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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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