vca1938	Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1924/25
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 13th, 20th December 1924 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 3; Essendon -1
Umpires	JC Keenan, TC Phillips
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 170 all out

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ER Mayne	c Herring b Rodgerson	24
OB Jenkin	lbw b Street	22
GH Green	c Herring b Onyons	40
WA Freeman	lbw b Street	1
NA Mirams	b Street	0
GA Davies	c Herring b Onyons	16
N Mills	c Street b Ebeling	39
HM Wilson	not out	12
LT Mullett	b Ebeling	1
+LS Mansfield	b Ebeling	0
CA Adams	st Herring b Street	1
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-49, 3-52, 4-62, 5-108, 6-115, 7-165, 8-167, 9-167, 10-170 (52.2 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ebeling	19	1	54	3	-
Baxter	5	0	16	0	-
Street	12.2	2	34	4	-
Rodgerson	7	0	20	1	-
Onyons	5	0	29	2	-
Johnstone	4	2	3	0	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HCA Sandford	c Mansfield b Adams	0
BA Onyons	b Mullett	77
+RW Herring	c Jenkin b Wilson	24
EK Tolhurst	c and b Davies	22
CA Fergie	b Green	112
RG Johnstone	not out	43
FR Phillips	not out	2
RG Baxter	did not bat
RS Rodgerson	did not bat
HI Ebeling	did not bat
GA Street	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(5 wickets, 59 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-62, 3-108, 4-181, 5-292

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adams	13	0	75	1
Mullett	10	0	48	1
Wilson	11	1	43	1
Jenkin	11	0	27	0
Davies	7	0	43	1
Green	4	0	22	1
Mayne	3	0	22	0

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