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| Venue | University Oval, Melbourne on 6th, 13th January 1945 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (University won on first innings) |
| Points | University 3; Essendon 0 |
| Umpires | HE Nichols, RJJ Wright |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 7/0 (Meuleman ?*, Blundell ?*) |
| University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TK Sarovich | c Lovelock b MacGill | 7 | |||||
| CL James | c Rudd b Lane | 10 | |||||
| JG Bath | b Blundell | 30 | |||||
| WA Dick | c Collicoat b Blundell | 75 | |||||
| *JID Leembruggen | c and b Blundell | 63 | |||||
| GB Westmore | c Lane b Blundell | 2 | |||||
| +BM Leembruggen | b Lane | 1 | |||||
| TM Moore | c Lovelock b Blundell | 16 | |||||
| GEA Lewis | c Lovelock b Blundell | 8 | |||||
| JJ Ballantyne | st Lovelock b Blundell | 1 | |||||
| RD Batten | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.5 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-46, 3-60, 4-188, 5-196, 6-197, 7-199, 8-220, 9-223, 10-224 (62.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilson | 12 | 4 | 38 | 0 | - | ||
| MacGill | 11 | 1 | 25 | 1 | - | ||
| Blundell | 17.5 | 0 | 82 | 7 | - | ||
| Lane | 16 | 2 | 45 | 2 | - | ||
| Collicoat | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | ||
| Peterson | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | ||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KD Meuleman | c and b Dick | 38 | |||||
| NC Blundell | b Lewis | 8 | |||||
| RA Hamence | c James b Ballantyne | 21 | |||||
| CC Rudd | lbw b Ballantyne | 1 | |||||
| +OI Lovelock | b Dick | 12 | |||||
| DM Peterson | run out | 15 | |||||
| GF Lane | lbw b Dick | 17 | |||||
| WK Collicoat | c Dick b Ballantyne | 9 | |||||
| *WY Wilson | not out | 10 | |||||
| CWT MacGill | run out | 7 | |||||
| GR Thoms | absent | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-62, 3-64, 4-86, 5-89, 6-111, 7-126, 8-134, 9-146 (48 ov) | |||||||
| University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Batten | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | ||
| Lewis | 10 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | ||
| Ballantyne | 13 | 0 | 44 | 3 | - | ||
| Dick | 14 | 1 | 50 | 3 | - | ||
| University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GB Westmore | lbw b Lane | 0 | |||||
| TM Moore | not out | 30 | |||||
| +BM Leembruggen | not out | 29 | |||||
| TK Sarovich | did not bat | ||||||
| CL James | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Bath | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Dick | did not bat | ||||||
| *JID Leembruggen | did not bat | ||||||
| GEA Lewis | did not bat | ||||||
| JJ Ballantyne | did not bat | ||||||
| RD Batten | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 17 overs) | 61 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Westmore) | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lane | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | ||
| Blundell | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | ||
| Peterson | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | ||
| Collicoat | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | ||
| Meuleman | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | ||
| Hamence | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | ||