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| Venue | The Triangle, Melbourne on 19th, 26th February, 5th March 1898 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Carlton won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Hawksburn won on first innings) |
| Umpires | HJ Alessio, T Lederman |
| Close of play day 1 | Hawksburn (1) 110/0 (Jones 59*, ER Rush 46*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Hawksburn (1) 456/4 (ER Rush 210*, Lockett 9*) |
| Carlton first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TS Warne | run out | 3 | |||||
| E Brooks | c Watling b Collie | 3 | |||||
| AHN Fox | c ER Rush b O'Connor | 6 | |||||
| WT Ahern | c ER Rush b O'Connor | 57 | |||||
| FA Blackham | lbw b Collie | 9 | |||||
| *+TJ Hastings | run out | 29 | |||||
| HF Hetherington | c Watling b O'Connor | 47 | |||||
| J Pullar | b O'Connor | 1 | |||||
| GR Collins | not out | 32 | |||||
| W Hannah | b O'Connor | 17 | |||||
| DK Holden | b O'Connor | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 63.4 overs) | 219 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-12, 3-12, 4-25, 5-83, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-219 (63.4 ov) | |||||||
| Hawksburn bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Connor | 28.4 | 11 | 60 | 6 | - | - | |
| Collie | 18 | 2 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| Walton | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| ER Rush | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hawksburn first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CE Jones | c Hastings b Collins | 86 | |||||
| +ER Rush | not out | 293 | |||||
| WH McCormack | c Holden b Hannah | 37 | |||||
| WH Watling | c Hetherington b Warne | 2 | |||||
| TR Rush | c Fox b Warne | 79 | |||||
| WR Lockett | b Fox | 14 | |||||
| AD Collie | c Hastings b Hannah | 1 | |||||
| HL Walton | c Blackham b Hannah | 7 | |||||
| EW Farley | st Hastings b Warne | 22 | |||||
| *J Taylor | b Warne | 0 | |||||
| JW O'Connor | st Hastings b Warne | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 39 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 581 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-191, 2-284, 3-287, 4-424, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-581 | |||||||
| Carlton bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fox | ? | ? | 150 | 1 | - | - | |
| Holden | ? | ? | 77 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hannah | ? | ? | 140 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pullar | ? | ? | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warne | ? | ? | 89 | 5 | - | - | |
| Ahern | ? | ? | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Collins | ? | ? | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hetherington | ? | ? | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carlton second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AHN Fox | c Walton b Watling | 59 | |||||
| HF Hetherington | b Walton | 35 | |||||
| GR Collins | b Walton | 0 | |||||
| WT Ahern | not out | 29 | |||||
| TS Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| E Brooks | did not bat | ||||||
| FA Blackham | did not bat | ||||||
| *+TJ Hastings | did not bat | ||||||
| J Pullar | did not bat | ||||||
| W Hannah | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Holden | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets) | 127 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-127 | |||||||
| Hawksburn bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Connor | ? | ? | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walton | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | - | |
| Watling | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |