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| Venue | Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 19th, 26th February, 5th March 1898 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | North Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | North Melbourne won by an innings and 104 runs |
| Umpires | J Lucas, WA Young |
| Close of play day 1 | North Melbourne (1) 355/8 (Rundell 26*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Richmond (1) 187 all out |
| North Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JJ Gerber | lbw b Kelly | 13 | |||||
| W Carlton | c Howard b Sholl | 68 | |||||
| G Stuckey | c Davenport b Sholl | 25 | |||||
| HC Maplestone | c and b Kelly | 29 | |||||
| J Carlton | lbw b Kelly | 96 | |||||
| *+RS Houston | c and b Howard | 55 | |||||
| EE Bean | b Kelly | 23 | |||||
| HB Rundell | b Davenport | 41 | |||||
| E Launder | c Cunningham b Kelly | 11 | |||||
| JA Howlett | not out | 62 | |||||
| JV Saunders | b Davenport | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 438 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-355, 9-430, 10-438 | |||||||
| Richmond bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kelly | ? | ? | 109 | 5 | - | - | |
| Davenport | ? | ? | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sholl | ? | ? | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Howard | ? | ? | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wade | ? | ? | 90 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cunningham | ? | ? | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rush | ? | ? | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Richmond first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AE Jones | b Maplestone | 7 | |||||
| AM Wade | c W Carlton b J Carlton | 38 | |||||
| E Howard | lbw b J Carlton | 16 | |||||
| J Cunningham | b Bean | 6 | |||||
| *RTB Kelly | c Maplestone b J Carlton | 23 | |||||
| HF Tritton | c Howlett b J Carlton | 9 | |||||
| AE Whitehead | c Rundell b Saunders | 28 | |||||
| +GA Honeybone | b Saunders | 17 | |||||
| E Sholl | c sub b J Carlton | 17 | |||||
| MH Rush | not out | 14 | |||||
| TA Davenport | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 187 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-187 | |||||||
| North Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| J Carlton | ? | ? | 97 | 5 | - | - | |
| Maplestone | ? | ? | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bean | ? | ? | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Saunders | ? | ? | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Richmond second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Wade | b J Carlton | 10 | |||||
| AE Jones | b J Carlton | 0 | |||||
| AE Whitehead | not out | 33 | |||||
| E Howard | run out | 7 | |||||
| MH Rush | c Stuckey b J Carlton | 33 | |||||
| HF Tritton | lbw b J Carlton | 13 | |||||
| *RTB Kelly | c W Carlton b J Carlton | 21 | |||||
| +GA Honeybone | b Saunders | 2 | |||||
| J Cunningham | b J Carlton | 8 | |||||
| TA Davenport | b J Carlton | 6 | |||||
| E Sholl | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 147 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-147 | |||||||
| North Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| J Carlton | ? | ? | 53 | 7 | - | - | |
| Saunders | ? | ? | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Rundell | ? | ? | 16 | 0 | - | - | |