vca2038	Fitzroy v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1925/26
Venue	Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 20th, 27th February 1926 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Fitzroy 0; Essendon 0
Umpires	DA Elder, C Oakley
Close of play day 1	Fitzroy (1) 259/6 (Liddicut 67*, Parkin 21*)

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HC Lansdown	c Jenkin b Wilson	34
AJW Lansdown	b Richardson	24
*FD Chapman	c and b Alexander	22
JA Atkinson	c Mansfield b Green	35
AW Dummett	c Jenkin b Green	40
AE Liddicut	not out	78
W Wood	c and b Jenkin	6
HT Parkin	not out	24
CM Comben	did not bat
MS McDonald	did not bat
+JRH Woodford	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 5 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 67 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-80, 3-94, 4-153, 5-164, 6-204

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alexander	12	0	66	1	-
Davies	7	2	21	0	-
Richardson	21	6	52	1	-
Wilson	14	2	57	1	-
Green	8	1	36	2	-
Jenkin	5	0	31	1	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Davies	b McDonald	32
HM Wilson	c Wood b Comben	52
GH Green	c Dummett b Liddicut	57
HJ Richardson	c Dummett b Liddicut	12
N Mills	b Chapman	37
JL Kidd	run out	0
C Hardy	b Chapman	22
HH Alexander	b Chapman	0
OB Jenkin	b Parkin	16
RS Dunn	not out	0
+LS Mansfield	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, 58 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-131, 3-160, 4-173, 5-174, 6-216, 7-216, 8-241, 9-241

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	9	0	31	1	-
Chapman	11	3	49	3	-
Liddicut	13	2	47	2	-
Dummett	5	1	14	0	-
AJW Lansdown	12	0	59	0	-
Comben	7	1	23	1	-
Parkin	1	0	5	1	-

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