vca3776	Carlton v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1944/45
Venue	Princes Park, Melbourne on 3rd, 10th February 1945 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Carlton 0; Essendon 3
Umpires	HJ Hale, TA Wells
Close of play day 1	Carlton (1) 20/3 (Lalor ?*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KD Meuleman	run out	7
PN Arnold	c Besford b Baird	0
RA Hamence	c Freer b Baird	4
NC Blundell	c Price b Hale	71
WG McGuire	b Jinks	6
+OI Lovelock	c Kerville b Freer	17
J Walker	c Price b Jinks	11
*WY Wilson	b Jinks	17
GF Lane	c and b Jinks	5
CWT MacGill	b Freer	10
RS Reynolds	not out	14
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 50.6 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-19, 4-33, 5-70, 6-95, 7-126, 8-140, 9-146, 10-175 (50.6 ov)

Carlton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baird	8	1	40	2	-
Freer	13.6	2	31	2	-
Hale	10	0	45	1	-
Jinks	19	1	46	4	-

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Carlton first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AL Price	lbw b Reynolds	0
JJ Moore	lbw b Blundell	12
WG Kinnear	b MacGill	4
FA Lalor	b Arnold	15
CE Kerville	c Lovelock b Blundell	8
HW Turner	c McGuire b Blundell	37
JL Hale	st Lovelock b Blundell	3
+E Besford	st Lovelock b Blundell	10
FAW Freer	not out	11
A Jinks	c McGuire b Blundell	6
JG Baird	c Lane b Arnold	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 31.1 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-20, 4-40, 5-60, 6-69, 7-92, 8-95, 9-112, 10-113 (31.1 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	3	0	10	1		-
MacGill	9	2	20	1		-
Blundell	13	0	50	6		-
Arnold	6.1	0	27	2		-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KD Meuleman	not out	73
PN Arnold	c and b Hale	3
RA Hamence	c Moore b Hale	117
WG McGuire	not out	8
NC Blundell	did not bat
+OI Lovelock	did not bat
J Walker	did not bat
*WY Wilson	did not bat
GF Lane	did not bat
CWT MacGill	did not bat
RS Reynolds	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 44 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-197

Carlton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baird	9	1	32	0	-	-
Freer	12	1	42	0	-	-
Hale	7	0	27	2	-	-
Jinks	8	0	39	0	-	-
Lalor	3	0	25	0	-	-
Price	3	0	13	0	-	-
Turner	2	0	23	0	-	-

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