2	-	-
Ramachandran	27.4	5	67	5	-	-
Chinnadorai	2	0	7	0	-	-
Murugesh	25	2	84	2	-	-
Sarangapani	11	2	35	0	-	-
Kripal Singh	17	3	42	1	-	-
Balakrishnan	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Madras first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DL Chakravarti	lbw b Schoorman	20
RV Chinnadorai	c Jayasinghe b Schaffter	1
M Suryanarayan	run out	28
MK Balakrishnan	c Buultjens b Gunasekera	17
*CD Gopinath	c Prins b Gunasekera	0
AG Kripal Singh	st Fernando b Gunasekera	10
BR Mohan Rai	lbw b Schoorman	3
AK Sarangapani	c Fernando b Gunasekera	1
R Raghavan	c Prins b Schoorman	8
MK Murugesh	b Schoorman	8
Y Ramachandran	not out	5
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	114
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-32, 3-57, 4-59, 5-80, 6-85, 7-88, 8-89, 9-97, 10-114 (72.2 ov)

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Schaffter	11	2	22	1	-	-
Buultjens	9	3	9	0	-	-
Schoorman	22.2	17	12	4	-	-
Prins	8	4	8	0	-	-
Gunasekera	22	4	50	4	-	-

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Madras second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DL Chakravarti	b Schaffter	28
RV Chinnadorai	c and b Gunasekera	14
M Suryanarayan	b Buultjens	7
MK Balakrishnan	b Claessen	29
*CD Gopinath	b Buultjens	1
AG Kripal Singh	b Schaffter	42
BR Mohan Rai	not out	1
AK Sarangapani	b Buultjens	17
R Raghavan	b Prins	4
MK Murugesh	c Kelly b Prins	16
Y Ramachandran	b Prins	8
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	172
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-51, 3-68, 4-69, 5-71, 6-140, 7-143, 8-160, 9-165, 10-172 (73.2 ov)

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Schaffter	13	5	26	2	-	-
Buultjens	21	7	40	3	-	-
Schoorman	14	4	33	0	-	-
Prins	9.2	2	15	3	-	-
Gunasekera	13	1	46	1	-	-
Jayasinghe	2	1	3	0	-	-
Claessen	1	0	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> ACM Lafir made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> PAT Kelly made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> GP Schoorman made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> PJ Buultjens made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> BR Mohan Rai made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> VG Prins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the Madras second innings (previous best was 2-6)

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