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| Venue | East Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 19th January, 2nd February 1907 (2-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) |
| Points | East Melbourne 2; Essendon -2 |
| Umpires | E Barrass, J Lucas |
| Close of play day 1 | East Melbourne (1) 189/8 (Douglas 16*, Walsh 0*) |
| East Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PA McAlister | b Moffatt | 42 | |||||
| SA McMichael | b Forsyth | 63 | |||||
| LN Rainey | c Moffatt b Forsyth | 33 | |||||
| FB Collins | b Forsyth | 1 | |||||
| +WH Reeves | b Buzolich | 0 | |||||
| EA Goss | run out | 23 | |||||
| HF Parsons | b Sampford | 2 | |||||
| *FJ Laver | c Griffiths b Forsyth | 0 | |||||
| OH Douglas | not out | 40 | |||||
| GF Walsh | not out | 23 | |||||
| FG Murdoch | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 2 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 90 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-79, 2-144, 3-145, 4-146, 5-146, 6-159, 7-160, 8-179 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sampford | 24 | 2 | 90 | 1 | - | ||
| Forsyth | 28 | 10 | 53 | 4 | - | ||
| Proud | 17 | 2 | 50 | 0 | - | ||
| Griffiths | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | ||
| Moffatt | 12 | 5 | 20 | 1 | - | ||
| Buzolich | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WH Swift | b Goss | 16 | |||||
| HNH Mirams | b Collins | 6 | |||||
| JH Russell | b Laver | 9 | |||||
| *J Ramsay | b Goss | 11 | |||||
| JN Buzolich | c McAlister b Goss | 2 | |||||
| +PW Steel | b Goss | 12 | |||||
| RA Proud | st Reeves b Laver | 12 | |||||
| WJ Griffiths | b Goss | 5 | |||||
| C Moffatt | b Goss | 1 | |||||
| RA Forsyth | not out | 1 | |||||
| CL Sampford | b Goss | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 43 overs) | 75 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-26, 3-41, 4-43, 5-50, 6-63, 7-73, 8-73, 9-75, 10-75 (43 ov) | |||||||
| East Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collins | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Murdoch | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Laver | 15 | 3 | 30 | 2 | |||
| Goss | 14 | 7 | 24 | 7 | |||
| Essendon second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Forsyth | b Collins | 12 | |||||
| JN Buzolich | b Rainey | 23 | |||||
| HNH Mirams | c and b Collins | 1 | |||||
| *J Ramsay | c Goss b Collins | 0 | |||||
| +PW Steel | not out | 15 | |||||
| RA Proud | not out | 5 | |||||
| WH Swift | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Russell | did not bat | ||||||
| WJ Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| C Moffatt | did not bat | ||||||
| CL Sampford | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 17 overs) | 57 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-35, 3-37, 4-37 | |||||||
| East Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Collins | 9 | 3 | 29 | 3 | - | ||
| Parsons | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | ||
| Rainey | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | ||