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| Venue | St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 19th, 26th February 1938 (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 | St Kilda 3; Essendon 0 |
| Umpires | AN Barlow, EC Ramsden |
| Close of play day 1 | St Kilda (1) 304/8 (Guthrie 46*, Welch 1*) |
| St Kilda first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LR Kline | c Palmer b Wilson | 23 | |||||
| GE Tamblyn | c Horrocks b Wilson | 131 | |||||
| EH Bromley | c Horrocks b Chamberlain | 5 | |||||
| HH Oakley | c and b Stephens | 1 | |||||
| *+SP King | c McInnes b Wilson | 45 | |||||
| GA Stephens | b Wilson | 28 | |||||
| JC Guthrie | not out | 46 | |||||
| R Weddell | b Wilson | 12 | |||||
| KR Cussen | b Wilson | 1 | |||||
| CW Welch | not out | 1 | |||||
| TW Leather | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 58.4 overs) | 304 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48, 2-57, 3-58, 4-163, 5-233, 6-250, 7-284, 8-303 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilson | 21.4 | 1 | 66 | 6 | |||
| Chamberlain | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | |||
| Marsh | 9 | 0 | 56 | 0 | |||
| Stephens | 14 | 0 | 70 | 1 | |||
| Sides | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CE Kerville | c Kline b Bromley | 20 | |||||
| SV Palmer | c and b Cussen | 2 | |||||
| FW Sides | c King b Leather | 0 | |||||
| WY Wilson | c Kline b Leather | 17 | |||||
| CT McCall | b Bromley | 15 | |||||
| RJ Sitch | c Stephens b Welch | 14 | |||||
| RE Marsh | run out | 46 | |||||
| JL Stephens | st King b Welch | 56 | |||||
| *WJ Horrocks | b Weddell | 14 | |||||
| +AR McInnes | c Leather b Bromley | 10 | |||||
| K Chamberlain | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 1 lb, 6 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 51.6 overs) | 219 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-7, 3-38, 4-59, 5-59, 6-113, 7-151, 8-201, 9-209, 10-219 (51.6 ov) | |||||||
| St Kilda bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leather | 18 | 3 | 47 | 2 | - | ||
| Cussen | 8 | 1 | 36 | 1 | - | ||
| Bromley | 14.6 | 1 | 49 | 3 | - | ||
| Welch | 9 | 0 | 53 | 2 | - | ||
| Weddell | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | ||
| St Kilda second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Stephens | run out | 10 | |||||
| CW Welch | st +Wilson b Kerville | 11 | |||||
| LR Kline | not out | 1 | |||||
| GE Tamblyn | did not bat | ||||||
| EH Bromley | did not bat | ||||||
| HH Oakley | did not bat | ||||||
| *+SP King | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Guthrie | did not bat | ||||||
| R Weddell | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Cussen | did not bat | ||||||
| TW Leather | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 4 overs) | 22 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-22 (4 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sitch | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| McInnes | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Kerville | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||