vca3791	Essendon v Prahran
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1944/45
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 3rd, 10th March 1945 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 3; Prahran 0
Umpires	HJ Hale, E Jones
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 318/9 innings closed

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG McGuire	st Sargeant b Rayson	41
KD Meuleman	c and b Rayson	50
CWT MacGill	c Egan b Loxton	49
RA Hamence	b Edwards	65
NC Blundell	st Sargeant b Rayson	17
DC Moncur	st Sargeant b Rayson	1
PN Arnold	lbw b Loxton	0
*WY Wilson	c Shillabeer b Flavell	38
+OI Lovelock	not out	31
GF Lane	c Edwards b Parish	8
RS Reynolds	not out	1
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 57.5 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-107, 3-179, 4-215, 5-219, 6-220, 7-264, 8-270, 9-307

Prahran bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loxton	15	0	59	2	-
Edwards	6.5	0	30	1	-
Parish	9	1	36	1	-
Shillabeer	3	0	23	0	-
Rayson	13	0	87	4	-
Flavell	11	0	66	1	-

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Prahran first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TE Rush	b Reynolds	4
RA Flavell	c Lovelock b Blundell	34
SJE Loxton	b Arnold	10
+HV Sargeant	c and b Arnold	28
MW Rayson	st Lovelock b Blundell	6
IR Porter	not out	18
*RJ Parish	lbw b Blundell	0
MT Egan	run out	2
FA Shillabeer	c McGuire b Arnold	5
RE Edwards	c and b Arnold	4
R Willis	absent
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 36.5 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-43, 3-76, 4-82, 5-90, 6-90, 7-97, 8-106, 9-116 (36.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	6	1	14	1	-
MacGill	3	0	17	0	-
Wilson	3	0	9	0	-
Arnold	9.5	0	30	4	-
Blundell	12	0	38	3	-
Lane	3	1	3	0	-

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Prahran second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Flavell	c Moncur b Lane	26
IR Porter	c Lane b Blundell	16
TE Rush	c Moncur b Blundell	4
+HV Sargeant	c and b Arnold	26
SJE Loxton	c Lovelock b Arnold	55
MW Rayson	c Meuleman b Blundell	2
*RJ Parish	b Arnold	0
MT Egan	not out	11
FA Shillabeer	c Reynolds b Arnold	1
RE Edwards	not out	6
R Willis	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 39 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-38, 3-59, 4-103, 5-118, 6-119, 7-138, 8-142

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	6	0	23	0	-	-
Blundell	15	0	74	3	-	-
Arnold	11	2	32	4	-	-
Lane	3	0	7	1	-	-
MacGill	3	0	9	0	-	-
Wilson	1	0	2	0	-	-

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