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| Venue | South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 27th November, 4th, 11th December 1897 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Umpires | E Barrass, CF Foot |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 293/6 (Moysey 13*, Aitken 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Melbourne (1) 58/1 (RW McLeod 33*, Giller 1*) |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CE McLeod | b Kemp | 136 | |||||
| W Bruce | b DH McLeod | 62 | |||||
| H Graham | c Kemp b Giller | 9 | |||||
| GL Wilson | c Forman b Giller | 8 | |||||
| H Trumble | b Kemp | 50 | |||||
| GB Moysey | c Adamson b DH McLeod | 122 | |||||
| PG Jennings | b Kemp | 0 | |||||
| AA Aitken | c Kemp b Giller | 12 | |||||
| *CH Ross | b Kemp | 47 | |||||
| +AE Johns | c Morris b Giller | 28 | |||||
| W Roche | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 158.2 overs) | 494 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-105, 2-130, 3-159, 4-277, 5-280, 6-280, 7-323, 8-420, 9-488, 10-494 (158.2 ov) | |||||||
| South Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kemp | 36 | 2 | 120 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ingleton | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| RW McLeod | 18 | 2 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Giller | 51 | 13 | 121 | 4 | - | - | |
| DH McLeod | 33.2 | 7 | 106 | 2 | - | - | |
| Morris | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Forman | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW McLeod | c Johns b Wilson | 55 | |||||
| D Sutherland | c Trumble b McLeod | 23 | |||||
| JF Giller | b Wilson | 33 | |||||
| DH McLeod | c Johns b Wilson | 14 | |||||
| *T Tatchell | c sub (LA Cuff) b Wilson | 31 | |||||
| S Morris | c sub (LA Cuff) b Wilson | 4 | |||||
| P Forman | c Johns b Bruce | 9 | |||||
| A Rose | not out | 0 | |||||
| WG Ingleton | b Bruce | 1 | |||||
| +JH Adamson | lbw b Bruce | 0 | |||||
| BCE Kemp | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 87.3 overs) | 175 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-112, 3-112, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-175 (87.3 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roche | 13 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Trumble | 11 | 5 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| McLeod | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bruce | 24.3 | 10 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 28 | 9 | 61 | 5 | - | - | |
| Graham | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Melbourne second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Sutherland | not out | 40 | |||||
| A Rose | st +Ross b Moysey | 35 | |||||
| RW McLeod | c sub (LA Cuff) b Moysey | 4 | |||||
| JF Giller | did not bat | ||||||
| DH McLeod | did not bat | ||||||
| *T Tatchell | did not bat | ||||||
| S Morris | did not bat | ||||||
| P Forman | did not bat | ||||||
| WG Ingleton | did not bat | ||||||
| +JH Adamson | did not bat | ||||||
| BCE Kemp | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets) | 88 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-88 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilson | ? | ? | ? | 0 | - | - | |
| Aitken | ? | ? | ? | 0 | - | - | |
| Graham | ? | ? | ? | 0 | - | - | |
| Ross | ? | ? | ? | 0 | - | - | |
| Jennings | ? | ? | ? | 0 | - | - | |
| Johns | ? | ? | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moysey | ? | ? | 4 | 2 | - | - | |