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| Venue | Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 17th, 24th November 1917 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Melbourne won by an innings and 121 runs |
| Points | Richmond -3; Melbourne 3 |
| Umpires | WH Hance, JW McLean |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 143/4 (Butler 71*, Ransford 14*) |
| Richmond first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WL Rush | b Armstrong | 5 | |||||
| L Stewart | c Butler b Wilson | 20 | |||||
| *FS Lovie | st Mylius b Armstrong | 3 | |||||
| HJ King | b Wilson | 6 | |||||
| WLU Kelly | st Mylius b Armstrong | 0 | |||||
| JE Cronk | st Mylius b Armstrong | 6 | |||||
| +A Ogilvie | run out | 0 | |||||
| W Wells | b Wilson | 2 | |||||
| HJ Richardson | b Armstrong | 2 | |||||
| CGH Sindrey | run out | 1 | |||||
| L Smith | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 46 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-46 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Armstrong | ? | ? | 17 | 5 | - | - | |
| Wilson | ? | ? | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| F Vaughan | b King | 5 | |||||
| DG Rodgerson | lbw b Kelly | 5 | |||||
| FL Butler | c Richardson b Rush | 91 | |||||
| EK Tolhurst | c King b Smith | 21 | |||||
| WA Stokes | c King b Kelly | 16 | |||||
| VS Ransford | c Rush b Smith | 36 | |||||
| +GV Mylius | c Stewart b Rush | 1 | |||||
| H Ironmonger | b Stewart | 15 | |||||
| HM Wilson | not out | 18 | |||||
| *WW Armstrong | did not bat | ||||||
| [unknown] | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-222 | |||||||
| Richmond bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | ? | ? | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kelly | ? | ? | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | ? | ? | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stewart | ? | ? | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Rush | ? | ? | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Richmond second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WL Rush | b Armstrong | 0 | |||||
| L Stewart | c and b Armstrong | 11 | |||||
| HJ King | c Rodgerson b Ironmonger | 7 | |||||
| W Wells | b Armstrong | 1 | |||||
| WLU Kelly | b Ironmonger | 11 | |||||
| +A Ogilvie | c Rodgerson b Armstrong | 4 | |||||
| *FS Lovie | c Rodgerson b Armstrong | 4 | |||||
| HJ Richardson | b Ironmonger | 0 | |||||
| CGH Sindrey | c Rodgerson b Ironmonger | 0 | |||||
| L Smith | c Vaughan b Armstrong | 4 | |||||
| JE Cronk | not out | 12 | |||||
| Extras | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 55 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-55 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ironmonger | ? | ? | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | ? | ? | 26 | 6 | - | - | |