vca3986	South Melbourne v St Kilda
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1947/48
Venue	South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 18th, 25th October 1947 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	St Kilda won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (South Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	South Melbourne 3; St Kilda 0
Umpires	W Scott, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	South Melbourne (1) 47/0 (Milne 20*, Ferrero 25*)

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St Kilda first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Tamblyn	b Fitzmaurice	1
JC Buckland	b Fitzmaurice	10
+CW Laxton	c Ferrero b McDonald	19
GK Handley	b Fitzmaurice	7
*HH Oakley	b Johnson	17
G Searle	not out	34
LR Kline	b Johnson	0
JC Hill	lbw b Johnson	2
EJ McIntyre	b Johnson	5
JL Birrell	b Wilson	0
DR Allen	lbw b Johnson	6
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-19, 3-31, 4-43, 5-60, 6-60, 7-66, 8-76, 9-87, 10-102 (40.1 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fitzmaurice	12	2	30	3	-	-
Eichhorn	3	0	10	0	-	-
McDonald	8	0	28	1	-	-
Johnson	8.1	3	12	5	-	-
Wilson	9	1	21	1	-	-

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Milne	c Oakley b Hill	23
GSD Ferrero	c Kline b McIntyre	28
R Howard	run out	0
*AL Hassett	c Hill b Birrell	41
IWG Johnson	c Hill b Birrell	46
VA Hendy	not out	20
DMJ Fitzmaurice	c sub b McIntyre	7
+KW Aldenhoven	c and b Birrell	4
AD McDonald	did not bat
J Eichhorn	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 48.3 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-54, 3-54, 4-136, 5-148, 6-169, 7-178 (48.3 ov)

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McIntyre	13	2	41	2	-
Birrell	12.3	0	57	3	-
Allen	9	0	32	0	-
Hill	14	1	39	1	-

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St Kilda second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Buckland	st Aldenhoven b Johnson	13
GK Handley	c Milne b Johnson	2
LR Kline	c Johnson b McDonald	32
*HH Oakley	not out	42
+CW Laxton	not out	15
GE Tamblyn	did not bat
G Searle	did not bat
JC Hill	did not bat
EJ McIntyre	did not bat
JL Birrell	did not bat
DR Allen	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 29 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-31, 3-57

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fitzmaurice	3	0	7	0	-	-
Johnson	11	1	41	2	-	-
McDonald	6	1	29	1	-	-
Wilson	6	0	15	0	-	-
Eichhorn	3	0	12	0	-	-

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