Australia in England, 1956
Cambridge University v Australia
F.P.Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
19,21,22 May 1956 (3-day match)
Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Toss: Australia
Umpires: H Palmer and WFF Price
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Australia 1st innings
JW Burke lbw b CS Smith 8
JW Rutherford b Singh 25
RN Harvey c Melluish b Goonesena 45
PJP Burge b Singh 61
ID Craig b Singh 1
RG Archer c Melluish b DJ Smith 61
R Benaud lbw b Pieris 56
RR Lindwall not out 116
*IW Johnson not out 16
Extras (b 14, lb 10, nb 1) 25
Total (7 wickets declared, 116 overs) 414
DNB: +GRA Langley, JW Wilson.
FoW: 1-16, 2-77, 3-79, 4-81, 5-194, 6-226, 7-335.
Bowling O M R W
CS Smith 23 6 68 1
DJ Smith 18 0 84 1
Singh 34 8 98 3
Goonesena 23 2 90 1
Pieris 18 6 49 1
Cambridge University 1st innings
R O'Brien c Langley b Archer 11
BCG Wilenken c Archer b Lindwall 19
VR Lumsden lbw b Benaud 3
S 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 (b 2, lb 7) 9
Total (all out, 57.5 overs) 155
FoW: 1-17, 2-31, 3-57, 4-68, 5-87,
6-91, 7-91, 8-110, 9-129, 10-155.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 17 3 35 3
Archer 9 1 24 1
Benaud 23.5 6 55 5
Wilson 8 0 32 1
Cambridge University 2nd innings (following on)
R O'Brien lbw b Lindwall 4
BCG Wilenken c Burge b Benaud 17
VR Lumsden b Benaud 27
S 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 & b Johnson 0
*+MEL Melluish c Rutherford b Benaud 12
DJ Smith not out 4
Extras (lb 3, w 2) 5
Total (all out, 108.2 overs) 281
FoW: 1-4, 2-36, 3-63, 4-119, 5-119,
6-154, 7-223, 8-233, 9-270, 10-281.
Bowling O M R W
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
Australia 2nd innings (target: 23 runs)
JW Burke not out 10
JW Rutherford not out 11
Extras (b 2) 2
Total (0 wickets, 9.3 overs) 23
DNB: RN Harvey, PJP Burge, ID Craig, RG Archer, R Benaud,
RR Lindwall, *IW Johnson, +GRA Langley, JW Wilson.
Bowling O M R W
CS Smith 5 2 9 0
DJ Smith 4 0 11 0
James 0.3 0 1 0
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