vca4750	Melbourne v Richmond
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1955/56
Venue	Albert Ground, Melbourne on 30th January, 4th February 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Melbourne 6; Richmond 0
Umpires	RG Hele, JE Wheeler
Close of play day 1	Richmond (1) 26/0 (Dockett 19*, Morton 2*)

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Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Thoms	c Shearer b Tozer	32
WN Ponsford	b Miller	1
RB Stevens	b Hart	7
J Daniel	c Shearer b Tozer	49
MR Haysom	c Miller b Tozer	32
JG Miles	c Shearer b Hart	5
*CL Fairbairn	lbw b Hart	0
LF Kline	c Bolton b Miller	10
CR Smith	b Miller	0
+GW Longney	c Tozer b Miller	10
IHW Jones	not out	9
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 47.7 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-23, 3-51, 4-112, 5-121, 6-127, 7-128, 8-146, 9-146, 10-155 (47.7 ov)

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hart	16.4	3	46	3
Miller	12.3	3	53	4
Tozer	16	4	48	3
Rowe	3	1	8	0

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Richmond first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LS Dockett	c sub b Fairbairn	28
DL Morton	c Longney b Thoms	27
CM Sindrey	c sub b Fairbairn	0
*WG Driver	c Haysom b Smith	7
E Bolton	lbw b Smith	7
J Green	lbw b Smith	0
H Rowe	c Longney b Fairbairn	2
+R Shearer	c Thoms b Smith	29
GB Tozer	c Longney b Jones	0
WB Miller	b Fairbairn	17
TH Hart	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 37.6 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-36, 3-51, 4-61, 5-61, 6-70, 7-89, 8-106, 9-116, 10-123 (37.6 ov)

Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	1	58	4	-
Fairbairn	12.6	4	32	4	-
Jones	6	3	15	1	-
Thoms	4	1	12	1	-

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Melbourne second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Thoms	b Hart	1
JG Miles	c Shearer b Morton	40
RB Stevens	not out	81
MR Haysom	not out	1
WN Ponsford	did not bat
J Daniel	did not bat
*CL Fairbairn	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
CR Smith	did not bat
+GW Longney	did not bat
IHW Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 22 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-113

Richmond bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	5	1	28	1	-
Hart	5	0	23	1	-
Miller	4	0	21	0	-
Tozer	6	0	28	0	-
Green	2	0	23	0	-

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