vca217	South Melbourne v Fitzroy
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1895/96
Venue	South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 11th, 18th April 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to field
Result	Fitzroy won by 8 wickets
Umpires	Burton, CF Foot
Close of play day 1	Fitzroy (1) 88/8 (Spear 0*)

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Morris	b Mitchell	20
T Tatchell	c Beacham b Mitchell	9
GE Palmer	run out	1
*EA Barrett	c Tarrant b Mitchell	18
BCE Kemp	c and b Ellis	15
AE Clarke	st Spear b Mitchell	14
P Forman	b Drysdale	5
A Rose	c and b Mitchell	0
E Brooks	not out	0
+W Smith	c Delves b Mitchell	0
J Marshall	c Beacham b Mitchell	0
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 29 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-84 (29 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitchell	15	4	39	7	-	-
Twentyman	5	1	10	0	-	-
Ellis	7	0	31	1	-	-
Drysdale	2	1	2	1	-	-

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Mitchell	c and b Kemp	36
JJ Smith	b Marshall	12
WA Tarrant	b Marshall	21
WM Delves	c Palmer b Marshall	4
E Twentyman	c Morris b Marshall	10
M Ellis	b Marshall	0
WN Wauhope	lbw b Marshall	0
FE Chesswas	b Kemp	1
+FWA Spear	b Kemp	0
G Beacham	not out	5
*J Drysdale	b Marshall	3
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-88, 9-?, 10-98 (44 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kemp	13	2	33	3	-	-
Marshall	21	11	36	7	-	-
Palmer	6	1	12	0	-	-
Tatchell	4	0	11	0	-	-

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South Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Morris	b Twentyman	14
T Tatchell	b Beacham	10
GE Palmer	c Spear b Twentyman	4
*EA Barrett	b Mitchell	17
BCE Kemp	b Mitchell	10
AE Clarke	b Mitchell	18
P Forman	b Twentyman	0
A Rose	c Spear b Twentyman	3
+W Smith	not out	0
J Marshall	b Mitchell	8
E Brooks	absent
Extras		2
Total	(all out)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-86

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitchell	?	?	27	4	-	-
Drysdale	?	?	17	0	-	-
Twentyman	?	?	24	4	-	-
Beacham	?	?	16	1	-	-

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Fitzroy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Mitchell	b Palmer	26
JJ Smith	lbw b Palmer	3
WA Tarrant	not out	24
WN Wauhope	not out	15
WM Delves	did not bat
E Twentyman	did not bat
M Ellis	did not bat
FE Chesswas	did not bat
+FWA Spear	did not bat
G Beacham	did not bat
*J Drysdale	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(2 wickets, 27 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	10	2	34	2	-	-
Kemp	6	1	25	0	-	-
Marshall	9	8	2	0	-	-
Morris	2	0	7	0	-	-

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