vca739	Essendon v St Kilda
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1907/08
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 2nd, 23rd November 1907 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	St Kilda won the toss and decided to bat
Result	St Kilda won by an innings and 174 runs
Points	Essendon -3; St Kilda 3
Umpires	W Hannah, JW McLean
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 6/1 (Russell 3*)

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St Kilda first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Ainslie	c Russell b Chellew	2
TJ Matthews	c Ramsay b Broadbent	39
M Fitzgerald	c Wilson b Chellew	4
*AJA Dudgeon	run out	68
TE Wenborn	st Wright b Wilson	17
RH Smith	b Forsyth	32
PW Punshon	st Wright b McVitty	54
CS Armstrong	c and b Broadbent	13
WE Burgess	st Wright b McVitty	36
+F Tucker	c Ramsay b McVitty	5
AL Earl	not out	6
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-47, 3-48, 4-85, 5-148, 6-180, 7-220, 8-253, 9-261, 10-282 (71.2 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forsyth	13	0	56	1
Chellew	13	2	46	2
Broadbent	11	0	37	2
Wilson	12	0	56	1
Proud	9	3	31	0
Russell	7	0	34	0
McVitty	6.2	0	16	3

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Russell	b Earl	4
A Box	c Punshon b Matthews	3
J Ramsay	c Punshon b Earl	12
PW Steel	c Dudgeon b Matthews	1
*+HL Wright	c Burgess b Earl	1
F Broadbent	b Earl	1
HS McVitty	b Earl	14
RA Proud	st Tucker b Matthews	5
A Wilson	c Smith b Matthews	0
HM Chellew	not out	9
RA Forsyth	absent
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 28.5 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-12, 3-23, 4-24, 5-25, 6-26, 7-39, 8-39, 9-54 (28.5 ov)

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	14.5	9	19	5	-	-
Matthews	14	1	31	4	-	-

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Essendon second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Ramsay	c and b Matthews	15
PW Steel	c Burgess b Matthews	3
RA Proud	st Tucker b Matthews	6
HM Chellew	b Earl	1
HS McVitty	run out	1
*+HL Wright	b Matthews	18
F Broadbent	b Earl	0
A Wilson	b Earl	6
JH Russell	not out	0
RA Forsyth	absent
A Box	absent
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 18 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-23, 4-30, 5-31, 6-32, 7-48, 8-54 (18 ov)

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	9	5	12	3	-	-
Matthews	9	0	38	4	-	-

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