vca4299	Essendon v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1950/51
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 17th February, 3rd March 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; Hawthorn-East Melbourne 0
Umpires	EJ Coe, RG Hele
Close of play day 1	No play

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NC Blundell	c Woolf b Caithness	4
NL Allanson	c Woolf b Caithness	0
AR Vosti	c Cormack b Duncan	22
*KD Meuleman	c Dick b Duncan	30
JL Stephens	c Holloway b Dick	30
RJ Sitch	c Chambers b Holloway	23
M Dillon	not out	44
+HA Nunn	c Chambers b Holloway	14
PN Arnold	c and b Holloway	4
AH McPherson	c Cormack b Holloway	2
GM McPherson	c Chambers b Holloway	5
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 38.6 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-10, 3-50, 4-91, 5-92, 6-118, 7-163, 8-167, 9-171, 10-185 (38.6 ov)

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Caithness	6	0	15	2	-	-
Holloway	9.6	1	39	5	-	-
Dick	14	1	59	1	-	-
Duncan	7	0	45	2	-	-
Cormack	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Hawthorn-East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DRM Caithness	b Dillon	1
*WA Dick	b Dillon	3
JL Chambers	lbw b GM McPherson	7
MK Fitchett	lbw b Arnold	57
DL Taylor	run out	50
TC Graham	b GM McPherson	19
JA Holloway	c Nunn b Arnold	0
+HV Woolf	not out	23
GK Handley	c Allanson b Arnold	0
CR Duncan	c Blundell b Arnold	11
GF Cormack	c Nunn b Dillon	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-11, 3-13, 4-117, 5-120, 6-120, 7-150, 8-153, 9-174, 10-174 (40.1 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GM McPherson	14	1	52	2	-	-
Dillon	10.1	1	52	3	-	-
Arnold	13	1	49	4	-	-
Blundell	2	0	11	0	-	-
AH McPherson	1	0	7	0	-	-

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