vca50	North Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1890/91
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 11th, 18th, 25th October 1890 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	North Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	North Melbourne won by 94 runs
Umpires	Bencraft, WA Young
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 21/6 (Smith 7*)
Close of play day 2	Essendon (2) 24/0 (Mouritz 11*, Christian 8*)

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HL Amess	c Christian b Wardrop	10
JH Stuckey	b McLennan	2
J Smith	c Tandy b Wardrop	2
*+RS Houston	run out	26
EE Bean	lbw b Mills	7
AR Carlton	run out	0
JA Howlett	b McLennan	14
A Dawson	c Christian b Osborne	25
J Carlton	c Tandy b Osborne	0
GA Bean	not out	3
CF Armstrong	absent
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 46.5 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-99 (46.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLennan	13	?	19	2	-	-
Wardrop	10	?	25	2	-	-
Ormerod	9.4	?	17	0	-	-
Mills	7	?	12	1	-	-
Tandy	4	?	15	0	-	-
Osborne	3.1	?	4	2	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Mills	b EE Bean	1
T Ormerod	run out	6
*R Tandy	b EE Bean	0
AJ Paterson	c GA Bean b EE Bean	0
NH Christian	c EE Bean b J Carlton	4
WR Smith	b EE Bean	16
AE McLennan	c GA Bean b J Carlton	1
EC Osborne	b J Carlton	3
JR Mouritz	not out	13
RS Wardrop	b EE Bean	3
+J Harvey	b EE Bean	0
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 40.2 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-21, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-52 (40.2 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AR Carlton	10	2	16	0	-	-
EE Bean	12.2	8	10	6	-	-
J Carlton	10	4	12	3	-	-
Smith	8	1	9	0	-	-

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North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+RS Houston	c Osborne b Mills	29
JH Stuckey	b McLennan	0
HL Amess	c Christian b Wardrop	4
JA Howlett	b Mills	15
A Dawson	lbw b Mills	0
AR Carlton	c Osborne b Tandy	21
GA Bean	lbw b Tandy	13
J Smith	b Tandy	0
EE Bean	b Tandy	0
J Carlton	not out	4
W McLean	b Tandy	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-90

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLennan	?	?	18	1	-	-
Wardrop	?	?	7	1	-	-
Ormerod	?	?	14	0	-	-
Mills	?	?	17	3	-	-
Osborne	?	?	8	0	-	-
Tandy	?	?	22	5	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mouritz	c GA Bean b J Carlton	20
NH Christian	c Houston b J Carlton	9
T Ormerod	c EE Bean b J Carlton	2
G Mills	run out	2
EC Osborne	b J Carlton	1
AJ Paterson	b J Carlton	2
AE McLennan	c Smith b J Carlton	0
RS Wardrop	b J Carlton	0
+J Harvey	not out	0
WR Smith	absent
*R Tandy	absent
Extras		7
Total	(all out)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-43

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
J Carlton	?	?	20	7	-	-
AR Carlton	?	?	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> North Melbourne full substitute: W McLean for CF Armstrong
--> Bowling in the North Melbourne first innings adds 3 runs over

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