vca3758	Footscray v North Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1944/45
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 6th, 13th January 1945 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Footscray won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Footscray won on first innings)
Points	Footscray 3; North Melbourne 0
Umpires	P Ames, C Dwyer
Close of play day 1	North Melbourne (1) 55/5 (RI Maddocks 5*)

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Manser	run out	45
J Ayton	st LV Maddocks b Tribe	9
K Westlow	lbw b Tribe	5
A Read	b Tribe	11
W Turner	run out	1
N Rees	c LV Maddocks b Conboy	2
N Armstrong	st LV Maddocks b Tribe	3
+A Shepherd	lbw b Conboy	3
F Bent	c and b Tribe	2
A McNeil	c Oakley b Conboy	8
T Turner	not out	8
Extras	(5 b, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 38.3 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-36, 3-66, 4-69, 5-77, 6-80, 7-85, 8-85, 9-89, 10-103 (38.3 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Conboy	11.3	1	22	3		-
Dempster	3	2	3	0		-
Tribe	16	2	49	5		-
Tippet	4	0	13	0		-
Oakley	4	0	10	0		-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA Dempster	lbw b McNeil	6
JC Watters	st Shepherd b Rees	24
+LV Maddocks	b McNeil	3
LF Barty	c Armstrong b Read	5
AM Olliver	b Read	9
RI Maddocks	lbw b Read	10
CG Johnson	not out	15
J Oakley	b McNeil	4
GE Tribe	c Bent b McNeil	13
G Tippet	lbw b Read	0
T Conboy	c Shepherd b Read	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 30.6 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-19, 3-28, 4-42, 5-55, 6-62, 7-67, 8-92, 9-93, 10-94 (30.6 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	14.6	0	38	5	-	-
McNeil	15	2	48	4	-	-
Rees	1	0	3	1	-	-

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Footscray second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Manser	b Dempster	3
J Ayton	c Johnson b Tribe	3
K Westlow	c Watters b Dempster	2
A Read	lbw b Dempster	28
N Rees	run out	3
W Turner	st LV Maddocks b Tribe	23
A McNeil	c Dempster b Conboy	16
N Armstrong	not out	2
+A Shepherd	lbw b Tribe	1
F Bent	b Tribe	0
T Turner	c Dempster b Tribe	5
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 37.2 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-9, 3-9, 4-22, 5-56, 6-84, 7-84, 8-85, 9-85, 10-93 (37.2 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tribe	16.2	1	39	5	-	-
Dempster	10	2	14	3	-	-
Conboy	5	0	16	1	-	-
Watters	6	0	17	0	-	-

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North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Watters	c Ayton b Read	0
GE Tribe	b Read	18
LF Barty	run out	10
+LV Maddocks	c Westlow b Read	19
*RA Dempster	c sub (McDonagh) b Read	9
AM Olliver	c McNeil b Read	5
RI Maddocks	not out	9
CG Johnson	did not bat
J Oakley	did not bat
G Tippet	did not bat
T Conboy	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, 9 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-28, 3-33, 4-60, 5-60, 6-74 (9 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	5	0	32	5	-	-
McNeil	4	0	38	0	-	-

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