vca4665	Northcote v North Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1954/55
Venue	Westgarth Street Oval, Melbourne on 19th, 26th February 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northcote won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Northcote won on first innings)
Points	Northcote 6; North Melbourne 0
Umpires	E Heintz, DE Smith
Close of play day 1	Northcote (1) 25/1 (Lawry 5*, Kruger 1*)

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North Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RI Maddocks	b Hill	78
JC Izon	c Blencowe b Brown	5
JA Bourke	c McMenamin b Brown	7
RA Watters	c Stewart b Dudley	20
FT Murphy	b Stewart	12
T Glendinning	c Bridges b Stewart	5
R Durant	c Gough b Fisher	79
R Milner	c Brown b Hill	0
S French	b Fisher	59
*JMB White	not out	9
CI McCann	c McMenamin b Stewart	2
Extras	(7 b, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 57.7 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-41, 3-73, 4-96, 5-110, 6-144, 7-144, 8-268, 9-275, 10-284 (57.7 ov)

Northcote bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dudley	16	0	62	1	-
Brown	13	1	46	2	-
Stewart	10.7	0	59	3	-
Fisher	9	0	33	2	-
Hill	6	0	40	2	-
McMenamin	3	0	36	0	-

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Northcote first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	b White	53
+DJ Gough	b French	19
S Kruger	c and b French	18
LG Bridges	b McCann	61
WF Blencowe	run out	1
*WJ Dudley	b White	25
SR Fisher	st Maddocks b French	58
DM Stewart	st Maddocks b French	13
JL McMenamin	b Glendinning	42
W Brown	not out	17
K Hill	st Maddocks b French	4
Extras	(14 b, 6 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 74 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-42, 3-141, 4-147, 5-167, 6-207, 7-239, 8-290, 9-326, 10-331 (74 ov)

North Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCann	21	2	77	1	-	-
White	20	2	68	2	-	-
Milner	5	0	21	0	-	-
French	22	0	125	5	-	-
Glendinning	6	0	20	1	-	-

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