vca3297	Essendon v South Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1940/41
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 22nd February 1941 (1-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Melbourne won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (South Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 0; South Melbourne 3
Umpires	WJ Craddock, A Sharp

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NC Blundell	b DMJ Fitzmaurice	1
KD Meuleman	run out	23
RJ Meuleman	c DJA Fitzmaurice b DMJ Fitzmaurice	8
JL Stephens	c Johnson b DMJ Fitzmaurice	6
WG McNeel	b DMJ Fitzmaurice	0
*JL Kidd	b Watmuff	40
DC Moncur	not out	71
BM Leembruggen	lbw b Watmuff	7
KT Rawle	not out	42
FA Falkner	did not bat
RS Reynolds	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 33 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-20, 4-20, 5-83, 6-86, 7-99

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DMJ Fitzmaurice	8	1	33	4
DJA Fitzmaurice	7	0	37	0
Watmuff	8	1	53	2
Johnson	9	1	60	0
Wilson	1	0	15	0

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VA Hendy	c Blundell b Falkner	10
H Rogers	c Stephens b Falkner	4
*IWG Johnson	c Kidd b Falkner	1
WJ Cornelius	not out	108
KR Miller	c Blundell b Reynolds	17
EO Holder	st +Kidd b Blundell	10
DJA Fitzmaurice	c Moncur b Blundell	40
FJ Watmuff	not out	15
+KW Aldenhoven	did not bat
DMJ Fitzmaurice	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 36.6 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-22, 4-51, 5-91, 6-186

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	12.6	1	64	1
Falkner	7	0	45	3
RJ Meuleman	3	0	23	0
Stephens	4	0	21	0
Blundell	10	1	52	2

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