vca1444	Collingwood v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1917/18
Venue	Victoria Park, Melbourne on 12th, 19th January 1918 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Collingwood 0; Melbourne 0
Umpires	JC Keenan, G White
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 223/6 (Wilson 45*, Bishop 26*)

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Stokes	run out	0
FL Butler	b Thompson	50
DG Rodgerson	c Atherton b Ryder	0
EGM Hood	lbw b Ryder	10
*VS Ransford	lbw b Sparks	43
HM Wilson	c Mutch b Sparks	49
CH Peryman	run out	22
JR Bishop	not out	57
JG Leith	lbw b Monohan	6
+RJ Brierley	c Mutch b Monohan	3
H Ironmonger	b Sparks	5
Extras	(11 b, 9 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	29
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-33, 4-86, 5-132, 6-169, 7-249, 8-262, 9-269, 10-274 (57.4 ov)

Collingwood bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ryder	13	1	58	2
Keating	11	1	64	0
Thompson	7	0	33	1
Sparks	15.4	1	50	3
Monohan	10	2	40	2
Naismith	1	1	0	0

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Collingwood first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Keating	lbw b Hood	15
HW Joyce	b Hood	8
*J Ryder	not out	65
AE Brown	c Bishop b Ironmonger	32
VC Monohan	c Hood b Ironmonger	5
WJ Thompson	b Leith	8
WH Naismith	not out	1
AC Mutch	did not bat
S Joyce	did not bat
+LW Atherton	did not bat
H Sparks	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(5 wickets, 42 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-29, 3-88, 4-99, 5-146

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hood	6	0	19	2	-
Ironmonger	21	6	50	2	-
Wilson	7	0	37	0	-
Bishop	4	0	22	0	-
Leith	4	1	6	1	-

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