vca4319	Fitzroy v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1950/51 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 24th, 26th March 1951 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Fitzroy won on first innings)
Umpires	AN Barlow, F Rooney
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 61/9 (Arnold 6*, McPherson 5*)

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Harvey	c Blundell b McPherson	67
RJ Zimmer	c Nunn b McPherson	0
RN Harvey	b Blundell	27
R Harvey	c Nunn b Blundell	0
HAE Shillinglaw	c Nunn b Blundell	9
DHL Arnall	c Vosti b Blundell	12
K Cant	b McPherson	10
K Peters	st Nunn b Blundell	7
+WL Jacobs	not out	14
RHW Liddicut	c Blundell b McPherson	0
BT Considine	c Allanson b Arnold	3
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 38.1 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-59, 3-61, 4-73, 5-101, 6-119, 7-132, 8-132, 9-132, 10-149 (38.1 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	7	2	19	4
Dillon	11	1	37	0
Arnold	6.1	0	30	1
Blundell	12	1	56	5
Vosti	2	1	7	0

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NC Blundell	c Jacobs b Considine	0
NL Allanson	c Zimmer b Considine	1
FG Leslie	b Cant	0
*KD Meuleman	c Jacobs b Considine	6
AR Vosti	c R Harvey b Considine	9
RJ Sitch	c Jacobs b Peters	14
JL Stephens	c Arnall b Cant	0
+HA Nunn	b Shillinglaw	11
M Dillon	b Shillinglaw	0
PN Arnold	c R Harvey b Considine	6
GM McPherson	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 29.1 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-10, 5-17, 6-18, 7-45, 8-45, 9-51, 10-61 (29.1 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Considine	8.1	3	8	5		-
Cant	8	0	23	2		-
Liddicut	5	1	8	0		-
Shillinglaw	6	2	9	2		-
Peters	2	0	4	1		-

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Fitzroy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Harvey	c Allanson b Dillon	6
RJ Zimmer	c and b Vosti	13
RN Harvey	b Dillon	9
R Harvey	c and b Stephens	114
+WL Jacobs	c Meuleman b Dillon	7
HAE Shillinglaw	run out	23
DHL Arnall	c Meuleman b Stephens	32
K Cant	c Dillon b Stephens	30
K Peters	c Blundell b Stephens	0
RHW Liddicut	run out	0
BT Considine	not out	3
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-19, 3-69, 4-94, 5-135, 6-203, 7-210, 8-211, 9-224, 10-239 (45.2 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	6	0	29	0	-	-
Dillon	11	2	46	3	-	-
Arnold	4	0	18	0	-	-
Blundell	10	0	78	0	-	-
Vosti	7	0	29	1	-	-
Stephens	5.2	0	25	4	-	-
Meuleman	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NL Allanson	not out	37
AR Vosti	retired hurt	18
FG Leslie	c MR Harvey b Peters	0
JL Stephens	not out	30
NC Blundell	did not bat
*KD Meuleman	did not bat
RJ Sitch	did not bat
+HA Nunn	did not bat
M Dillon	did not bat
PN Arnold	did not bat
GM McPherson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 24.6 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Leslie)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Considine	5	0	17	0	-	-
Cant	4	1	7	0	-	-
Peters	8	3	24	1	-	-
Liddicut	7	0	37	0	-	-
MR Harvey	0.6	0	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AR Vosti retired hurt in the Essendon second innings having scored 18 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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