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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 19th, 26th February 1916 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Melbourne won by an innings and 70 runs |
| Points | Melbourne 3; Essendon -3 |
| Umpires | WJR Bowes, RM Crockett |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 201/2 (Vaughan 69*, Rodgerson 25*) |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *ER Mayne | c Rodgerson b O'Donoghue | 6 | |||||
| EL Carroll | b Ironmonger | 8 | |||||
| PA Shea | c Armstrong b Ironmonger | 15 | |||||
| CWJ Musgrove | c Armstrong b Ironmonger | 4 | |||||
| WJ Griffiths | b Ironmonger | 2 | |||||
| AV Steel | c Fergie b Ironmonger | 0 | |||||
| PW Steel | c Leith b O'Donoghue | 13 | |||||
| A Pitman | b Ironmonger | 0 | |||||
| FJ Hanna | b Ironmonger | 1 | |||||
| HM Chellew | not out | 4 | |||||
| +FH Allan | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 55 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-55 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ironmonger | 12.2 | 3 | 26 | 7 | - | - | |
| O'Donoghue | ? | ? | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WW Armstrong | b Chellew | 74 | |||||
| F Vaughan | not out | 104 | |||||
| CA Fergie | b Chellew | 20 | |||||
| RS Rodgerson | c Allan b Mayne | 52 | |||||
| GD Edwards | not out | 3 | |||||
| SA Aitken | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Leith | did not bat | ||||||
| CS Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| +RJ Brierley | did not bat | ||||||
| H Ironmonger | did not bat | ||||||
| A O'Donoghue | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared) | 271 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-131, 2-?, 3-? | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chellew | ? | ? | 73 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mayne | ? | ? | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shea | ? | ? | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carroll | ? | ? | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hanna | ? | ? | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pitman | ? | ? | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essendon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *ER Mayne | c and b Armstrong | 16 | |||||
| PA Shea | c Edwards b Ironmonger | 26 | |||||
| CWJ Musgrove | b Armstrong | 0 | |||||
| PW Steel | c Taylor b Ironmonger | 4 | |||||
| HM Chellew | c sub b Armstrong | 7 | |||||
| EL Carroll | b Rodgerson | 23 | |||||
| WJ Griffiths | not out | 45 | |||||
| FJ Hanna | c Rodgerson b Armstrong | 7 | |||||
| AV Steel | c and b Rodgerson | 1 | |||||
| +FH Allan | b Ironmonger | 2 | |||||
| A Pitman | c Rodgerson b Ironmonger | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-146 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ironmonger | ? | ? | 63 | 4 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | ? | ? | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Rodgerson | ? | ? | 18 | 2 | - | - | |