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| Venue | St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 2nd, 9th, 16th October 1897 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Fitzroy won on first innings) |
| Umpires | WA Hopkinson, T Lederman |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Fitzroy (1) 248/8 (Twentyman 29*) |
| Fitzroy first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Ellis | b Ritchie | 16 | |||||
| W Webb | run out | 31 | |||||
| R Littlefield | b Ritchie | 0 | |||||
| *R Mitchell | c Rutherford b Fenton | 79 | |||||
| H Newman | b Robertson | 1 | |||||
| G Beacham | c Rutherford b Ritchie | 41 | |||||
| I Hopkins | [dismissal not known] | 28 | |||||
| E Twentyman | not out | 41 | |||||
| FA Tarrant | [dismissal not known] | 12 | |||||
| +W Smith | [dismissal not known] | 4 | |||||
| A O'Leary | [dismissal not known] | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 96 overs) | 266 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-248, 9-?, 10-266 (96 ov) | |||||||
| St Kilda bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fenton | 18 | 4 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 28 | 3 | 72 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ritchie | 30 | 6 | 72 | 6 | - | - | |
| McShane | 15 | 0 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Crighton | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rutherford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| St Kilda first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AN Crighton | c Webb b Beacham | 30 | |||||
| J Fitzpatrick | [dismissal not known] | 15 | |||||
| *CG Wilson | [dismissal not known] | 3 | |||||
| F Vaughan | [dismissal not known] | 0 | |||||
| D Romeril | [dismissal not known] | 9 | |||||
| +FJ Burton | [dismissal not known] | 9 | |||||
| R Rutherford | [dismissal not known] | 2 | |||||
| PG McShane | [dismissal not known] | 1 | |||||
| WR Robertson | [dismissal not known] | 6 | |||||
| A Fenton | [dismissal not known] | 8 | |||||
| H Ritchie | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 90 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-90 | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Beacham | ? | ? | 53 | 7 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | ? | ? | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tarrant | ? | ? | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| St Kilda second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *CG Wilson | [dismissal not known] | 0 | |||||
| D Romeril | [dismissal not known] | 11 | |||||
| +FJ Burton | not out | 9 | |||||
| AN Crighton | did not bat | ||||||
| J Fitzpatrick | did not bat | ||||||
| F Vaughan | did not bat | ||||||
| R Rutherford | did not bat | ||||||
| PG McShane | did not bat | ||||||
| WR Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| A Fenton | did not bat | ||||||
| H Ritchie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets) | 23 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-23 | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Newman | ? | ? | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tarrant | ? | ? | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Twentyman | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | - | - | |