vca3797	Carlton v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1944/45 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Princes Park, Melbourne on 17th, 24th March 1945 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Carlton won on first innings)
Umpires	WJ Horrocks, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 203 all out

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KD Meuleman	b Freer	10
WG McGuire	b Baird	17
CWT MacGill	c Hale b Freer	7
RA Hamence	b Baird	8
NC Blundell	b Baird	37
*WY Wilson	b Hale	19
PN Arnold	c Price b Jinks	13
CC Rudd	c Lalor b Hale	26
+OI Lovelock	run out	49
GF Lane	st Besford b Hale	6
RS Reynolds	not out	8
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-30, 3-39, 4-44, 5-94, 6-108, 7-115, 8-175, 9-188, 10-203 (61.5 ov)

Carlton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baird	19	2	49	3	-
Freer	21.5	6	62	2	-
Jinks	13	1	43	1	-
Hale	5	0	23	3	-
Lalor	3	0	23	0	-

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Carlton first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FAW Freer	run out	20
JJ Moore	c MacGill b Reynolds	2
WG Kinnear	c Meuleman b Blundell	72
*AL Price	st Lovelock b Blundell	57
CE Kerville	c Wilson b Blundell	3
FA Lalor	c and b McGuire	59
HW Turner	b MacGill	21
JL Hale	c Blundell b Lane	2
+E Besford	c McGuire b Meuleman	19
A Jinks	not out	15
JG Baird	not out	4
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, 74 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-28, 3-133, 4-141, 5-187, 6-235, 7-242, 8-271, 9-283

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	11	2	19	1	-	-
MacGill	10	1	30	1	-	-
Wilson	5	0	22	0	-	-
Blundell	20	1	75	3	-	-
Arnold	17	0	56	0	-	-
Lane	6	0	32	1	-	-
McGuire	3	0	18	1	-	-
Meuleman	2	0	22	1	-	-

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