vca1997	South Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1925/26
Venue	South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st October, 7th November 1925 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	South Melbourne -1; Essendon 3
Umpires	C Oakley, J Richards
Close of play day 1	South Melbourne (1) 6/1 (Park 0*, Darling 1*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Wilson	b Morton	7
OB Jenkin	c Wallis b Goodfellow	20
GH Green	c Purvis b Morton	1
HJ Richardson	b Park	33
N Mills	lbw b Park	27
*GA Davies	c Park b Morton	32
WA Freeman	c Purvis b Kenny	14
RB Maynard	st Wallis b Kenny	6
HE Conron	b Kenny	9
LT Mullett	b Goodfellow	14
+LS Mansfield	not out	2
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 46.1 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-24, 3-43, 4-91, 5-102, 6-141, 7-147, 8-150, 9-167, 10-182 (46.1 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	17	4	52	3	-
Ryan	5	1	18	0	-
Goodfellow	4.1	0	12	2	-
Kenny	14	0	61	3	-
Park	6	2	22	2	-

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RL Park	c and b Conron	3
TN Leonard	c Davies b Mullett	5
LS Darling	b Richardson	20
TH Purvis	b Richardson	4
JA Slatter	run out	10
F McCormack	lbw b Richardson	2
MJ Ryan	c Maynard b Mullett	33
A Goodfellow	c Green b Richardson	12
FL Morton	lbw b Jenkin	7
A Kenny	c Maynard b Mullett	16
+S Wallis	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-13, 3-18, 4-42, 5-42, 6-45, 7-57, 8-90, 9-107, 10-117 (46 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullett	17	3	54	3	-	-
Richardson	18	9	27	4	-	-
Jenkin	4	2	9	1	-	-
Conron	7	0	23	1	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Conron	b Ryan	6
RB Maynard	lbw b Ryan	1
+LS Mansfield	b Morton	5
WA Freeman	b Ryan	1
OB Jenkin	b Ryan	0
HM Wilson	c and b Ryan	0
N Mills	b Morton	13
*GA Davies	not out	10
GH Green	b Ryan	2
HJ Richardson	c and b Morton	6
LT Mullett	did not bat
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(9 wickets, 14.3 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-22, 3-23, 4-23, 5-23, 6-23, 7-38, 8-41, 9-54 (14.3 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	7.3	2	30	3	-	-
Ryan	7	0	14	6	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Ryan completed a hat-trick in the Essendon second innings

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