vca207	Melbourne v East Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1895/96
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 15th, 28th, 29th February 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	East Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Melbourne won by 7 wickets
Umpires	JT Harry, WA Young
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 22/0 (Bruce 8*, Greene 14*)
Close of play day 2	East Melbourne (2) 114/2 (Laver 50*, McAlister 34*)

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East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA McMichael	b Roche	5
JH Stuckey	c Trumble b CE McLeod	2
AE Trott	c Ross b CE McLeod	18
*FJ Laver	c Phillips b O'Halloran	53
+PM Lewis	c RW McLeod b Roche	4
GJP Vautin	lbw b RW McLeod	9
PA McAlister	c Trumble b RW McLeod	8
AS Carter	c Graham b CE McLeod	31
P Costello	c RW McLeod b O'Halloran	13
JT Howlett	b O'Halloran	9
JL Lynes	not out	1
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-13, 3-51, 4-57, 5-81, 6-102, 7-102, 8-144, 9-160, 10-161 (92.4 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CE McLeod	28	13	47	3	-	-
Roche	24	12	39	2	-	-
RW McLeod	13	6	19	2	-	-
O'Halloran	16.4	6	28	3	-	-
Trumble	5	2	10	0	-	-
Phillips	3	1	5	0	-	-
Bruce	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Bruce	b Laver	50
R Greene	b Laver	29
CE McLeod	b Lynes	23
H Graham	c and b Trott	5
H Trumble	c and b Laver	41
SJ Donahoo	c Stuckey b Laver	25
RW McLeod	c Carter b Trott	11
*+CH Ross	b Trott	3
J Phillips	run out	2
JP O'Halloran	b Laver	1
W Roche	not out	1
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-94, 4-134, 5-177, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-198 (79.5 ov)

East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trott	25	8	49	3	-	-
Laver	34.5	11	87	5	-	-
Lynes	12	4	29	1	-	-
Costello	8	2	26	0	-	-

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East Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Trott	c Bruce b Trumble	18
AS Carter	b Trumble	3
*FJ Laver	b RW McLeod	98
PA McAlister	c O'Halloran b Trumble	38
+PM Lewis	c Trumble b RW McLeod	0
JT Howlett	c O'Halloran b Trumble	3
JH Stuckey	c Ross b RW McLeod	6
GJP Vautin	c Donahoo b Trumble	4
SA McMichael	b Trumble	4
P Costello	b RW McLeod	10
JL Lynes	not out	2
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 102.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-195 (102.3 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CE McLeod	19	8	21	0	-	-
Trumble	37.2	16	60	6	-	-
O'Halloran	6	2	14	0	-	-
Roche	4	1	10	0	-	-
Phillips	4	1	8	0	-	-
RW McLeod	26.1	10	53	4	-	-
Bruce	6	1	20	0	-	-

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Bruce	c and b Laver	82
R Greene	b Laver	50
H Graham	not out	16
H Trumble	c Lynes b Trott	3
SJ Donahoo	not out	6
CE McLeod	did not bat
RW McLeod	did not bat
*+CH Ross	did not bat
J Phillips	did not bat
JP O'Halloran	did not bat
W Roche	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 34 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-138, 3-145

East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laver	11	4	47	2	-	-
Trott	13	2	55	1	-	-
Costello	6	1	33	0	-	-
Lynes	4	0	22	0	-	-

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