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| Venue | Windy Hill, Melbourne on 20th, 27th October 1917 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essendon 0; Fitzroy 0 |
| Umpires | WH Brown, JC Keenan |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Fitzroy first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Kiernan | b Mullett | 4 | |||||
| JA Atkinson | b Mullett | 10 | |||||
| J Barry | run out | 51 | |||||
| EA McDonald | not out | 80 | |||||
| +SC Campbell | not out | 1 | |||||
| AJW Lansdown | did not bat | ||||||
| LA Cody | did not bat | ||||||
| E Tait | did not bat | ||||||
| AE Liddicut | did not bat | ||||||
| ES Boulter | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Cannon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared) | 154 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-? | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mullett | ? | ? | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Carroll | ? | ? | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jacobson | ? | ? | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hart | ? | ? | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EL Carroll | b Liddicut | 13 | |||||
| GA Davies | c Kiernan b Boulter | 29 | |||||
| PA Shea | run out | 15 | |||||
| *WJ Griffiths | c McDonald b Atkinson | 3 | |||||
| +FH Allan | not out | 29 | |||||
| AV Steel | did not bat | ||||||
| G Collie | did not bat | ||||||
| H McDonald | did not bat | ||||||
| LT Mullett | did not bat | ||||||
| HW Hart | did not bat | ||||||
| DV Jacobson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets) | 102 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-102 | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Liddicut | ? | ? | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| McDonald | ? | ? | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boulter | ? | ? | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cannon | ? | ? | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | - | - | |