vca1333	Essendon v Northcote
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1915/16
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 18th, 25th March 1916 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 2; Northcote -2
Umpires	JC Keenan, M Mills
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 101/3 (PW Steel 41*, Shea 24*)

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GT Chesswas	b Shea	26
TH Purvis	b Grunden	0
HP Gibaud	c Griffiths b Shea	4
A Cody	c Musgrove b Shea	9
WT Ahern	c Mayne b Bennetts	71
C Begg	c Allan b Mayne	12
+C Robertson	c Mayne b Shea	0
RH Bailey	c McLean b Bennetts	11
LJ Shewan	not out	14
E Richardson	c Grunden b Bennetts	3
DN Plant	b Shea	4
Extras		6
Total	(all out)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-160

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shea	?	?	34	5	-	-
Bennetts	?	?	45	3	-	-
Grunden	?	?	27	1	-	-
Mayne	?	?	29	1	-	-
Chellew	?	?	19	0	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ER Mayne	b Shewan	3
HM Chellew	b Plant	18
+FH Allan	b Shewan	13
PW Steel	c Begg b Plant	62
PA Shea	run out	42
AV Steel	c and b Plant	2
WJ Griffiths	not out	12
CWJ Musgrove	not out	8
N McLean	did not bat
J Bennetts	did not bat
S Grunden	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(6 wickets, declared)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plant	?	?	51	3	-	-
Shewan	?	?	49	2	-	-
Richardson	?	?	30	0	-	-
Ahern	?	?	23	0	-	-
Bailey	?	?	7	0	-	-

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Northcote second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GT Chesswas	c and b Shea	9
TH Purvis	c and b Bennetts	16
HP Gibaud	c AV Steel b Mayne	38
A Cody	c and b Bennetts	0
WT Ahern	b Shea	13
C Begg	c Musgrove b Shea	14
+C Robertson	c Chellew b Mayne	0
RH Bailey	c Allan b Shea	4
LJ Shewan	st Allan b Shea	14
E Richardson	run out	8
DN Plant	not out	23
Extras		3
Total	(all out)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-142

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shea	?	?	44	5	-	-
Bennetts	?	?	53	2	-	-
Mayne	?	?	38	2	-	-
Grunden	?	?	4	0	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ER Mayne	not out	40
HM Chellew	st Robertson b Bailey	13
+FH Allan	not out	13
PW Steel	did not bat
PA Shea	did not bat
AV Steel	did not bat
WJ Griffiths	did not bat
CWJ Musgrove	did not bat
N McLean	did not bat
J Bennetts	did not bat
S Grunden	did not bat
Extras		1
Total	(1 wicket)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Chellew)

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shewan	?	?	23	0	-	-
Plant	?	?	23	0	-	-
Gibaud	?	?	15	0	-	-
Bailey	?	?	5	1	-	-

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