vca4502	Prahran v South Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1952/53 (Final)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 4th, 6th, 11th April 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (South Melbourne won on first innings)
Umpires	RG Hele, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	South Melbourne (1) 207/9 (Reeve 30*, Meckiff 0*)
Close of play day 2	Prahran (1) 179 all out

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South Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*R Howard	b Murray	33
BF Vawser	c Smyth b Holten	21
KHD Kendall	c Murray b Holten	52
J Hallebone	c Smyth b Loxton	16
JH Shaw	lbw b Loxton	1
+WM Mitchell	b Loxton	6
TL Morris	c Waldron b Loxton	17
AD McDonald	c Power b Loxton	25
MH Reeve	c Smyth b Loxton	39
LB Hill	b Loxton	0
I Meckiff	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-83, 3-127, 4-128, 5-129, 6-142, 7-155, 8-202, 9-202, 10-222 (73.2 ov)

Prahran bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loxton	21.2	4	44	7		-
Power	14	2	41	0		-
Perrin	13	2	59	0		-
Holten	14	4	25	2		-
Murray	11	1	44	1		-

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Prahran first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Townsend	b Reeve	15
CV Holten	c Reeve b McDonald	33
CP Hyland	c Hill b McDonald	20
*SJE Loxton	c Mitchell b Reeve	15
DK Mathieson	b Morris	26
IR Porter	b Morris	28
KW Waldron	lbw b McDonald	20
WWB Murray	st Mitchell b Morris	13
+NW Smyth	c Shaw b Morris	6
JF Power	not out	0
TH Perrin	c Reeve b McDonald	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 56.6 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-49, 3-82, 4-86, 5-140, 6-143, 7-161, 8-179, 9-179, 10-179 (56.6 ov)

South Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	8	0	37	0	-	-
Reeve	12	2	31	2	-	-
Hill	10	0	32	0	-	-
McDonald	17.6	2	50	4	-	-
Morris	9	1	26	4	-	-

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South Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*R Howard	b Murray	42
J Hallebone	st Smyth b Perrin	62
KHD Kendall	st Smyth b Perrin	5
JH Shaw	not out	89
+WM Mitchell	lbw b Loxton	0
TL Morris	b Perrin	1
AD McDonald	b Power	34
MH Reeve	b Power	1
LB Hill	c Smyth b Murray	3
I Meckiff	not out	4
BF Vawser	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 74 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-105, 3-118, 4-119, 5-120, 6-201, 7-211, 8-232

Prahran bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loxton	16	2	38	1	-	-
Power	9	1	22	2	-	-
Perrin	19	2	94	3	-	-
Murray	15	3	32	2	-	-
Townsend	11	2	42	0	-	-
Holten	3	1	5	0	-	-
Hyland	1	0	8	0	-	-

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