vca4540	North Melbourne v Fitzroy
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1953/54
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 5th, 12th December 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Fitzroy won on first innings)
Points	North Melbourne 0; Fitzroy 6
Umpires	MG Mangan, DE Smith
Close of play day 1	Fitzroy (1) 237/6 innings closed

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Harvey	c Johnson b Pearce	34
DHL Arnall	b White	54
RN Harvey	b French	2
R Harvey	c LV Maddocks b White	25
LV Straw	not out	65
HAE Shillinglaw	b De Lacy	3
BE Kann	c LV Maddocks b Pearce	11
*+WL Jacobs	not out	33
BT Considine	did not bat
K Peters	did not bat
CR Duncan	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 63 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-66, 3-122, 4-123, 5-143, 6-171

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
De Lacy	18	0	62	1	-
White	14	0	32	2	-
French	11	0	58	1	-
Pearce	16	3	48	2	-
Milner	4	0	27	0	-

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Forbes	b Shillinglaw	38
CG Johnson	lbw b Shillinglaw	6
RI Maddocks	c and b Arnall	63
+LV Maddocks	c and b Duncan	20
RA Watters	c Kann b Arnall	8
A Chanter	c Peters b Arnall	17
S French	not out	35
DL De Lacy	st Jacobs b Arnall	0
R Milner	st Jacobs b Arnall	10
KN Pearce	c R Harvey b Duncan	14
*JMB White	st Jacobs b Duncan	4
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-84, 3-120, 4-140, 5-142, 6-177, 7-178, 8-196, 9-211, 10-222 (67 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Considine	12	1	32	0	-
Shillinglaw	18	5	34	2	-
Arnall	13	1	57	5	-
Peters	9	0	27	0	-
Duncan	15	0	65	3	-

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