vca4614	North Melbourne v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1954/55
Venue	North Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 13th, 20th November 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	North Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	North Melbourne 0; Essendon 6
Umpires	DE Smith, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	North Melbourne (2) 15/1 (Williams 3*, Murphy 12*)

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Izon	c and b McPherson	8
M Williams	b Clay	1
FT Murphy	b McPherson	4
+RI Maddocks	lbw b Clay	3
RA Watters	lbw b McPherson	1
JA Bourke	c sub (K Glanville) b Ross	8
R Milner	not out	22
S French	b Ross	2
*JMB White	c Leslie b McPherson	5
CI McCann	b Clay	5
KN Pearce	st +Monks b Ross	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 31.6 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-10, 3-17, 4-17, 5-18, 6-36, 7-42, 8-53, 9-61, 10-64 (31.6 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	12	4	24	4	-	-
Longmore	4	0	7	0	-	-
Clay	10	3	15	3	-	-
Ross	5.6	1	14	3	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Cookson	lbw b McCann	0
DH Foster	lbw b White	2
I Monks	c Maddocks b McCann	0
HL Nield	b French	24
FG Leslie	lbw b Milner	6
MR Clegg	st Maddocks b French	2
GM McPherson	not out	19
JJ Longmore	lbw b Milner	4
*+HA Nunn	lbw b French	3
JA Ross	st Maddocks b French	0
IT Clay	c Watters b French	5
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 23.7 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-13, 4-30, 5-34, 6-37, 7-42, 8-49, 9-49, 10-67 (23.7 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCann	3	0	9	2	-
White	5	1	12	1	-
Pearce	4	0	10	0	-
Milner	5	1	9	2	-
French	6.7	0	25	5	-

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North Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Izon	c and b McPherson	0
M Williams	not out	3
FT Murphy	not out	12
+RI Maddocks	did not bat
RA Watters	did not bat
JA Bourke	did not bat
R Milner	did not bat
S French	did not bat
*JMB White	did not bat
CI McCann	did not bat
KN Pearce	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 5 overs)	15
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Izon)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	3	0	15	1
Clay	2	2	0	0

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.

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