vca3886	Carlton v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1945/46 (Final)
Venue	Princes Park, Melbourne on 6th, 8th, 13th April 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Carlton won on first innings)
Umpires	AN Barlow, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	Carlton (1) 229/6 (Lalor 30*, Besford 13*)
Close of play day 2	Essendon (1) 76/2 (Blundell 7*, Leembruggen 11*)

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Carlton first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Moore	c Thoms b Reynolds	1
WG Kinnear	b Blundell	62
*AL Price	c Thoms b Wilson	1
H Parkinson	c Thoms b Wilson	2
FAW Freer	c Lovelock b Vosti	98
HW Turner	lbw b Blundell	10
FA Lalor	not out	64
+E Besford	b Reynolds	19
GS Carlton	c Lovelock b Blundell	13
A Jinks	b Reynolds	0
JT Leehane	b Blundell	1
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-8, 3-10, 4-171, 5-179, 6-202, 7-250, 8-279, 9-282, 10-285 (77 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	12	3	24	2	-
Reynolds	19	2	65	3	-
Arnold	9	0	33	0	-
Blundell	24	2	96	4	-
Stephens	4	0	18	0	-
Vosti	9	0	35	1	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KD Meuleman	c Parkinson b Carlton	20
GR Thoms	lbw b Carlton	33
NC Blundell	run out	55
JID Leembruggen	c Besford b Leehane	14
WG McNeel	b Leehane	1
JL Stephens	b Freer	2
*+OI Lovelock	lbw b Leehane	4
PN Arnold	lbw b Freer	3
AR Vosti	b Carlton	18
WY Wilson	b Freer	18
RS Reynolds	not out	2
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-64, 3-81, 4-83, 5-92, 6-97, 7-108, 8-143, 9-170, 10-182 (71.2 ov)

Carlton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leehane	17	6	31	3	-	-
Freer	23.2	4	54	3	-	-
Jinks	17	5	44	0	-	-
Carlton	14	0	41	3	-	-

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Carlton second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Kinnear	c Leembruggen b Stephens	32
JJ Moore	c Thoms b Blundell	37
HW Turner	st Lovelock b Blundell	6
FA Lalor	not out	5
H Parkinson	c Wilson b Stephens	2
+E Besford	not out	2
*AL Price	did not bat
FAW Freer	did not bat
GS Carlton	did not bat
A Jinks	did not bat
JT Leehane	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, 21 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-74, 3-77, 4-81

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blundell	11	0	41	2
Arnold	3	0	13	0
Vosti	2	0	8	0
Stephens	5	0	22	2

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