vca622	Essendon v South Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1905/06
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 27th January, 3rd February 1906 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Umpires	J Lee, J Lucas
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 56/2 (Russell 19, PW Steel 10)

South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WFJ Scott	b Sampford	13
CE Eeles	b Sampford	3
RS Stephens	run out	2
NE Bath	c PW Steel b Sampford	16
LP Vernon	b Sampford	21
*WH McCormack	b Touzel	27
GA Moir	b Sampford	2
RE Friend	b Sampford	1
+JRH Woodford	c Buzolich b Touzel	7
CF Williams	b Sampford	17
GJ Hearne	not out	28
Extras		6
Total	(all out)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-?, 3-?, 4-47, 5-60, 6-?, 7-?, 8-97, 9-97, 10-143

South Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WFJ Scott	st +PW Steel b Touzel	12
GJ Hearne	b Sampford	0
RS Stephens	b Sampford	6
GA Moir	b Sampford	26
CE Eeles	c Garbutt b Sampford	40
RE Friend	not out	5
NE Bath	not out	1
LP Vernon	did not bat
*WH McCormack	did not bat
+JRH Woodford	did not bat
CF Williams	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(5 wickets)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Notes
--> Bowling in the Essendon first innings adds 1 run under
--> Bowling in the South Melbourne second innings adds 13 runs under