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| Venue | University Oval, Melbourne on 16th December 1916, 6th January 1917 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | University -2; Melbourne 2 |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 251/5 (Ransford 86*, Stokes 17*) |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WW Armstrong | b Russell | 41 | |||||
| F Vaughan | b Russell | 25 | |||||
| VS Ransford | b Park | 95 | |||||
| WH Bailey | c sub b Stephens | 29 | |||||
| FL Butler | c Norris b Park | 7 | |||||
| DG Rodgerson | b Farmer | 32 | |||||
| WA Stokes | c Farmer b Russell | 28 | |||||
| LT Mullett | b Russell | 7 | |||||
| +RJ Brierley | not out | 1 | |||||
| JG Leith | did not bat | ||||||
| H Ironmonger | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared) | 279 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-279 | |||||||
| University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Russell | ? | ? | 100 | 4 | - | - | |
| Rush | ? | ? | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Park | ? | ? | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stephens | ? | ? | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Farmer | ? | ? | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RL Park | st Brierley b Armstrong | 6 | |||||
| WF Stephens | c and b Ironmonger | 1 | |||||
| AW Farmer | c Mullett b Ironmonger | 14 | |||||
| GV Rush | c Leith b Armstrong | 41 | |||||
| H McLorinan | st Brierley b Armstrong | 8 | |||||
| WA Collopy | c Rodgerson b Ironmonger | 20 | |||||
| Wilson | b Armstrong | 5 | |||||
| WM Russell | c Stokes b Armstrong | 3 | |||||
| R Hyett | not out | 0 | |||||
| +FK Norris | b Armstrong | 0 | |||||
| Miller | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 115 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-115 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ironmonger | ? | ? | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | 17 | ? | 42 | 6 | - | - | |
| Mullett | ? | ? | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| University second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RL Park | c Butler b Bailey | 16 | |||||
| WF Stephens | b Bailey | 20 | |||||
| AW Farmer | not out | 11 | |||||
| WM Russell | b Bailey | 3 | |||||
| GV Rush | did not bat | ||||||
| H McLorinan | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Collopy | did not bat | ||||||
| Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| R Hyett | did not bat | ||||||
| +FK Norris | did not bat | ||||||
| Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets) | 57 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-? | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ransford | ? | ? | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | ? | ? | 27 | 3 | - | - | |