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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st January 1949 (1-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Essendon won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne 3; Essendon 0 |
| Umpires | Robinson, F Rooney |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *H Dowsley | c Nunn b McPherson | 10 | |||||
| GS Meikle | b Blundell | 54 | |||||
| BM Lynch | c Nunn b Blundell | 27 | |||||
| JG Green | c Nunn b McPherson | 26 | |||||
| JE Cooper | c McPherson b Reynolds | 83 | |||||
| J Daniel | c Nunn b Blundell | 12 | |||||
| RB Stevens | not out | 39 | |||||
| RH Teasdale | not out | 1 | |||||
| +NW Smyth | did not bat | ||||||
| CL Fairbairn | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Iverson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 2 lb, 2 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 54.1 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-90, 3-115, 4-138, 5-169, 6-225 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McPherson | 12 | 1 | 51 | 2 | - | ||
| Reynolds | 9.1 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | ||
| Arnold | 15 | 1 | 66 | 0 | - | ||
| Blundell | 13 | 1 | 64 | 3 | - | ||
| Stephens | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | ||
| Ross | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | ||
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JL Stephens | c Smyth b Fairbairn | 43 | |||||
| PN Arnold | c Dowsley b Fairbairn | 13 | |||||
| KT Rawle | b Fairbairn | 19 | |||||
| NL Allanson | c Smyth b Fairbairn | 1 | |||||
| NC Blundell | c Stevens b Daniel | 42 | |||||
| WV Ross | c Smyth b Daniel | 0 | |||||
| DG Anderson | c Smyth b Daniel | 7 | |||||
| AA Sully | c Daniel b Meikle | 5 | |||||
| +HA Nunn | st Smyth b Meikle | 5 | |||||
| GM McPherson | c Smyth b Daniel | 7 | |||||
| RS Reynolds | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34.4 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-61, 3-65, 4-90, 5-91, 6-102, 7-117, 8-125, 9-145, 10-148 (34.4 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniel | 14.4 | 0 | 70 | 4 | - | ||
| Fairbairn | 11 | 3 | 32 | 4 | - | ||
| Iverson | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | ||
| Meikle | 6 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - | ||
| Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BM Lynch | not out | 14 | |||||
| RH Teasdale | b Rawle | 0 | |||||
| +NW Smyth | c Stephens b Allanson | 7 | |||||
| JG Green | not out | 7 | |||||
| *H Dowsley | did not bat | ||||||
| GS Meikle | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Cooper | did not bat | ||||||
| J Daniel | did not bat | ||||||
| RB Stevens | did not bat | ||||||
| CL Fairbairn | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Iverson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 8 overs) | 28 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-12 | |||||||
| Essendon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rawle | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Allanson | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |||