vca4214	Essendon v Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1949/50
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 18th, 25th February 1950 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 0; Melbourne 3
Umpires	PW Sitch, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 95 all out

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Dowsley	run out	22
CC McDonald	run out	12
BM Lynch	c Blundell b Allanson	23
GS Meikle	c Rawle b Allanson	5
+IH McDonald	c Monks b Butler	8
JG Green	c McPherson b Rawle	31
J Daniel	c Rawle b Dillon	16
RB Stevens	c McPherson b Rawle	13
CL Fairbairn	c Cookson b Rawle	3
WN Ponsford	not out	6
LA Badrock	c Dillon b Rawle	10
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 26 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-41, 3-61, 4-69, 5-70, 6-93, 7-131, 8-131, 9-135, 10-150 (26 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	4	0	23	0	-	-
Dillon	6	0	30	1	-	-
Butler	8	1	43	1	-	-
Allanson	4	0	25	2	-	-
Rawle	4	0	28	4	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NC Blundell	c Green b Daniel	4
AJ Hunter	c CC McDonald b Fairbairn	6
I Monks	c Ponsford b Fairbairn	17
NL Allanson	c CC McDonald b Fairbairn	3
*KT Rawle	c Fairbairn b Daniel	12
TW Cookson	c IH McDonald b Daniel	0
+HA Nunn	not out	19
M Dillon	c Daniel b Fairbairn	14
JL Stephens	b Fairbairn	6
GM McPherson	b Daniel	8
EJ Butler	c IH McDonald b Daniel	1
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 22.6 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-15, 4-34, 5-43, 6-43, 7-70, 8-84, 9-93, 10-95 (22.6 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	10.6	1	36	5	-
Fairbairn	11	7	52	5	-
Stevens	1	0	2	0	-

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Dowsley	b Dillon	19
CC McDonald	c Blundell b McPherson	4
BM Lynch	b Butler	44
GS Meikle	c and b Blundell	12
JG Green	b Butler	8
WN Ponsford	st Nunn b Blundell	17
RB Stevens	c Cookson b Blundell	25
+IH McDonald	b Rawle	16
J Daniel	lbw b Rawle	10
CL Fairbairn	run out	0
LA Badrock	not out	2
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 41.6 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-45, 3-62, 4-83, 5-98, 6-130, 7-151, 8-161, 9-165, 10-171 (41.6 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	5	0	20	1
Dillon	8	0	23	1
Blundell	15	2	63	3
Butler	7	3	16	2
Stephens	2	0	10	0
Rawle	4.6	0	25	2

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NC Blundell	c IH McDonald b Fairbairn	31
AJ Hunter	c IH McDonald b Fairbairn	0
I Monks	c IH McDonald b Daniel	3
NL Allanson	not out	16
TW Cookson	not out	13
*KT Rawle	did not bat
+HA Nunn	did not bat
M Dillon	did not bat
JL Stephens	did not bat
GM McPherson	did not bat
EJ Butler	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 20 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-21, 3-39

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	6	0	29	1	-	-
Fairbairn	7	1	9	2	-	-
Dowsley	2	1	3	0	-	-
Meikle	2	0	7	0	-	-
Stevens	1	0	1	0	-	-
Badrock	1	0	5	0	-	-
Lynch	1	0	9	0	-	-

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