vca3883	St Kilda v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1945/46
Venue	St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 2nd, 9th March 1946 (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	St Kilda 0; Essendon 3
Umpires	EJ Hamid, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 269/8 innings closed

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC Rudd	b Birrell	12
GR Thoms	lbw b Pearson	88
NC Blundell	c Moss b Birrell	4
JID Leembruggen	c Kline b Pearson	13
WG McNeel	st Moss b Hodge	41
JL Stephens	lbw b Pearson	50
*+OI Lovelock	not out	22
WY Wilson	b Birrell	23
PN Arnold	st Moss b Birrell	0
AR Vosti	not out	8
RS Reynolds	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 67 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-37, 3-59, 4-142, 5-210, 6-215, 7-252, 8-252

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodge	15	1	60	1	-
Birrell	18	2	61	4	-
Steen	11	0	58	0	-
Pearson	15	1	49	3	-
Lowry	8	1	33	0	-

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St Kilda first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Lowry	lbw b Stephens	87
LR Kline	c Rudd b Stephens	54
JC Buckland	c Rudd b Stephens	2
*HH Oakley	st +Arnold b Stephens	1
WE Pearson	c Rudd b Reynolds	7
JC Irvine	c Arnold b Stephens	43
A Bailey	c Arnold b Reynolds	0
HR Hodge	c Thoms b Stephens	3
JL Birrell	lbw b Wilson	8
+GT Moss	b Reynolds	22
S Steen	not out	26
Extras	(9 b, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-139, 3-143, 4-150, 5-172, 6-173, 7-186, 8-215, 9-215, 10-263 (67.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reynolds	14.5	0	59	3	-
Wilson	13	2	38	1	-
Blundell	11	1	44	0	-
Stephens	20	3	84	6	-
Arnold	9	3	28	0	-

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