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| Venue | Princes Park, Melbourne on 1st, 8th December 1917 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn (Carlton won on first innings) |
| Points | Carlton 2; Essendon -2 |
| Close of play day 1 | Carlton (1) 193/9 (Warne 40*, Truman 5*) |
| Carlton first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HW de Gruchy | b Hart | 2 | |||||
| SJ Hastings | c and b Carroll | 8 | |||||
| WG Sutherland | b Carroll | 11 | |||||
| +FW Hyett | c Hart b Carroll | 2 | |||||
| LE Downs | c sub b Jacobson | 44 | |||||
| BL Cohen | c sub b Jacobson | 31 | |||||
| *TS Warne | not out | 47 | |||||
| GG Browning | c Hart b Mullett | 7 | |||||
| A Robinson | c Carroll b Mullett | 22 | |||||
| M Cain | c Davies b Carroll | 0 | |||||
| FG Truman | b Hart | 13 | |||||
| Extras | 24 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-211 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hart | ? | ? | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Carroll | ? | ? | 72 | 4 | - | - | |
| Jacobson | ? | ? | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mullett | ? | ? | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Davies | c Browning b Cain | 6 | |||||
| G Collie | b Cain | 3 | |||||
| AV Steel | b Cain | 0 | |||||
| +PA Shea | b Cain | 19 | |||||
| HW Hart | c Hastings b Cain | 5 | |||||
| LT Mullett | c Hyett b Truman | 0 | |||||
| EL Carroll | run out | 6 | |||||
| *WJ Griffiths | not out | 12 | |||||
| DV Jacobson | c Warne b Cain | 0 | |||||
| HM Chellew | b Cain | 4 | |||||
| Gill | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 56 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-56 | |||||||
| Carlton bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cain | ? | ? | 39 | 7 | - | - | |
| Truman | ? | ? | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essendon second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EL Carroll | c Browning b de Gruchy | 43 | |||||
| *WJ Griffiths | b Cain | 0 | |||||
| AV Steel | c Sutherland b Truman | 12 | |||||
| LT Mullett | c Truman b Cain | 0 | |||||
| GA Davies | run out | 31 | |||||
| G Collie | b Cain | 11 | |||||
| HW Hart | st Hyett b Cain | 0 | |||||
| +PA Shea | not out | 25 | |||||
| DV Jacobson | c Cain b Truman | 0 | |||||
| HM Chellew | not out | 2 | |||||
| Gill | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets) | 121 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-? | |||||||
| Carlton bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cain | ? | ? | 41 | 4 | - | - | |
| Truman | ? | ? | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| de Gruchy | ? | ? | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Robinson | ? | ? | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warne | ? | ? | 19 | 0 | - | - | |