f21038	Cambridge University v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 19th, 21st, 22nd May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 10 wickets
Umpires	HL Palmer, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 414/7 (Lindwall 116*, Johnson 16*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 130/5 (Swaranjit Singh 49*, James 6*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	lbw b CS Smith	8
JW Rutherford	b Swaranjit Singh	25
RN Harvey	c Melluish b Goonesena	45
PJP Burge	b Swaranjit Singh	61
ID Craig	b Swaranjit Singh	1
RG Archer	c Melluish b DJ Smith	61
R Benaud	lbw b Pieris	56
RR Lindwall	not out	116
*IWG Johnson	not out	16
+GRA Langley	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	414
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-77, 3-79, 4-81, 5-194, 6-226, 7-335

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	23	6	68	1	-	-
DJ Smith	18	0	84	1	-	-
Swaranjit Singh	34	8	98	3	-	-
Goonesena	23	2	90	1	-	-
Pieris	18	6	49	1	-	-

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	c Langley b Archer	11
BCG Wilenkin	c Archer b Lindwall	19
VR Lumsden	lbw b Benaud	3
Swaranjit Singh	c Archer b Benaud	22
G Goonesena	c Lindwall b Benaud	23
IM McLachlan	b Lindwall	5
RM James	c Langley b Lindwall	0
CS Smith	st Langley b Benaud	7
PI Pieris	lbw b Benaud	40
*+MEL Melluish	st Langley b Wilson	6
DJ Smith	not out	10
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	155
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-31, 3-57, 4-68, 5-87, 6-91, 7-91, 8-110, 9-129, 10-155 (57.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	17	3	35	3	-	-
Archer	9	1	24	1	-	-
Benaud	23.5	6	55	5	-	-
Wilson	8	0	32	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R O'Brien	lbw b Lindwall	4
BCG Wilenkin	c Burge b Benaud	17
VR Lumsden	b Benaud	27
Swaranjit Singh	lbw b Archer	57
G Goonesena	c Burge b Johnson	22
IM McLachlan	st Langley b Johnson	0
RM James	st Langley b Benaud	116
CS Smith	c Burge b Johnson	17
PI Pieris	c and b Johnson	0
*+MEL Melluish	c Rutherford b Benaud	12
DJ Smith	not out	4
Extras	(3 lb, 2 w)	5
Total	(all out, 108.2 overs)	281
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-36, 3-63, 4-119, 5-119, 6-154, 7-223, 8-233, 9-270, 10-281 (108.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	20	4	70	1	-	-
Archer	18	8	38	1	-	-
Benaud	32.2	10	86	4	-	-
Wilson	9	4	13	0	-	-
Johnson	29	12	69	4	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	not out	10
JW Rutherford	not out	11
RN Harvey	did not bat
PJP Burge	did not bat
ID Craig	did not bat
RG Archer	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
+GRA Langley	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(no wicket, 9.3 overs)	23

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CS Smith	5	2	9	0	-	-
DJ Smith	4	0	11	0	-	-
James	0.3	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PJP Burge (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 18
--> R Benaud (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 37
--> PI Pieris (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 27
--> RM James (2) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 39

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