vca3735	Essendon v Yarraville
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1944/45
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 18th, 25th November 1944 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Yarraville won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essendon won by an innings and 124 runs
Points	Essendon 5; Yarraville 0
Umpires	WJ Horrocks, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 144/2 (Hamence 50*, Blundell 20*)

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Yarraville first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RK Chadwick	b MacGill	9
R Hargreaves	c Lane b MacGill	15
+G McLaren	st Sully b Lane	5
RJ Law	c Peterson b Wilson	6
T Duncan	c Sully b MacGill	0
AJ Perussich	c Meuleman b Blundell	6
W Evans	c Collicoat b Stephens	19
*A Perussich	c Stephens b Blundell	0
R Evans	not out	17
J Booker	st Sully b Stephens	8
L Murphy	c Meuleman b Stephens	8
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 24 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-24, 3-31, 4-34, 5-36, 6-54, 7-55, 8-71, 9-82, 10-94 (24 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MacGill	7	1	21	3	-	-
Wilson	5	0	19	1	-	-
Lane	4	1	7	1	-	-
Blundell	5	0	31	2	-	-
Stephens	3	0	15	3	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KD Meuleman	lbw b R Evans	43
+AA Sully	run out	1
RA Hamence	b W Evans	119
NC Blundell	not out	100
JL Stephens	c Hargreaves b R Evans	31
*WY Wilson	st McLaren b R Evans	1
GF Lane	c and b R Evans	0
DM Peterson	not out	10
GR Thoms	did not bat
CWT MacGill	did not bat
WK Collicoat	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 50 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-96, 3-232, 4-287, 5-290, 6-290

Yarraville bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Perussich	8	0	54	0	-	-
W Evans	11	0	67	1	-	-
Murphy	10	0	54	0	-	-
R Evans	13	0	63	4	-	-
Booker	3	0	21	0	-	-
AJ Perussich	2	0	17	0	-	-
Duncan	2	0	15	0	-	-
Law	1	0	14	0	-	-

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Yarraville second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RK Chadwick	lbw b Blundell	37
T Duncan	b Wilson	0
R Hargreaves	c MacGill b Wilson	3
+G McLaren	b MacGill	0
RJ Law	c Lane b Stephens	5
AJ Perussich	lbw b Stephens	2
W Evans	st Sully b Blundell	7
R Evans	st Sully b Blundell	18
*A Perussich	lbw b Blundell	5
J Booker	st Sully b Blundell	11
L Murphy	not out	1
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 32.5 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-5, 4-21, 5-25, 6-44, 7-70, 8-76, 9-91, 10-94 (32.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	6	3	8	2	-	-
MacGill	4	1	7	1	-	-
Stephens	7	0	27	2	-	-
Blundell	10.5	0	41	5	-	-
Lane	5	2	6	0	-	-

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