vca3032	Essendon v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1937/38
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 5th, 12th February 1938 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 0; Melbourne 3
Umpires	S Liddell, A Sharp
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 42/0 (LE Nagel 27*, VG Nagel 8*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Kerville	c Kinnear b Ebeling	20
CT McCall	c Campbell b LE Nagel	7
FW Sides	not out	16
SV Palmer	c McKneil b LE Nagel	4
RE Marsh	c Campbell b Ebeling	9
WY Wilson	b Ebeling	9
JL Stephens	st Campbell b Ebeling	2
RJ Sitch	not out	1
+AR McInnes	did not bat
K Chamberlain	did not bat
*WJ Horrocks	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 14 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-28, 3-39, 4-49, 5-65, 6-67

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ebeling	7	1	32	4	-
LE Nagel	7	0	36	2	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Nagel	c Horrocks b Stephens	48
VG Nagel	b Marsh	64
SS Blair	b Stephens	35
JG Bath	c Sitch b Chamberlain	40
JWM Morris	c McInnes b Chamberlain	18
EF McKneil	c McCall b Wilson	15
LN Ley	b Chamberlain	2
+KM Campbell	b Sides	42
WH Ponsford	c and b Stephens	13
*HI Ebeling	b Sides	28
JD Kinnear	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-114, 3-167, 4-207, 5-220, 6-236, 7-277, 8-278, 9-315, 10-322 (65.3 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	15	2	71	1	-
Chamberlain	18	2	71	3	-
Stephens	17	0	106	3	-
Marsh	14	1	55	1	-
Sides	1.3	0	4	2	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+AR McInnes	b Morris	0
K Chamberlain	not out	5
CT McCall	not out	4
CE Kerville	did not bat
FW Sides	did not bat
SV Palmer	did not bat
RE Marsh	did not bat
WY Wilson	did not bat
JL Stephens	did not bat
RJ Sitch	did not bat
*WJ Horrocks	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 2 overs)	10
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (McInnes)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morris	1	0	4	1		-
Ponsford	1	0	5	0		-

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