vca3660	North Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1943/44
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 5th February 1944 (1-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (North Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	North Melbourne 3; Essendon 0
Umpires	JL Lancaster, R Selth

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA Dempster	c Meuleman b Reynolds	0
JC Watters	b Reynolds	15
CG Johnson	b Wilson	11
LL Curwood	b Wilson	11
LF Barty	c Sitch b Wilson	66
T Barty	c and b Wilson	0
JMB White	c and b Collicoat	6
RI Maddocks	b Wilson	22
GE Tribe	not out	11
+LV Maddocks	not out	0
T Conboy	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 33.3 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-29, 3-37, 4-61, 5-61, 6-74, 7-131, 8-146

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	13	1	55	2	-	-
Wilson	13.3	2	51	5	-	-
Collicoat	4	0	18	1	-	-
King	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Carter	c Curwood b White	9
AA Sully	b Dempster	6
KD Meuleman	lbw b Conboy	0
RA Hamence	c Dempster b Tribe	13
RJ Sitch	st LV Maddocks b White	0
DC Moncur	run out	2
TL King	b Conboy	0
*WY Wilson	c LV Maddocks b Conboy	0
WK Collicoat	c Dempster b White	10
+JL Kidd	not out	4
RS Reynolds	b White	0
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 15.3 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-16, 3-19, 4-21, 5-23, 6-23, 7-23, 8-39, 9-47, 10-47 (15.3 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Conboy	6	0	19	3	-
Dempster	2	0	6	1	-
White	5.3	0	14	4	-
Tribe	2	0	5	1	-

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North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+LV Maddocks	b Hamence	2
GE Tribe	not out	31
*RA Dempster	not out	32
JC Watters	did not bat
CG Johnson	did not bat
LL Curwood	did not bat
LF Barty	did not bat
T Barty	did not bat
JMB White	did not bat
RI Maddocks	did not bat
T Conboy	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 8 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (LV Maddocks)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	2	0	9	0
Hamence	2	0	15	1
Sitch	2	0	16	0
King	2	0	25	0

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