vca3727	Richmond v South Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1944/45
Venue	Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 21st, 28th October 1944 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Richmond won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Richmond won on first innings)
Points	Richmond 3; South Melbourne 0
Umpires	GA Browne, A Sharp
Close of play day 1	Richmond (1) 310/6 innings closed

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+H Mathers	b Wilson	14
CGW Stuckey	b Wilson	36
DST Williams	st Pedler b Wilson	79
RGS Williams	c Howard b Rogers	10
*JA Ledward	not out	133
J Smith	lbw b Wilson	7
RH Blake	b Wilson	4
H Armstrong	not out	15
H Rowe	did not bat
H Zachariah	did not bat
NJ Cox	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 70 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-58, 3-96, 4-202, 5-220, 6-250

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	12	1	72	0	-	-
Eichhorn	1	0	10	0	-	-
Wilson	29	1	92	5	-	-
Hendy	13	2	35	0	-	-
Rogers	15	0	89	1	-	-

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VA Hendy	c Mathers b DST Williams	38
H Rogers	c Ledward b Rowe	14
W Taylor	b DST Williams	2
*WJ Cornelius	c Mathers b DST Williams	2
R Howard	c Blake b DST Williams	1
JB Talochino	c Blake b DST Williams	2
J Eichhorn	st Mathers b Zachariah	17
VR Gibson	c Stuckey b DST Williams	2
JW Wilson	b DST Williams	5
+F Pedler	c sub b Zachariah	8
H Parker	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 39.3 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-54, 3-63, 4-63, 5-66, 6-67, 7-73, 8-79, 9-98, 10-103 (39.3 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cox	7	2	12	0	-
DST Williams	16	4	38	7	-
Blake	6	3	8	0	-
Rowe	7	1	22	1	-
Zachariah	3.3	0	14	2	-

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South Melbourne second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Eichhorn	b Cox	8
+F Pedler	c Blake b Zachariah	0
VA Hendy	c Mathers b Zachariah	1
W Taylor	b Cox	0
JB Talochino	c Mathers b Zachariah	2
H Rogers	not out	3
*WJ Cornelius	not out	11
R Howard	did not bat
VR Gibson	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
H Parker	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 10.1 overs)	26
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-9, 4-11, 5-11

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cox	5	2	6	2	-	-
Zachariah	5	0	19	3	-	-
Blake	0.1	0	0	0	-	-

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