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| Venue | Windy Hill, Melbourne on 1st, 8th, 15th November 1890 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | East Melbourne won by an innings and 425 runs |
| Umpires | Frayne, Lee |
| Close of play day 1 | East Melbourne (1) 325/5 (McGivern 78*, Laver 39*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essendon (1) 52/9 (McLennan 17*) |
| East Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PA McAlister | c Smith b Tandy | 36 | |||||
| SA McMichael | b Mills | 57 | |||||
| +J Harry | c McLennan b Mills | 74 | |||||
| *TP Horan | lbw b Mills | 4 | |||||
| C Letcher | b Mouritz | 19 | |||||
| WJ McGivern | b McLennan | 103 | |||||
| FJ Laver | lbw b McLennan | 92 | |||||
| JA Bruce | b Ormerod | 26 | |||||
| J Moore | b Ormerod | 32 | |||||
| J Cowen | not out | 36 | |||||
| JJ Healy | c Harvey b Ormerod | 22 | |||||
| Extras | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 523 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-217, 6-404, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-523 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McLennan | 30 | 6 | 78 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ormerod | 13.1 | 1 | 62 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mills | 28 | 3 | 110 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tandy | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Mouritz | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Mills | b Laver | 2 | |||||
| NH Christian | run out | 7 | |||||
| JR Mouritz | b Laver | 1 | |||||
| *R Tandy | b Bruce | 6 | |||||
| T Ormerod | b Laver | 8 | |||||
| AJ Paterson | c McAlister b Laver | 4 | |||||
| WR Smith | b Bruce | 0 | |||||
| AE McLennan | not out | 17 | |||||
| RS Wardrop | b Laver | 1 | |||||
| +J Harvey | b Bruce | 0 | |||||
| EC Osborne | b Laver | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 34.2 overs) | 57 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-52, 10-57 (34.2 ov) | |||||||
| East Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Laver | 17.2 | 10 | 19 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bruce | 17 | 5 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Essendon second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EC Osborne | b Laver | 3 | |||||
| AE McLennan | b Bruce | 1 | |||||
| T Ormerod | b Bruce | 8 | |||||
| G Mills | st Harry b Bruce | 5 | |||||
| JR Mouritz | b Laver | 0 | |||||
| NH Christian | b Laver | 1 | |||||
| WR Smith | c Laver b Bruce | 9 | |||||
| *R Tandy | b Laver | 5 | |||||
| +J Harvey | c Cowen b Laver | 2 | |||||
| AJ Paterson | c McAlister b Bruce | 1 | |||||
| RS Wardrop | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 35 overs) | 41 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-41 (35 ov) | |||||||
| East Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Laver | 18 | 3 | 31 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bruce | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |