vca2168	Essendon v Prahran
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1927/28
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 3rd, 10th December 1927 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Prahran won by 2 wickets
Points	Essendon -1; Prahran 4
Umpires	PE Smith, J Stafford
Close of play day 1	Prahran (1) 128/4 (Gray 17*, Davie 0*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Dunn	c Wharington b Wallace	5
*GA Davies	b Francis	6
J Bourke	c Francis b Gray	27
HJ Richardson	b Gray	30
JL Kidd	lbw b Willis	11
FN Jenkin	st Parker b Gray	0
OB Jenkin	not out	14
W Scott	c and b Willis	2
+AR McInnes	c and b Willis	4
LT Mullett	run out	10
HH Alexander	b Willis	8
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 30.5 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-12, 3-70, 4-71, 5-71, 6-83, 7-85, 8-93, 9-110, 10-121 (30.5 ov)

Prahran bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wallace	7	1	30	1	-
Francis	6	0	32	1	-
Gray	9	2	23	3	-
Willis	8.5	0	32	4	-

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Prahran first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SMF Thomson	c Dunn b Scott	46
RA Ratten	c Dunn b Alexander	8
PT Wharington	b Mullett	26
AL Gray	not out	17
+AW Parker	b Mullett	20
BJJ Davie	not out	0
*CB Willis	did not bat
JS Morell	did not bat
PH Wallace	did not bat
CH Lilley	did not bat
SG Francis	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 29 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-76, 3-96, 4-128

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullett	11	3	47	2	-	-
Alexander	5	0	29	1	-	-
Scott	5	1	12	1	-	-
OB Jenkin	2	0	12	0	-	-
Richardson	6	2	17	0	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LT Mullett	c Parker b Wharington	17
OB Jenkin	c Wharington b Willis	40
J Bourke	st Parker b Francis	0
RS Dunn	c Lilley b Wharington	15
*GA Davies	c Ratten b Gray	14
JL Kidd	c Davie b Willis	18
W Scott	b Willis	0
HJ Richardson	not out	21
FN Jenkin	not out	19
+AR McInnes	did not bat
HH Alexander	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 35 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-21, 3-50, 4-95, 5-99, 6-100, 7-119

Prahran bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wallace	2	0	14	0	-	-
Francis	9	0	33	1	-	-
Gray	4	0	19	1	-	-
Willis	6	0	38	3	-	-
Wharington	8	2	28	2	-	-
Lilley	6	2	12	0	-	-

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Prahran second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SMF Thomson	lbw b Davies	5
*CB Willis	c OB Jenkin b Davies	3
AL Gray	b Alexander	26
BJJ Davie	b Scott	49
PT Wharington	c Bourke b Alexander	13
+AW Parker	c Kidd b Mullett	24
JS Morell	c Kidd b Mullett	1
PH Wallace	c FN Jenkin b Mullett	7
CH Lilley	not out	14
RA Ratten	not out	0
SG Francis	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 28 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-88, 4-96, 5-104, 6-124, 7-126, 8-143

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullett	10	0	48	3	-
Davies	5	1	13	2	-
Alexander	9	0	49	2	-
OB Jenkin	2	0	19	0	-
Scott	2	0	13	1	-

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