vca4140	Footscray v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1949/50
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 1st, 8th October 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Footscray won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Footscray 0; Melbourne 3
Umpires	W Freake, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	Melbourne (1) 128/1 (CC McDonald 62*, Meikle 57*)

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Kinnear	run out	39
JF Thoms	b Iverson	50
AM Olliver	lbw b Iverson	2
+BH Wright	b Iverson	5
R Hansen	not out	6
AJ Perussich	b Iverson	0
HR Helmore	c IH McDonald b Daniel	0
N Self	lbw b Daniel	0
J Grantham	lbw b Iverson	1
JW Smith	lbw b Daniel	2
G Toner	b Daniel	1
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-91, 3-97, 4-101, 5-101, 6-102, 7-102, 8-103, 9-106, 10-108 (35.5 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	9.5	1	23	4	-
Fairbairn	7	0	28	0	-
Iverson	13	4	20	5	-
Meikle	6	0	35	0	-

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	not out	118
*H Dowsley	b Smith	8
GS Meikle	c Kinnear b Smith	105
JG Green	not out	17
RB Stevens	did not bat
JE Cooper	did not bat
BM Lynch	did not bat
+IH McDonald	did not bat
J Daniel	did not bat
CL Fairbairn	did not bat
JB Iverson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 47.5 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-209

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Toner	14	2	51	0	-
Smith	15.5	0	71	2	-
Self	6	0	41	0	-
Grantham	6	0	51	0	-
Thoms	6	1	34	0	-

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Footscray second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Kinnear	b Fairbairn	52
JF Thoms	st IH McDonald b Meikle	27
R Hansen	b Fairbairn	18
+BH Wright	b Iverson	1
AJ Perussich	lbw b Iverson	28
HR Helmore	c Fairbairn b Daniel	2
N Self	not out	15
J Grantham	lbw b Daniel	0
AM Olliver	b Daniel	0
JW Smith	c Iverson b Meikle	5
G Toner	not out	9
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 48 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-100, 3-101, 4-107, 5-116, 6-132, 7-135, 8-135, 9-151

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	14	2	40	3	-
Fairbairn	9	2	35	2	-
Iverson	20	7	57	2	-
Meikle	5	0	25	2	-

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