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| Venue | Windy Hill, Melbourne on 1st, 8th December 1928 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | St Kilda won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (St Kilda won on first innings) |
| Points | Essendon -1; St Kilda 3 |
| Umpires | HC Dummett, HE Nichols |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 15/3 (Green 8*, Davies 3*) |
| St Kilda first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BL Cohen | b Davies | 1 | |||||
| *FC Yeomans | c Kidd b Alexander | 1 | |||||
| GP Wilson | run out | 82 | |||||
| +HF Guthrie | st +Davies b Cain | 68 | |||||
| EC Bennett | c Dunn b Richardson | 34 | |||||
| GM Eaton | c Mortimer b Alexander | 44 | |||||
| MH Monteath | b Alexander | 14 | |||||
| AS Oakley | c Kidd b Alexander | 26 | |||||
| CV Randle | b Alexander | 2 | |||||
| CW Welch | b Alexander | 1 | |||||
| RH Dunton | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 2 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.5 overs) | 292 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-7, 3-133, 4-179, 5-227, 6-250, 7-259, 8-269, 9-273, 10-292 (52.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alexander | 16.5 | 0 | 76 | 6 | - | - | |
| Davies | 9 | 2 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Richardson | 11 | 0 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cain | 10 | 0 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kidd | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Dunn | b Randle | 0 | |||||
| HM Wilson | run out | 0 | |||||
| GH Green | c and b Welch | 18 | |||||
| C Hardy | lbw b Randle | 2 | |||||
| *GA Davies | b Randle | 17 | |||||
| HJ Richardson | c Guthrie b Oakley | 27 | |||||
| W Mortimer | c Randle b Welch | 13 | |||||
| JL Kidd | lbw b Oakley | 0 | |||||
| +AR McInnes | c Dunton b Welch | 34 | |||||
| M Cain | b Oakley | 3 | |||||
| HH Alexander | not out | 18 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 29.6 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-3, 3-11, 4-35, 5-43, 6-85, 7-85, 8-90, 9-94, 10-140 (29.6 ov) | |||||||
| St Kilda bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Randle | 8 | 2 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Oakley | 9 | 0 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Welch | 12.6 | 1 | 65 | 3 | - | - | |
| Essendon second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JL Kidd | b Cohen | 6 | |||||
| HM Wilson | b Dunton | 10 | |||||
| RS Dunn | b Randle | 3 | |||||
| C Hardy | b Oakley | 28 | |||||
| W Mortimer | c Monteath b Oakley | 16 | |||||
| HH Alexander | c and b Welch | 27 | |||||
| *GA Davies | st Guthrie b Welch | 24 | |||||
| HJ Richardson | c Yeomans b Oakley | 11 | |||||
| +AR McInnes | not out | 21 | |||||
| GH Green | not out | 1 | |||||
| M Cain | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 7 lb, 5 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 34 overs) | 162 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-11, 3-38, 4-67, 5-74, 6-119, 7-126, 8-161 | |||||||
| St Kilda bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cohen | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| Welch | 7 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | ||
| Randle | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| Dunton | 7 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | ||
| Oakley | 10 | 0 | 46 | 3 | - | ||