vca4306	Footscray v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1950/51
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 10th, 12th March 1951 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Footscray won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Footscray 0; Essendon 3
Umpires	L Atkins, MG Mangan
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 13/3 (Marshall 3*, Meuleman 1*)

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Kinnear	c Nunn b Blundell	56
JF Thoms	b Blundell	46
+BH Wright	lbw b Blundell	27
RJ Law	c Dillon b Blundell	15
G Guy	c GM McPherson b Stephens	28
KW McMeeken	b Blundell	5
R Slater	run out	32
RG Mulligan	st Nunn b Blundell	5
N Self	st Nunn b Blundell	10
J Grantham	run out	1
AC Day	not out	5
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-128, 3-141, 4-152, 5-175, 6-179, 7-198, 8-212, 9-213, 10-231 (57.5 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dillon	14	4	42	0	-	-
GM McPherson	5	0	26	0	-	-
Sitch	1	0	3	0	-	-
Blundell	20.5	0	90	7	-	-
AH McPherson	6	1	20	0	-	-
Vosti	6	0	28	0	-	-
Stephens	5	1	21	1	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NL Allanson	lbw b Day	7
AK Marshall	c and b Mulligan	45
AR Vosti	lbw b Day	0
AH McPherson	c Self b Day	2
*KD Meuleman	run out	73
RJ Sitch	b Self	40
JL Stephens	c Guy b Grantham	66
NC Blundell	run out	46
+HA Nunn	not out	36
GM McPherson	b Day	11
M Dillon	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, 73.7 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-8, 3-12, 4-125, 5-147, 6-200, 7-264, 8-309, 9-334

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Day	25.7	5	80	4	-
Self	14	1	55	1	-
Slater	5	1	10	0	-
Mulligan	12	0	84	1	-
Grantham	13	1	59	1	-
Thoms	2	0	15	0	-
Law	2	0	23	0	-

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