vca4495	Footscray v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1952/53
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 9th, 14th March 1953 (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	Footscray 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	L Atkins, AN Barlow
Close of play day 1	Essendon (1) 294 all out

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Clegg	lbw b Dean	15
I Monks	c and b Blundell	75
WR Reeves	b Withington	5
AH McPherson	run out	6
NL Allanson	st Wright b Blundell	22
B Ogle	st Wright b Withington	0
KJ Morrison	b Thomson	56
GA English	b Thomson	21
*+HA Nunn	not out	40
GM McPherson	b Dean	33
M Dillon	b Dean	8
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 56.3 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-52, 3-65, 4-116, 5-117, 6-157, 7-207, 8-222, 9-274, 10-294 (56.3 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	14	0	60	2
Dean	15.3	2	55	3
Perussich	5	0	22	0
Withington	12	0	87	2
Blundell	10	0	57	2

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Hansen	c Ogle b GM McPherson	8
JF Thoms	c AH McPherson b GM McPherson	41
EG Perussich	c Nunn b GM McPherson	24
WG Kinnear	c English b GM McPherson	11
+BH Wright	c Allanson b Dillon	5
*NC Blundell	c Allanson b AH McPherson	72
DJ Deeble	c Allanson b Clegg	11
AE Dean	run out	1
BC Neate	c Morrison b AH McPherson	29
EAN Thomson	run out	23
CF Withington	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb, 4 w)	20
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-44, 3-49, 4-55, 5-132, 6-153, 7-155, 8-213, 9-243, 10-245 (47.4 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GM McPherson	12	0	47	4		-
English	10	0	44	0		-
Dillon	11	0	46	1		-
Clegg	11	0	67	1		-
AH McPherson	3.4	0	21	2		-

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NL Allanson	lbw b Thomson	10
GA English	not out	14
MR Clegg	not out	1
I Monks	did not bat
WR Reeves	did not bat
AH McPherson	did not bat
B Ogle	did not bat
KJ Morrison	did not bat
*+HA Nunn	did not bat
GM McPherson	did not bat
M Dillon	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 3 overs)	25
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Allanson)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	2	0	15	1
Dean	1	0	10	0

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