vca231	Melbourne v Hawksburn
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1896/97
Venue	Warehousemen's Ground, Melbourne on 28th November, 5th, 12th December 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Melbourne won by 238 runs
Umpires	JT Harry, H Martin
Close of play day 1	Hawksburn (1) 70/4 (Jones 16*)
Close of play day 2	Melbourne (2) 295/6 (Blackham 2*)

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Bruce	b O'Connor	3
GL Wilson	c HR Rush b O'Connor	6
R Greene	c Jones b O'Connor	14
AA Aitken	c ER Rush b O'Connor	0
CH Peryman	b Swain	16
JM Blackham	b Swain	5
*+CH Ross	b O'Connor	8
JG Leith	c HR Rush b O'Connor	5
PG Jennings	c Lockett b ER Rush	61
JP O'Halloran	b O'Connor	54
W Roche	not out	13
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-19, 3-19, 4-24, 5-35, 6-44, 7-58, 8-58, 9-159, 10-191 (53.3 ov)

Hawksburn bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	28	5	91	7	-	-
Swain	22.2	5	82	2	-	-
Taylor	3	0	12	0	-	-
ER Rush	0.1	0	0	1	-	-

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Hawksburn first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Watling	c Bruce b O'Halloran	29
+ER Rush	c Ross b Roche	0
TR Rush	c Ross b O'Halloran	9
CE Jones	lbw b O'Halloran	16
J Taylor	run out	9
WR Lockett	c O'Halloran b Wilson	20
EC Blazey	c Ross b O'Halloran	1
*HR Rush	c Greene b Roche	27
C Begg	c O'Halloran b Roche	0
JW O'Connor	b Roche	2
B Swain	not out	4
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 70.4 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-70, 5-70, 6-73, 7-117, 8-117, 9-125, 10-129 (70.4 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roche	28.4	8	54	4	-	-
O'Halloran	30	18	32	4	-	-
Bruce	5	0	9	0	-	-
Wilson	7	0	22	1	-	-

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Bruce	c Blazey b O'Connor	75
GL Wilson	b ER Rush	82
R Greene	st +Begg b ER Rush	4
AA Aitken	c Swain b O'Connor	32
CH Peryman	c TR Rush b O'Connor	58
JP O'Halloran	c HR Rush b Watling	32
JM Blackham	st ER Rush b O'Connor	2
PG Jennings	c HR Rush b O'Connor	0
JG Leith	not out	40
W Roche	st ER Rush b Taylor	21
*+CH Ross	c ER Rush b O'Connor	7
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-144, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-295, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-366 (75 ov)

Hawksburn bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	33	3	137	6	-	-
Taylor	12	1	46	1	-	-
Swain	15	3	66	0	-	-
ER Rush	12	0	76	2	-	-
Jones	2	0	21	0	-	-
Watling	1	0	7	1	-	-

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Hawksburn second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Jones	c Ross b Roche	48
WH Watling	c Leith b Roche	0
TR Rush	c Jennings b Bruce	3
+ER Rush	b Roche	0
J Taylor	b Roche	14
EC Blazey	c Greene b O'Halloran	16
*HR Rush	run out	4
WR Lockett	b Wilson	26
C Begg	st Ross b Bruce	63
JW O'Connor	c O'Halloran b Bruce	8
B Swain	not out	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 47.3 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-64, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-190 (47.3 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roche	22	1	88	4	-	-
Bruce	5.3	0	22	3	-	-
O'Halloran	9	2	26	1	-	-
Leith	6	2	19	0	-	-
Wilson	5	1	27	1	-	-

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