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| Venue | Victoria Park, Melbourne on 5th, 12th December 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Points | Collingwood 0; Melbourne 6 |
| Umpires | EJ Hamid, E Heintz |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne (1) 249/5 innings closed |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Solomon | b Lambert | 0 | |||||
| RA Milne | lbw b McColl | 31 | |||||
| MR Haysom | c Rose b Lambert | 27 | |||||
| JHM Symons | not out | 107 | |||||
| RB Stevens | c Smith b Lambert | 24 | |||||
| J Daniel | lbw b Harper | 29 | |||||
| LF Kline | not out | 24 | |||||
| *CL Fairbairn | did not bat | ||||||
| RT Figgis | did not bat | ||||||
| +GW Longney | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Iverson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 62 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-51, 3-64, 4-118, 5-178 | |||||||
| Collingwood bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 17 | 1 | 78 | 3 | |||
| Harper | 19 | 1 | 59 | 1 | |||
| McColl | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |||
| Badrock | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | |||
| Smith | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Collingwood first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HF Lambert | b Daniel | 11 | |||||
| JE Rose | c Stevens b Daniel | 7 | |||||
| DJ Healey | b Iverson | 38 | |||||
| LK Simkiss | c Stevens b Figgis | 17 | |||||
| *KW Stackpole | not out | 94 | |||||
| KJ Smith | lbw b Iverson | 6 | |||||
| B Phillips | c Longney b Iverson | 7 | |||||
| +EA Baker | st Longney b Iverson | 1 | |||||
| W McColl | c Daniel b Kline | 1 | |||||
| BJ Harper | c and b Fairbairn | 10 | |||||
| LA Badrock | lbw b Daniel | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 51 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-21, 3-48, 4-92, 5-111, 6-131, 7-137, 8-144, 9-189, 10-194 (51 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniel | 12 | 0 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fairbairn | 13 | 0 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Figgis | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Iverson | 14 | 3 | 33 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kline | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Solomon | not out | 2 | |||||
| RA Milne | not out | 11 | |||||
| MR Haysom | did not bat | ||||||
| JHM Symons | did not bat | ||||||
| RB Stevens | did not bat | ||||||
| J Daniel | did not bat | ||||||
| LF Kline | did not bat | ||||||
| *CL Fairbairn | did not bat | ||||||
| RT Figgis | did not bat | ||||||
| +GW Longney | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Iverson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 8 overs) | 15 | |||||
| Collingwood bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | ||
| Harper | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | ||
| McColl | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | ||