vca4726	Essendon v Richmond
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1955/56
Venue	Windy Hill, Melbourne on 17th December 1955 (1-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Richmond won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Essendon won on first innings)
Points	Essendon 6; Richmond 0
Umpires	JA McDonald, JE Wheeler

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Sindrey	c Monks b McPherson	36
J Green	c Crouch b McPherson	17
WG Driver	b Clay	22
DL Morton	c Allanson b McPherson	10
ND Parnell	b McPherson	6
H Rowe	lbw b Clay	5
+R Shearer	c Leslie b McPherson	4
RH Blake	st Nunn b Ross	19
GB Tozer	st Nunn b Ross	3
*WA Johnston	c Allanson b Crouch	18
WB Miller	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 35.3 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-75, 3-81, 4-94, 5-99, 6-107, 7-111, 8-117, 9-148, 10-149 (35.3 ov)

Essendon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	17	2	56	5	-
Clay	16	1	54	2	-
Ross	1.3	0	13	2	-
Crouch	1	0	18	1	-

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Essendon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Shattock	b Blake	6
I Monks	lbw b Tozer	32
M Dillon	c Miller b Tozer	36
NL Allanson	c Sindrey b Blake	24
FG Leslie	c Morton b Johnston	16
GM McPherson	c Parnell b Johnston	7
DH Foster	c Shearer b Johnston	0
*+HA Nunn	not out	23
JA Ross	b Johnston	6
JL Crouch	not out	5
IT Clay	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(8 wickets, 41 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-53, 3-86, 4-108, 5-115, 6-115, 7-138, 8-150

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	7	0	35	0
Blake	17	4	52	2
Tozer	9	0	37	2
Johnston	8	0	31	4

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