vca4754	Fitzroy v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1955/56
Venue	Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 11th, 18th February 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Hawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings)
Points	Fitzroy 0; Hawthorn-East Melbourne 6
Umpires	RG Hele, JE Wheeler
Close of play day 1	Hawthorn-East Melbourne (1) 14/0 (Cosgrave 13*, LA Green 1*)

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DHL Arnall	st Botham b Cormack	16
RW Furlong	b Salmon	37
R Harvey	st Botham b Cormack	7
BC Harvey	c Cosgrave b Salmon	0
NF Turl	lbw b Cormack	0
J Potter	st Botham b Cormack	13
BE Kann	c Botham b Salmon	19
*+WL Jacobs	not out	31
J Simpson	c Botham b Salmon	8
BT Considine	b Cormack	25
C Adams	c Woolf b Salmon	4
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 59.6 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-60, 3-60, 4-61, 5-64, 6-85, 7-109, 8-122, 9-136, 10-167 (59.6 ov)

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Salmon	15	3	55	5	-
Kerr	7	0	13	0	-
Dick	12	5	31	0	-
Cormack	20.6	1	56	5	-
Fitchett	5	2	5	0	-

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Hawthorn-East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Cosgrave	lbw b Simpson	17
LA Green	b Considine	37
HV Woolf	lbw b R Harvey	26
JL Chambers	lbw b R Harvey	1
MK Fitchett	c Jacobs b R Harvey	5
DW Green	c Jacobs b Considine	4
WA Dick	c Adams b R Harvey	8
*EAD Kerr	c R Harvey b Considine	39
GF Cormack	b Simpson	52
+LJ Botham	b Simpson	1
JL Salmon	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 41.4 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-78, 3-82, 4-87, 5-91, 6-97, 7-105, 8-194, 9-195, 10-200 (41.4 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Considine	13	0	87	3	-
Adams	7	2	27	0	-
Simpson	6.4	1	18	3	-
R Harvey	9	0	35	4	-
Arnall	6	0	24	0	-

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Fitzroy second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DHL Arnall	c LA Green b Salmon	1
RW Furlong	retired hurt	14
NF Turl	c LA Green b Salmon	23
J Potter	not out	8
R Harvey	not out	20
BC Harvey	did not bat
BE Kann	did not bat
*+WL Jacobs	did not bat
J Simpson	did not bat
BT Considine	did not bat
C Adams	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 16 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-38

Hawthorn-East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Salmon	6	2	27	2
Kerr	3	0	13	0
Dick	4	1	9	0
Woolf	1	0	11	0
LA Green	1	0	2	0
Chambers	1	0	4	0

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