vca1440	Melbourne v North Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1917/18
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 15th December 1917, 5th January 1918 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 2; North Melbourne -2
Umpires	S Barter, J Benson
Close of play day 1	North Melbourne (1) 47/6 (W Carlton 1*, Hardy 5*)

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WW Armstrong	b W Carlton	3
F Vaughan	b TA Carlton	3
FL Butler	b TA Carlton	12
WA Stokes	c sub b McLean	21
EGM Hood	b McLean	14
DG Rodgerson	c McGregor b McLean	0
GD Edwards	c TA Carlton b McLean	9
HM Wilson	not out	20
JG Leith	b McLean	14
H Ironmonger	b W Carlton	2
+GV Mylius	c Gregory b W Carlton	0
Extras		1
Total	(all out)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-99

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
W Carlton	?	?	52	3	-	-
TA Carlton	?	?	25	2	-	-
McLean	?	?	21	5	-	-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Johnson	st Mylius b Armstrong	17
HHG Bracher	b Ironmonger	6
+S O'Brien	b Ironmonger	10
WF Rohsburn	c Stokes b Ironmonger	0
T O'Brien	c Rodgerson b Armstrong	0
TA Carlton	b Armstrong	1
*W Carlton	b Hood	7
C Hardy	st Mylius b Ironmonger	14
R McGregor	b Hood	1
A Gregory	b Ironmonger	9
H McLean	not out	3
Extras		8
Total	(all out)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-76

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ironmonger	?	?	42	5	-	-
Armstrong	?	?	9	3	-	-
Hood	?	?	17	2	-	-

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Edwards	c Bracher b TA Carlton	4
FL Butler	st S O'Brien b W Carlton	14
DG Rodgerson	c Hardy b TA Carlton	15
EGM Hood	b McLean	23
JG Leith	lbw b McLean	0
WA Stokes	c Johnson b McGregor	31
HM Wilson	not out	14
+GV Mylius	b McGregor	4
H Ironmonger	c T O'Brien b McGregor	0
F Vaughan	absent
*WW Armstrong	absent
Extras		3
Total	(all out)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-108

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
W Carlton	?	?	59	1	-	-
TA Carlton	?	?	18	2	-	-
McLean	?	?	20	2	-	-
McGregor	?	?	8	3	-	-

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North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Hardy	c sub b Wilson	2
A Gregory	c Rodgerson b Ironmonger	4
TA Carlton	not out	12
WJ Johnson	did not bat
HHG Bracher	did not bat
+S O'Brien	did not bat
WF Rohsburn	did not bat
T O'Brien	did not bat
*W Carlton	did not bat
R McGregor	did not bat
H McLean	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(2 wickets)	24
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-24

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	?	?	10	1	-	-
Ironmonger	?	?	8	1	-	-

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