vca1420	Collingwood v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1917/18
Venue	Victoria Park, Melbourne on 3rd, 10th November 1917 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Collingwood won on first innings)
Points	Collingwood 2; Essendon -2
Umpires	AD Reaburn, T Rooke
Close of play day 1	Collingwood (1) 140/2 (Ryder 47*, Mutch 0*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Davies	c Sparks b Keating	3
+FH Allan	b Keating	5
PA Shea	b Thompson	39
EL Carroll	c and b Ryder	20
*WJ Griffiths	c Atherton b Thompson	8
HW Hart	b Thompson	4
AV Steel	c Thompson b Sparks	6
LT Mullett	b Sparks	7
G Collie	b Thompson	2
DV Jacobson	not out	0
[unknown]	absent
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 22.2 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-17, 3-42, 4-64, 5-72, 6-87, 7-93, 8-100, 9-100 (22.2 ov)

Collingwood bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ryder	6	0	33	1	-
Keating	6	0	21	2	-
Thompson	5.2	0	23	4	-
Sparks	5	1	17	2	-

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Collingwood first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Keating	b Hart	23
HW Joyce	c Allan b Mullett	62
*J Ryder	c Mullett b Carroll	100
AC Mutch	c Mullett b Carroll	44
AE Brown	b Jacobson	8
S Joyce	not out	7
VC Monohan	did not bat
WH Naismith	did not bat
WJ Thompson	did not bat
+LW Atherton	did not bat
H Sparks	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 4 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 57.2 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-129, 3-220, 4-236, 5-253 (57.2 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shea	8	0	49	0		-
Hart	15	3	57	1		-
Carroll	13.2	0	47	2		-
Mullett	11	4	48	1		-
Jacobson	9	1	40	1		-
Davies	1	0	3	0		-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Davies	run out	33
G Collie	lbw b Keating	6
AV Steel	not out	43
+FH Allan	c HW Joyce b Ryder	4
DV Jacobson	c Naismith b Ryder	2
HW Hart	b Sparks	0
PA Shea	c Sparks b Keating	20
LT Mullett	lbw b Keating	2
EL Carroll	did not bat
*WJ Griffiths	did not bat
[unknown]	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 31.3 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-46, 3-50, 4-60, 5-60, 6-113, 7-117 (31.3 ov)

Collingwood bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Keating	10.3	1	36	3	-	-
Thompson	4	1	17	0	-	-
Ryder	9	4	22	2	-	-
Sparks	8	0	35	1	-	-

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