vca3	Essendon v North Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1889/90
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 12th, 19th, 26th October 1889 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essendon won by 79 runs
Umpires	Frayne, H Wilson
Close of play day 1	North Melbourne (1) 40/4 (Johnson 10*, Spence 0*)
Close of play day 2	North Melbourne (2) 3/2 (Houston 3*, Johnson 0*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Greenwood	not out	53
G Mills	c and b Johnson	37
C Watt	b Bean	4
WH Ormerod	b Bean	1
TR Bloomfield	b Bean	5
R Tandy	b Johnson	22
*GB Gordon	run out	0
T Sadlier	b Johnson	0
T Ormerod	b Bean	0
A Anderson	c Bean b Johnson	1
AE McLennan	c sub (Lawton) b Bean	11
Extras		22
Total	(all out)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-156

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bean	?	?	17	5	-	-
Johnson	?	?	38	4	-	-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+RS Houston	lbw b Mills	14
W Reade	c Bloomfield b McLennan	3
J Smith	b T Ormerod	0
JT Howlett	c Gordon b T Ormerod	9
W Johnson	run out	10
G Spence	c Gordon b T Ormerod	6
H Chrystal	b Mills	10
EE Bean	run out	29
AJ Paterson	b Bloomfield	9
RS Wardrop	b T Ormerod	3
J Carlton	not out	8
Extras		6
Total	(all out)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-42, 6-70, 7-79, 8-97, 9-104, 10-107

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mills	?	?	24	2	-	-
T Ormerod	?	?	25	4	-	-
McLennan	?	?	?	1	-	-
Bloomfield	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Greenwood	c Houston b Carlton	4
*GB Gordon	b Bean	26
G Mills	c Chrystal b Carlton	10
A Anderson	c Paterson b Bean	4
WH Ormerod	c Johnson b Carlton	0
T Ormerod	st Houston b Carlton	3
T Sadlier	b Carlton	0
C Watt	b Carlton	0
AE McLennan	not out	17
TR Bloomfield	b Johnson	6
R Tandy	absent
Extras		8
Total	(all out)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-41, 3-?, 4-48, 5-49, 6-49, 7-49, 8-58, 9-78

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carlton	?	?	19	6	-	-
Bean	?	?	?	2	-	-
Johnson	?	?	?	1	-	-
Chrystal	?	?	?	0	-	-

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North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Spence	b T Ormerod	0
AJ Paterson	c sub b T Ormerod	0
*+RS Houston	c WH Ormerod b McLennan	5
W Johnson	b Mills	7
EE Bean	not out	20
J Smith	c T Ormerod b Mills	0
JT Howlett	c sub b Mills	0
H Chrystal	c Greenwood b Mills	0
J Carlton	c Mills b McLennan	4
W Reade	c Gordon b McLennan	7
RS Wardrop	c sub b T Ormerod	2
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 30 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-48 (30 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
T Ormerod	6	?	4	3	-	-
Mills	14	?	15	4	-	-
McLennan	10	?	27	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Essendon first innings adds 79 runs under
--> Bowling in the North Melbourne first innings adds 52 runs under
--> Bowling in the Essendon second innings adds 51 runs under
--> Bowling in the North Melbourne second innings adds 1 run over

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