vca2448	Richmond v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1930/31
Venue	Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 7th, 14th March 1931 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Richmond won on first innings)
Points	Richmond 3; Essendon -1
Umpires	DA Elder, WR Wetenhall
Close of play day 1	Richmond (1) 112/2 (O'Brien 32*, Hendry 37*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Davies	c Sindrey b Keating	18
GM Eaton	c Hardie b Hendry	0
C Hardy	st Hardie b Keating	26
JL Kidd	b Hendry	4
CE Kerville	c Stuckey b Keating	6
*HJ Richardson	b Hendry	10
LT Mullett	b Hendry	6
WY Wilson	b Lisle	16
J Kidney	c Smith b Chandler	8
+AR McInnes	not out	0
HH Alexander	c Smith b Lisle	0
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 37.5 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-28, 3-37, 4-58, 5-72, 6-80, 7-87, 8-110, 9-110, 10-110 (37.5 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chandler	7	0	20	1	-	-
Hendry	13	5	31	4	-	-
Keating	11	3	29	3	-	-
Smith	5	0	13	0	-	-
Lisle	1.5	0	1	2	-	-

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LPJ O'Brien	c Kerville b Richardson	39
CAH Sindrey	lbw b Alexander	3
GH Newstead	c Hardy b Alexander	38
HSTL Hendry	c Kerville b Richardson	60
CGW Stuckey	b Mullett	1
*JL Keating	c Eaton b Richardson	7
LA Miller	c Kidney b Mullett	1
SAJ Smith	st McInnes b Richardson	3
+JM Hardie	c Mullett b Richardson	4
H Lisle	c Eaton b Richardson	5
GL Chandler	not out	7
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 36.3 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-59, 3-128, 4-129, 5-138, 6-139, 7-142, 8-146, 9-154, 10-173 (36.3 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alexander	11	0	59	2	-	-
Mullett	12	2	59	2	-	-
Wilson	4	0	23	0	-	-
Richardson	9.3	3	27	6	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Davies	c Newstead b Chandler	2
GM Eaton	not out	6
C Hardy	c Lisle b Chandler	7
LT Mullett	c Stuckey b Chandler	0
WY Wilson	c Keating b Chandler	3
JL Kidd	c O'Brien b Smith	55
CE Kerville	b Lisle	16
HH Alexander	b Hendry	0
*HJ Richardson	c Chandler b Hendry	1
J Kidney	b Lisle	12
+AR McInnes	hit wkt b Chandler	13
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-11, 3-16, 4-29, 5-60, 6-63, 7-67, 8-88, 9-121, 10-121 (36 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chandler	11	3	26	5	-	-
Lisle	10	1	30	2	-	-
Keating	5	0	20	0	-	-
Hendry	7	2	27	2	-	-
Smith	3	0	12	1	-	-

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Richmond second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LPJ O'Brien	not out	16
GH Newstead	not out	20
CAH Sindrey	did not bat
HSTL Hendry	did not bat
CGW Stuckey	did not bat
*JL Keating	did not bat
LA Miller	did not bat
SAJ Smith	did not bat
+JM Hardie	did not bat
H Lisle	did not bat
GL Chandler	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(no wicket, 8 overs)	42

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alexander	4	0	16	0		-
Mullett	4	0	20	0		-

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