vca3864	Essendon v Richmond
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1945/46
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 2nd, 9th February 1946 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Richmond won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essendon won by 30 runs
Points	Essendon 5; Richmond 0
Umpires	GA Browne, E Jones
Close of play day 1	Essendon (2) 16/1 (Thoms 2*, Blundell 4*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Rudd	c Ledward b Cox	7
GR Thoms	c Mathers b DST Williams	22
NC Blundell	b Cox	0
JID Leembruggen	b Cox	0
JL Stephens	c RGS Williams b DST Williams	3
KT Rawle	b Cox	3
*+OI Lovelock	c Ledward b Ring	12
WY Wilson	st Mathers b Ring	6
AR Vosti	c Ledward b Ring	41
PN Arnold	lbw b Zachariah	1
RS Reynolds	not out	8
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 27.4 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-18, 4-21, 5-24, 6-36, 7-47, 8-82, 9-83, 10-109 (27.4 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cox	7	0	25	4	-
DST Williams	7	1	20	2	-
Cockburn	4	0	13	0	-
Ring	6.4	0	31	3	-
Zachariah	3	1	14	1	-

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LL Curwood	c Blundell b Reynolds	0
DT Ring	run out	1
*JA Ledward	b Wilson	9
GH Newstead	b Wilson	0
DST Williams	c Blundell b Reynolds	0
RGS Williams	b Arnold	20
GW Driver	run out	20
WF Cockburn	lbw b Wilson	0
+H Mathers	c Leembruggen b Arnold	10
NJ Cox	not out	1
H Zachariah	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 20.5 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-4, 3-7, 4-10, 5-22, 6-38, 7-41, 8-64, 9-69 (20.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	7	1	22	2	-
Wilson	9	2	30	3	-
Arnold	4.5	2	9	2	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Rudd	c Ring b Cox	5
GR Thoms	c and b Ring	12
NC Blundell	lbw b Zachariah	5
JID Leembruggen	c DST Williams b Zachariah	8
KT Rawle	st Mathers b Ring	4
JL Stephens	st Mathers b Zachariah	14
*+OI Lovelock	b Ring	1
WY Wilson	st Mathers b Zachariah	18
AR Vosti	c Cox b Zachariah	6
PN Arnold	not out	41
RS Reynolds	b Cox	8
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-19, 3-33, 4-39, 5-60, 6-64, 7-64, 8-87, 9-94, 10-141 (36 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cox	5	0	11	2	-	-
Ring	17	7	50	3	-	-
Zachariah	14	2	61	5	-	-

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Richmond second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LL Curwood	c Leembruggen b Arnold	8
GH Newstead	run out	8
DST Williams	c Lovelock b Wilson	23
RGS Williams	c Reynolds b Arnold	8
*JA Ledward	lbw b Arnold	12
WF Cockburn	b Reynolds	60
DT Ring	b Wilson	3
GW Driver	run out	10
NJ Cox	c Thoms b Blundell	10
+H Mathers	st Lovelock b Blundell	0
H Zachariah	not out	1
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 33.4 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-18, 3-36, 4-56, 5-75, 6-90, 7-125, 8-148, 9-149, 10-151 (33.4 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	16	3	53	2	-
Arnold	11	0	53	3	-
Reynolds	5.4	0	34	1	-
Blundell	1	0	3	2	-

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Notes
--> NJ Cox completed a hat-trick in the Essendon first innings

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