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| Venue | St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 5th, 12th October 1940 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | St Kilda won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | St Kilda 0; Melbourne 3 |
| Umpires | WJ Craddock, EC Ramsden |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 50/1 (Rigg 16*, Ley 26*) |
| St Kilda first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GE Tamblyn | c Rigg b LE Nagel | 35 | |||||
| *HH Oakley | c Lynch b LE Nagel | 42 | |||||
| JB Lowry | b LE Nagel | 6 | |||||
| WE Pearson | b Morris | 0 | |||||
| ELW Chandler | c Morris b LE Nagel | 4 | |||||
| JC Buckland | b LE Nagel | 3 | |||||
| G Searle | b LE Nagel | 9 | |||||
| +R Matthews | b LE Nagel | 0 | |||||
| A Barker | b LE Nagel | 16 | |||||
| H Zachariah | not out | 12 | |||||
| CAE Hay | run out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb, 3 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 31 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-67, 2-82, 3-84, 4-96, 5-100, 6-101, 7-101, 8-120, 9-131, 10-149 (31 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| VG Nagel | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | ||
| Lynch | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Hornsey | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | ||
| LE Nagel | 11 | 2 | 46 | 8 | - | ||
| Morris | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | ||
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *KE Rigg | b Hay | 75 | |||||
| LPJ O'Brien | run out | 7 | |||||
| LN Ley | c and b Zachariah | 34 | |||||
| CA Gardner | c Lowry b Pearson | 21 | |||||
| SR Stephens | lbw b Barker | 6 | |||||
| VG Nagel | c Pearson b Barker | 4 | |||||
| JWM Morris | c Lowry b Zachariah | 19 | |||||
| BM Lynch | b Hay | 5 | |||||
| VL Hornsey | c Oakley b Zachariah | 22 | |||||
| +W Berriman | not out | 4 | |||||
| LE Nagel | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 51.2 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-77, 3-118, 4-129, 5-151, 6-157, 7-157, 8-192, 9-201 (51.2 ov) | |||||||
| St Kilda bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hay | 14 | 1 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pearson | 10 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Zachariah | 13.2 | 0 | 72 | 3 | - | - | |
| Barker | 11 | 0 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lowry | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| St Kilda second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JB Lowry | not out | 45 | |||||
| WE Pearson | c Stephens b Morris | 21 | |||||
| ELW Chandler | st Berriman b Morris | 6 | |||||
| JC Buckland | not out | 1 | |||||
| GE Tamblyn | did not bat | ||||||
| *HH Oakley | did not bat | ||||||
| G Searle | did not bat | ||||||
| +R Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| A Barker | did not bat | ||||||
| H Zachariah | did not bat | ||||||
| CAE Hay | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 22 overs) | 78 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-63 | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| VG Nagel | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | ||
| Lynch | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | ||
| Morris | 8 | 0 | 27 | 2 | - | ||
| Hornsey | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | ||
| Ley | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | ||