Sth Africans vs Cambridge U, Tour Match at Cambridge, May 18 1955 - Match Result

RESULT

Tour Match, Cambridge, May 18 - 20, 1955, South Africa tour of England

268

Cambridge University

(fo) 67 & 154/8

Match drawn

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Scorecard summary

South Africans • 268/10(95.4 overs)

1st INNINGS

85 ()

Swaranjit Singh

5/73 (28.4)

78 ()

2/36 (22)

Cambridge University • 67/10(60.2 overs)

1st INNINGS

25 ()

4/31 (22.2)

15 ()

3/9 (12)

Cambridge University • 154/8(113 overs)

2nd INNINGS

54 ()

4/51 (44)

Gamini Goonesena

31 ()

3/24 (21)

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Match details

FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
Toss	South Africans, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of England
Season	1955
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Frank Lee Herbert Palmer

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Cambridge U Innings

Player Name		R	B
DRW Silk	caught	54
R O'Brien	caught	0
G Goonesena	lbw	31
ABD Parsons	caught	11
Swaranjit Singh	caught	20
VR Lumsden	bowled	5
W Knightley-Smith	bowled	5
JF Pretlove	not out	19
CS Smith	caught	7
MEL Melluish	not out	0
Extras	(lb 2)
Total	154(8 wkts; 113 ovs)

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