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| Venue | University Oval, Melbourne on 17th, 24th October 1908 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | University won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | University won by an innings and 28 runs |
| Points | University 3; Essendon -3 |
| Umpires | J Lucas, JW McLean |
| Close of play day 1 | University (1) 95/1 (CW Miller 38*, Upton 8*) |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW Steel | c Macgregor b Bailey | 16 | |||||
| W Patterson | c Cordner b Speirs | 1 | |||||
| A Box | c Cordner b Bailey | 11 | |||||
| J Ramsay | c Cordner b Speirs | 1 | |||||
| A Wilson | c Cordner b Bailey | 17 | |||||
| *+HL Wright | b Speirs | 2 | |||||
| HS McVitty | c Speirs b Bailey | 7 | |||||
| TM Macartney | st Macgregor b Bailey | 0 | |||||
| RA Proud | c and b Speirs | 8 | |||||
| EJ Binney | not out | 1 | |||||
| RA Forsyth | c Cordner b Speirs | 8 | |||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 75 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-75 | |||||||
| University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | ? | ? | 46 | 5 | - | - | |
| Speirs | ? | ? | 26 | 5 | - | - | |
| University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CW Miller | st +Steel b McVitty | 87 | |||||
| NL Speirs | c Steel b McVitty | 43 | |||||
| RER Upton | not out | 63 | |||||
| *H Cordner | c Proud b McVitty | 11 | |||||
| HB Lewers | c Wilson b McVitty | 3 | |||||
| LF Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| LV Darby | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Giblin | did not bat | ||||||
| +W Macgregor | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| EA Fleming | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared) | 219 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-? | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McVitty | ? | ? | 30 | 4 | - | - | |
| Forsyth | ? | ? | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Binney | ? | ? | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | ? | ? | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Proud | ? | ? | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Box | ? | ? | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Patterson | ? | ? | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essendon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW Steel | c Speirs b Fleming | 4 | |||||
| W Patterson | lbw b Fleming | 16 | |||||
| A Box | lbw b Speirs | 25 | |||||
| A Wilson | c Darby b Fleming | 8 | |||||
| J Ramsay | not out | 47 | |||||
| HS McVitty | c Bailey b Fleming | 0 | |||||
| RA Proud | lbw b Cordner | 7 | |||||
| EJ Binney | c Upton b Fleming | 6 | |||||
| RA Forsyth | lbw b Fleming | 0 | |||||
| TM Macartney | absent | ||||||
| *+HL Wright | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 116 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-116 | |||||||
| University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fleming | ? | ? | 65 | 6 | - | - | |
| Speirs | ? | ? | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cordner | ? | ? | 34 | 1 | - | - | |