vca3981	Collingwood v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1947/48
Venue	Victoria Park, Melbourne on 18th, 25th October 1947 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Collingwood won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Collingwood 0; Melbourne 3
Umpires	WJ Craddock, JL Lancaster
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 103/1 (Dowsley 36*, Green 12*)

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Collingwood first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IEC Adams	c Fairbairn b Daniel	5
J Sutherland	c Meikle b Daniel	16
RR Walker	b Daniel	5
RJ Parker	c IH McDonald b Daniel	8
*+EA Baker	b Fairbairn	24
R Whitelaw	lbw b Daniel	0
K McDowell	c Meikle b Daniel	5
KJ Smith	st IH McDonald b Meikle	5
HF Lambert	lbw b Meikle	1
RT Tuttle	c RM Holten b Daniel	13
A Shelton	not out	1
Extras	(5 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 33.2 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14, 3-39, 4-44, 5-44, 6-56, 7-69, 8-73, 9-88, 10-89 (33.2 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	13	0	23	7		-
Fairbairn	9.2	0	34	1		-
Meikle	7	1	20	2		-
Kinnear	4	0	6	0		-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Dowsley	c Smith b Shelton	42
CC McDonald	c Baker b Lambert	54
JG Green	c McDowell b Lambert	16
RM Holten	c Walker b Tuttle	37
JB Morgan	b Shelton	1
GS Meikle	b Shelton	1
+IH McDonald	run out	12
CV Holten	not out	10
J Daniel	did not bat
CL Fairbairn	did not bat
JD Kinnear	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 39 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-108, 3-114, 4-117, 5-119, 6-151, 7-176 (39 ov)

Collingwood bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shelton	10	0	38	3	-	-
Lambert	14	3	43	2	-	-
Smith	3	0	18	0	-	-
Tuttle	10	0	66	1	-	-
Parker	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Collingwood second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IEC Adams	c IH McDonald b Daniel	44
*+EA Baker	c RM Holten b Kinnear	28
RR Walker	lbw b Kinnear	0
RJ Parker	c IH McDonald b Daniel	0
R Whitelaw	st IH McDonald b Meikle	15
K McDowell	c IH McDonald b Daniel	3
KJ Smith	c Meikle b Fairbairn	16
HF Lambert	not out	15
RT Tuttle	c Daniel b Kinnear	7
A Shelton	lbw b Kinnear	0
J Sutherland	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 48.6 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-61, 3-62, 4-84, 5-90, 6-96, 7-115, 8-134, 9-134 (48.6 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	20	2	40	3	-
Fairbairn	12	2	40	1	-
Meikle	10	0	32	1	-
Kinnear	6.6	1	16	4	-

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