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| Venue | South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 17th January 1931 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | South Melbourne 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 | Essendon (1) 113/2 (Davies 33*, McInnes 0*) |
| South Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RJ Lawson | c Davies b Alexander | 1 | |||||
| DJA Fitzmaurice | b Alexander | 0 | |||||
| LS Darling | c Kerville b Alexander | 18 | |||||
| JR Barnes | b Wilson | 39 | |||||
| AL Hassett | c Kerville b Mullett | 0 | |||||
| SE Wootton | c Mullett b Alexander | 6 | |||||
| HM Austin | not out | 68 | |||||
| AA Davidson | c Kerville b Alexander | 4 | |||||
| RJ Hassett | b Alexander | 14 | |||||
| +HJ Hocking | b Alexander | 0 | |||||
| *FL Morton | b Mullett | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 28.5 overs) | 154 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-2, 3-37, 4-39, 5-50, 6-99, 7-120, 8-147, 9-147, 10-154 (28.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alexander | 13 | 2 | 38 | 7 | - | ||
| Mullett | 7.5 | 0 | 56 | 2 | - | ||
| Austin | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | ||
| Wilson | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | ||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Davies | not out | 104 | |||||
| GM Eaton | b Davidson | 54 | |||||
| GH Green | b Morton | 10 | |||||
| +AR McInnes | lbw b Morton | 1 | |||||
| CE Kerville | b Morton | 13 | |||||
| LT Mullett | b Darling | 18 | |||||
| *HJ Richardson | b Lawson | 11 | |||||
| J Kidney | b Morton | 23 | |||||
| WY Wilson | not out | 26 | |||||
| HH Alexander | did not bat | ||||||
| MN Austin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (16 b, 5 lb, 3 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 63 overs) | 284 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-85, 2-108, 3-119, 4-150, 5-192, 6-218, 7-251 | |||||||
| South Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morton | 17 | 2 | 59 | 4 | - | ||
| Darling | 13 | 1 | 35 | 1 | - | ||
| Davidson | 16 | 2 | 50 | 1 | - | ||
| RJ Hassett | 9 | 0 | 58 | 0 | - | ||
| Lawson | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | ||
| AL Hassett | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | ||
| South Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RJ Hassett | st McInnes b Mullett | 1 | |||||
| RJ Lawson | st McInnes b Green | 86 | |||||
| JR Barnes | not out | 64 | |||||
| HM Austin | not out | 14 | |||||
| DJA Fitzmaurice | did not bat | ||||||
| LS Darling | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Hassett | did not bat | ||||||
| SE Wootton | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Davidson | did not bat | ||||||
| +HJ Hocking | did not bat | ||||||
| *FL Morton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 28 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-150 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alexander | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | ||
| Mullett | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | ||
| Austin | 7 | 0 | 54 | 0 | - | ||
| Wilson | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | ||
| Richardson | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | ||
| Green | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | ||