vca459	East Melbourne v South Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1902/03
Venue	East Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 13th, 20th December 1902, 10th January 1903 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (East Melbourne won on first innings)
Umpires	J Lucas, JW McLean
Close of play day 1	East Melbourne (1) 114/6 (Laver 45*, Seitz 2*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Grant	c Howlett b Collins	29
ANA Bowman	b Howlett	20
*P Forman	b Collins	10
A Kenny	b Laver	20
WFJ Scott	b Laver	1
FA Dowsing	b Laver	10
RS Stephens	c Seitz b Laver	0
NE Bath	run out	0
JH Remington	not out	13
+JRH Woodford	c and b Laver	0
H Howson	b Collins	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-84, 4-84, 5-?, 6-?, 7-91, 8-105, 9-105, 10-110 (48.1 ov)

East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collins	18.1	8	35	3	-
Laver	20	7	58	5	-
McAlister	4	2	6	0	-
Howlett	6	3	4	1	-

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East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA McAlister	b Howson	7
SA McMichael	c Howson b Remington	19
JF Horan	b Howson	5
JH Stuckey	run out	27
*FJ Laver	b Scott	98
JH Godby	lbw b Kenny	5
JT Howlett	c Woodford b Forman	0
JA Seitz	lbw b Howson	2
HAA Vollugi	b Howson	42
FB Collins	c and b Howson	5
+HL Wright	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-24, 3-?, 4-75, 5-?, 6-?, 7-119, 8-199, 9-215, 10-215 (77.1 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howson	25.1	8	50	5	-
Grant	9	1	21	0	-
Remington	9	2	32	1	-
Forman	13	2	36	1	-
Kenny	8	3	24	1	-
Bath	5	0	15	0	-
Scott	8	1	32	1	-

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South Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Stephens	c Laver b McAlister	16
JH Remington	b Howlett	2
NE Bath	b Howlett	3
WFJ Scott	b Howlett	2
+JRH Woodford	c Collins b McAlister	10
H Howson	not out	5
TC Grant	did not bat
ANA Bowman	did not bat
*P Forman	did not bat
A Kenny	did not bat
FA Dowsing	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(5 wickets, 23.4 overs)	40
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-40 (23.4 ov)

East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howlett	11.4	6	13	3	-
Collins	7	?	6	0	-
McAlister	5	0	19	2	-

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East Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FB Collins	c and b Stephens	12
+HL Wright	c Stephens b Bowman	4
JA Seitz	c Stephens b Woodford	34
JH Godby	run out	2
PA McAlister	not out	9
*FJ Laver	not out	4
SA McMichael	did not bat
JF Horan	did not bat
JH Stuckey	did not bat
JT Howlett	did not bat
HAA Vollugi	did not bat
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 22 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephens	9	1	28	1	-	-
Bowman	11	4	33	1	-	-
Woodford	2	1	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.

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The South Melbourne second innings was suspended on 40/5 (Howson 5)
The East Melbourne first innings was suspended on 114/6 (Laver 45, Seitz 2)
The South Melbourne first innings was suspended on 105/9 (Remington 9)