vca4567	Footscray v North Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1953/54
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 6th, 13th February 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	North Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (North Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Footscray 0; North Melbourne 6
Umpires	L Atkins, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	Footscray (1) 64/4 (Kinnear 22*)

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Izon	c Stewart b Thomson	21
K Forbes	b Thomson	0
RI Maddocks	lbw b Thomson	1
+LV Maddocks	c Kinnear b Blundell	33
JA Bourke	b Weir	29
RA Watters	lbw b Stewart	19
FT Murphy	b Weir	8
S French	b Thomson	30
*JMB White	b Stewart	7
KN Pearce	not out	6
CI McCann	b Stewart	4
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 40.5 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-17, 3-26, 4-83, 5-93, 6-103, 7-137, 8-152, 9-158, 10-162 (40.5 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	11	1	34	4	-
Dean	5	1	12	0	-
Watters	4	2	10	0	-
Blundell	9	0	46	1	-
Weir	7	0	31	2	-
Stewart	4.5	0	25	3	-

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Kinnear	c LV Maddocks b White	24
R Hansen	b McCann	5
*NC Blundell	lbw b White	3
AE Dean	b McCann	6
+BH Wright	c Pearce b French	28
JC Watters	c LV Maddocks b Pearce	1
DJ Deeble	not out	16
GJ Ferguson	c Izon b White	3
K Weir	st LV Maddocks b White	5
IC Stewart	c Watters b White	1
EAN Thomson	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 32.1 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-10, 3-19, 4-64, 5-67, 6-67, 7-79, 8-88, 9-92

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCann	10.1	0	33	2
White	14	2	39	5
Pearce	6	2	15	1
French	2	0	5	1

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North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Izon	c Stewart b Thomson	4
K Forbes	c Blundell b Dean	33
RI Maddocks	c Wright b Dean	15
+LV Maddocks	b Thomson	15
JA Bourke	not out	15
RA Watters	not out	14
FT Murphy	did not bat
S French	did not bat
*JMB White	did not bat
KN Pearce	did not bat
CI McCann	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 21 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-50, 3-59, 4-82

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	6	0	22	2	-	-
Dean	7	2	28	2	-	-
Blundell	1	0	8	0	-	-
Weir	2	0	17	0	-	-
Hansen	5	0	21	0	-	-

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Footscray second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Hansen	c RI Maddocks b Pearce	17
WG Kinnear	c Pearce b White	2
GJ Ferguson	lbw b White	8
IC Stewart	not out	14
*NC Blundell	not out	29
AE Dean	did not bat
+BH Wright	did not bat
JC Watters	did not bat
DJ Deeble	did not bat
K Weir	did not bat
EAN Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 21 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-28, 3-30

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCann	2	0	3	0	-
White	7	2	24	2	-
Pearce	9	2	22	1	-
French	3	0	21	0	-

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