vca4651	Richmond v Essendon
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1954/55
Venue	Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 29th January, 5th February 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Essendon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Richmond won by 32 runs
Points	Richmond 10; Essendon 6
Umpires	LJ McLaren, P Millott
Close of play day 1	Richmond (2) 7/2 (Shearer 1*, Sindrey 5*)

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LS Dockett	b Clay	0
CM Sindrey	b Clay	7
+R Shearer	c Foster b Clay	0
WG Driver	c English b Clay	44
MF Wishart	c Allanson b GM McPherson	0
AE Donohue	c Nield b GM McPherson	2
*DT Ring	c English b GM McPherson	0
G Cracknell	not out	12
H Rowe	not out	4
WB Miller	did not bat
RH Blake	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 15 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-27, 4-28, 5-40, 6-40, 7-64

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clay	8	0	34	4	-	-
GM McPherson	7	0	35	3	-	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Foster	lbw b Miller	12
*+HA Nunn	c Driver b Miller	7
HL Nield	c Sindrey b Miller	12
FG Leslie	c Rowe b Miller	3
NL Allanson	c Donohue b Blake	17
GA English	c Wishart b Miller	0
I Monks	not out	10
GM McPherson	b Blake	7
BW McPherson	did not bat
JA Ross	did not bat
IT Clay	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 14 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-35, 3-35, 4-46, 5-46, 6-60, 7-72 (14 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	7	0	33	5	-	-
Blake	4	0	26	2	-	-
Rowe	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Richmond second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+R Shearer	b Clay	1
WB Miller	c English b Clay	0
RH Blake	b Clay	0
CM Sindrey	c Nunn b Clay	43
LS Dockett	c GM McPherson b Clay	4
WG Driver	b Clay	2
MF Wishart	c Nunn b Clay	10
*DT Ring	c Leslie b English	10
AE Donohue	not out	68
G Cracknell	b Ross	11
H Rowe	not out	19
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 31.4 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-15, 4-21, 5-33, 6-62, 7-63, 8-79, 9-99

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clay	14	1	60	7
GM McPherson	9.4	1	48	0
English	4	0	25	1
Ross	4	0	35	1

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Essendon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Foster	b Miller	0
HL Nield	b Miller	1
GA English	b Miller	0
FG Leslie	st Shearer b Ring	31
I Monks	lbw b Ring	48
NL Allanson	c Driver b Ring	18
*+HA Nunn	c Driver b Miller	32
GM McPherson	c and b Ring	1
BW McPherson	b Miller	5
JA Ross	b Ring	3
IT Clay	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 33.1 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-3, 4-53, 5-86, 6-116, 7-124, 8-136, 9-139, 10-139 (33.1 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	11.1	1	45	5
Blake	7	1	28	0
Ring	14	0	61	5
Rowe	1	0	5	0

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