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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 8th, 15th January, 5th February 1898 (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 | JT Harry, T Lederman |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 343/7 (Graham 182*, Johns 36*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Carlton (1) 173/8 (Fox 45*, Delves 25*) |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Trumble | c and b Worrall | 10 | |||||
| W Bruce | b Worrall | 13 | |||||
| H Graham | c and b Worrall | 201 | |||||
| GB Moysey | c Warne b Worrall | 9 | |||||
| GL Wilson | b Fox | 9 | |||||
| LA Cuff | b Warne | 6 | |||||
| T Trumble | run out | 5 | |||||
| *CH Ross | c and b Collins | 66 | |||||
| +AE Johns | c Hetherington b Warne | 52 | |||||
| W Roche | c Hastings b Collins | 29 | |||||
| D Lanigan | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 107.4 overs) | 413 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-33, 4-?, 5-?, 6-123, 7-255, 8-?, 9-?, 10-413 (107.4 ov) | |||||||
| Carlton bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Worrall | 33 | 4 | 120 | 4 | - | - | |
| Fox | 37 | 4 | 137 | 1 | - | - | |
| Warne | 16 | 2 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dalton | 8 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Collins | 8.4 | 0 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ahern | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Delves | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carlton first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *J Worrall | c Bruce b Lanigan | 19 | |||||
| +TJ Hastings | c Wilson b Roche | 5 | |||||
| TS Warne | c Cuff b Roche | 0 | |||||
| E Brooks | c Cuff b Lanigan | 6 | |||||
| FA Blackham | st Johns b Wilson | 41 | |||||
| J Dalton | c Moysey b Roche | 9 | |||||
| AHN Fox | b Wilson | 87 | |||||
| WT Ahern | c sub (SJ Donahoo) b Wilson | 5 | |||||
| HF Hetherington | run out | 5 | |||||
| FT Delves | c Cuff b Lanigan | 25 | |||||
| GR Collins | not out | 24 | |||||
| Extras | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 97 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-7, 3-22, 4-40, 5-63, 6-93, 7-?, 8-124, 9-173, 10-240 (97 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roche | 39 | 16 | 67 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lanigan | 24 | 5 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bruce | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 14 | 3 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| T Trumble | 12 | 3 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carlton second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AHN Fox | c Johns b Moysey | 58 | |||||
| GR Collins | not out | 111 | |||||
| FT Delves | b Cuff | 25 | |||||
| WT Ahern | not out | 18 | |||||
| *J Worrall | did not bat | ||||||
| +TJ Hastings | did not bat | ||||||
| TS Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| E Brooks | did not bat | ||||||
| FA Blackham | did not bat | ||||||
| J Dalton | did not bat | ||||||
| HF Hetherington | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets) | 225 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-154, 2-? | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bruce | ? | ? | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roche | ? | ? | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | ? | ? | ? | 0 | - | - | |
| Lanigan | ? | ? | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| T Trumble | ? | ? | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Graham | ? | ? | ? | 0 | - | - | |
| Johns | ? | ? | ? | 0 | - | - | |
| Moysey | ? | ? | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cuff | ? | ? | 30 | 1 | - | - | |