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| Venue | Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 17th March 1917 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | South Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Fitzroy won by an innings and 37 runs |
| Points | Fitzroy 3; South Melbourne -3 |
| Umpires | JC Keenan, JW McLean |
| Close of play day 1 | Fitzroy (1) 96/2 (Atkinson 31*, McDonald 9*) |
| South Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WJG Woodbury | c Lansdown b Cannon | 18 | |||||
| R Deas | c Webb b Cannon | 25 | |||||
| AL Gray | b McDonald | 5 | |||||
| G St John | c Kiernan b McDonald | 8 | |||||
| A Kenny | c McDonald b Cannon | 1 | |||||
| H Brereton | b Cannon | 0 | |||||
| +W McGuire | b McDonald | 0 | |||||
| FW Lockyer | c Cody b Cannon | 2 | |||||
| F Kenny | c Atkinson b Cannon | 11 | |||||
| *JH Kyle | not out | 22 | |||||
| JV Saunders | b McDonald | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 24.4 overs) | 99 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-99 (24.4 ov) | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McDonald | 12.4 | ? | 41 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cannon | 12 | ? | 54 | 6 | - | - | |
| Fitzroy first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Webb | b St John | 27 | |||||
| AJW Lansdown | c and b A Kenny | 21 | |||||
| JA Atkinson | c F Kenny b Saunders | 50 | |||||
| EA McDonald | b Kyle | 20 | |||||
| C Kiernan | c St John b Saunders | 2 | |||||
| LA Cody | c and b Saunders | 6 | |||||
| NF Winning | run out | 0 | |||||
| J Barry | not out | 35 | |||||
| +SC Campbell | not out | 21 | |||||
| E Tait | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Cannon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-? | |||||||
| South Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Saunders | ? | ? | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kyle | ? | ? | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| St John | ? | ? | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| A Kenny | ? | ? | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Woodbury | ? | ? | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WJG Woodbury | run out | 23 | |||||
| R Deas | b McDonald | 8 | |||||
| AL Gray | c McDonald b [unknown] | 0 | |||||
| A Kenny | c Campbell b McDonald | 7 | |||||
| H Brereton | b McDonald | 0 | |||||
| G St John | c Webb b McDonald | 3 | |||||
| F Kenny | c Cody b Cannon | 7 | |||||
| FW Lockyer | not out | 4 | |||||
| *JH Kyle | c Kiernan b McDonald | 4 | |||||
| +W McGuire | b Cannon | 0 | |||||
| JV Saunders | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 59 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-59 | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McDonald | 9 | 3 | 28 | 6 | - | - | |
| Cannon | ? | ? | 28 | 2 | - | - | |