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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 16th, 23rd, 30th April 1898 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | East Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (East Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Umpires | E Barrass, WA Young |
| Close of play day 1 | East Melbourne (1) 205/7 (Howlett 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Melbourne (1) 154/5 (Russell 51*, Wilson 8*) |
| East Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SA McMichael | lbw b Wilson | 47 | |||||
| JVG Thompson | b Cave | 0 | |||||
| *FJ Laver | c Dunlop b Cave | 3 | |||||
| JH Stuckey | b Cave | 0 | |||||
| PA McAlister | c Cave b Russell | 83 | |||||
| AS Carter | b Russell | 64 | |||||
| JT Howlett | not out | 28 | |||||
| AH Christian | b Russell | 4 | |||||
| AE Clarke | c Dunlop b Cave | 6 | |||||
| J Paterson | c Cave b Trumble | 0 | |||||
| +HL Wright | c Peryman b Trumble | 25 | |||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 83.4 overs) | 268 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-8, 3-8, 4-87, 5-193, 6-199, 7-205, 8-215, 9-228, 10-268 (83.4 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trumble | 28.4 | 8 | 75 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cave | 33 | 7 | 119 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Blake | 8 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Russell | 6 | 2 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Graham | b Carter | 11 | |||||
| H Trumble | c McMichael b Laver | 40 | |||||
| GB Moysey | b Carter | 0 | |||||
| CH Peryman | c Laver b Paterson | 14 | |||||
| AJC Russell | run out | 71 | |||||
| *CH Ross | b Carter | 9 | |||||
| GL Wilson | c Christian b Laver | 15 | |||||
| AW Dunlop | b Howlett | 6 | |||||
| CA Blake | lbw b Laver | 27 | |||||
| +AE Johns | c Thompson b Paterson | 8 | |||||
| JW Cave | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 31 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 79.3 overs) | 232 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-40, 3-57, 4-92, 5-122, 6-?, 7-180, 8-214, 9-?, 10-232 (79.3 ov) | |||||||
| East Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Carter | 25 | ? | 88 | 3 | - | - | |
| Laver | 26.3 | ? | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Paterson | 15 | ? | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Howlett | 13 | ? | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| East Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SA McMichael | not out | 31 | |||||
| AH Christian | c Graham b Cave | 14 | |||||
| AE Clarke | c Peryman b Russell | 23 | |||||
| AS Carter | not out | 4 | |||||
| JVG Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| *FJ Laver | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Stuckey | did not bat | ||||||
| PA McAlister | did not bat | ||||||
| JT Howlett | did not bat | ||||||
| J Paterson | did not bat | ||||||
| +HL Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 33 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-? | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cave | 12 | ? | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Russell | 5 | ? | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 7 | ? | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blake | 9 | ? | 20 | 0 | - | - | |