vca4460	North Melbourne v St Kilda
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1952/53
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 17th January 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	St Kilda won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (St Kilda won on first innings)
Points	North Melbourne 0; St Kilda 6
Umpires	EG Mantell, W Scott
Close of play day 1	North Melbourne (1) 9/1 (Johnson 6*, White 0*)

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St Kilda first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Murray	lbw b French	22
NW Lynch	c and b Pearce	34
R Noble	c LV Maddocks b Pearce	1
JE Edwards	lbw b French	60
*+CW Laxton	b Jinkins	13
PS Nixon	st LV Maddocks b French	0
K James	b French	33
AG Witt	not out	12
PM Hosking	c French b Jinkins	12
JN Edwards	lbw b Jinkins	0
DR Allen	b White	11
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-58, 3-65, 4-83, 5-84, 6-160, 7-170, 8-185, 9-186, 10-206 (58 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jinkins	14	1	57	3	-
White	12	0	42	1	-
Pearce	14	7	32	2	-
French	15	1	57	4	-
Thomlinson	3	0	10	0	-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Johnson	c Witt b Allen	22
RA Watters	lbw b Hosking	3
*JMB White	st Laxton b JE Edwards	59
RI Maddocks	c James b Allen	0
+LV Maddocks	lbw b Hosking	20
JC Watters	b Hosking	46
JA Bourke	c JE Edwards b Lynch	7
S French	lbw b Lynch	27
GJ Jinkins	c James b Lynch	1
KN Pearce	not out	10
JR Thomlinson	c Hosking b Lynch	2
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-56, 3-56, 4-104, 5-108, 6-119, 7-189, 8-191, 9-196, 10-203 (69.2 ov)

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	12	1	39	2	-	-
JN Edwards	15	6	17	0	-	-
Hosking	20	1	51	3	-	-
Lynch	19.2	2	81	4	-	-
JE Edwards	3	0	9	1	-	-

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