vca4270	Essendon v Northcote
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1950/51
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 6th, 13th January 1951 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 3; Northcote 0
Umpires	RM Sales, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	Northcote (1) 70/4 (Webster 19*)

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Meuleman	c Ludlow b Brown	6
*KD Meuleman	c Bridges b Jacks	2
NC Blundell	run out	14
JL Stephens	c Ludlow b Fothergill	23
RJ Sitch	c Parry b Todd	30
MR Clegg	b Ludlow	3
AH McPherson	not out	50
M Dillon	run out	24
+HA Nunn	b Brew	9
GM McPherson	c Todd b Brew	0
PN Devereux	c Fothergill b Todd	14
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 41.6 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-11, 3-43, 4-48, 5-59, 6-85, 7-128, 8-155, 9-155, 10-180 (41.6 ov)

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	5	0	19	1		-
Jacks	5	1	11	1		-
Fothergill	11	1	52	1		-
Ludlow	7	1	27	1		-
Webster	3	0	10	0		-
Todd	3.6	0	28	2		-
Brew	7	2	28	2		-

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Fothergill	c KD Meuleman b AH McPherson	26
*DRW Bowtell	b Blundell	6
F Brew	c Dillon b Blundell	6
R Webster	b GM McPherson	38
RW Todd	lbw b Blundell	13
W Ludlow	st Nunn b Blundell	2
+LG Bridges	c KD Meuleman b GM McPherson	8
RJ McLachlan	st Nunn b Devereux	4
J Parry	not out	14
K Jacks	c KD Meuleman b Blundell	6
BH Brown	st Nunn b Blundell	3
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 39.7 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-27, 3-49, 4-70, 5-72, 6-94, 7-105, 8-105, 9-125, 10-132 (39.7 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dillon	10	2	29	0	-	-
GM McPherson	7	1	16	2	-	-
Blundell	12.7	1	50	6	-	-
AH McPherson	1	0	3	1	-	-
Devereux	9	1	28	1	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Stephens	c Bridges b Jacks	41
*KD Meuleman	lbw b Jacks	2
M Dillon	c Brown b Jacks	17
RJ Sitch	st Bridges b Ludlow	24
MR Clegg	c Webster b Fothergill	1
PN Devereux	b Fothergill	0
GM McPherson	c Webster b Ludlow	15
+HA Nunn	b Ludlow	4
AH McPherson	not out	5
RJ Meuleman	did not bat
NC Blundell	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 19.4 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-62, 3-80, 4-83, 5-83, 6-107, 7-108, 8-117 (19.4 ov)

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	5	1	18	0	-	-
Jacks	7	0	51	3	-	-
Fothergill	5	0	26	2	-	-
Ludlow	2.4	0	14	3	-	-

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Northcote second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Fothergill	c KD Meuleman b Dillon	20
R Webster	lbw b Dillon	5
F Brew	st Nunn b Blundell	13
RJ McLachlan	st Nunn b Blundell	2
J Parry	lbw b Dillon	3
+LG Bridges	lbw b Blundell	13
W Ludlow	c Nunn b Dillon	7
RW Todd	c Devereux b Blundell	11
*DRW Bowtell	c and b Dillon	0
K Jacks	not out	5
BH Brown	not out	5
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(9 wickets, 20 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-37, 3-39, 4-42, 5-54, 6-56, 7-66, 8-66, 9-74

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dillon	10	2	33	5	-	-
Blundell	8	0	39	4	-	-
GM McPherson	2	0	12	0	-	-

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