vca4693	Footscray v St Kilda
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1955/56
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 15th, 22nd October 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	St Kilda won the toss and decided to field
Result	Footscray won by 20 runs
Points	Footscray 10; St Kilda 0
Umpires	EJ Hamid, SV Westcott
Close of play day 1	St Kilda (1) 39/8 (Kelly 1*, Hill 1*)

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Neate	lbw b Edwards	1
KW McMeeken	b Hosking	7
IC Priddle	b Edwards	2
*GJ Murray	c Karanicolas b Edwards	1
AE Dean	c and b Edwards	40
KH Eastwood	run out	7
+BH Wright	c Searle b Edwards	11
AN Marks	b Hill	1
JW Mann	b Hill	4
IC Stewart	lbw b Edwards	0
AC Day	not out	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 28.6 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-9, 3-11, 4-16, 5-58, 6-59, 7-60, 8-74, 9-74, 10-76 (28.6 ov)

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hosking	11	2	25	1	-	-
Edwards	14	4	30	6	-	-
Hill	3.6	1	19	2	-	-

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St Kilda first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K James	run out	0
KG Pummeroy	c Murray b Dean	23
+CW Laxton	b Dean	7
G Searle	lbw b Eastwood	0
FP O'Brien	st Wright b Marks	5
NW Lynch	c Mann b Marks	0
G Karanicolas	lbw b Dean	0
KG Kelly	not out	15
PM Hosking	c Murray b Marks	0
*JC Hill	c Mann b Day	7
JN Edwards	c Dean b Eastwood	5
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 41.4 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-18, 4-36, 5-36, 6-37, 7-37, 8-38, 9-51, 10-64 (41.4 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Day	18	6	31	1		-
Dean	11	6	16	3		-
Eastwood	8.4	4	9	2		-
Marks	4	2	6	3		-

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Footscray second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Neate	run out	3
IC Priddle	run out	10
AE Dean	b Edwards	4
KH Eastwood	c Hill b Edwards	50
+BH Wright	c Hill b Edwards	7
*GJ Murray	not out	21
JW Mann	not out	4
KW McMeeken	did not bat
AN Marks	did not bat
IC Stewart	did not bat
AC Day	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 26.1 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-15, 3-30, 4-70, 5-78

St Kilda bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hosking	5	2	7	0	-	-
Edwards	13	2	45	3	-	-
Hill	7	2	34	0	-	-
Lynch	1.1	0	13	0	-	-

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St Kilda second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K James	c Wright b Eastwood	20
KG Pummeroy	c McMeeken b Dean	28
+CW Laxton	c McMeeken b Day	12
G Searle	c Dean b Eastwood	3
NW Lynch	b Dean	5
JN Edwards	st Wright b Eastwood	12
*JC Hill	b Dean	0
PM Hosking	c McMeeken b Eastwood	2
FP O'Brien	c Wright b Dean	0
KG Kelly	not out	4
G Karanicolas	b Dean	3
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 16.5 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-55, 3-64, 4-69, 5-72, 6-72, 7-81, 8-81, 9-89, 10-92 (16.5 ov)

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Day	5	0	37	1	-	-
Dean	7.5	0	35	5	-	-
Eastwood	4	0	17	4	-	-

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