vca4762	Footscray v Fitzroy
	Victoria Cricket Association Premiership 1955/56
Venue	Western Oval, Melbourne on 25th February, 3rd March 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Footscray won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Fitzroy won on first innings)
Points	Footscray 0; Fitzroy 6
Umpires	MG Mangan, JH Ward
Close of play day 1	Footscray (1) 202 all out

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Footscray first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Hansen	b Peters	44
IC Priddle	b Considine	85
*GJ Murray	c R Harvey b Adams	8
KH Eastwood	c R Harvey b Adams	27
+BH Wright	b Considine	2
EG Perussich	b Adams	0
M Shields	c Jacobs b Adams	2
IC Stewart	c BC Harvey b Peters	4
AC Day	lbw b Peters	8
RE Close	not out	10
AN Marks	run out	6
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-105, 3-145, 4-150, 5-159, 6-173, 7-173, 8-184, 9-189, 10-202 (58.2 ov)

Fitzroy bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Considine	12	0	56	2	-
Adams	21	2	77	4	-
R Harvey	8	0	34	0	-
Peters	17.2	3	29	3	-

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Fitzroy first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DHL Arnall	c Marks b Day	41
RW Furlong	b Close	4
R Harvey	c Hansen b Stewart	39
RN Harvey	c Close b Stewart	31
BC Harvey	c Wright b Stewart	11
J Potter	not out	54
BE Kann	run out	16
+WL Jacobs	c Eastwood b Day	6
K Peters	c Priddle b Marks	16
BT Considine	c Murray b Shields	9
C Adams	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 57 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-67, 3-118, 4-118, 5-134, 6-170, 7-178, 8-213, 9-232

Footscray bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Day	24	6	80	2		-
Close	12	1	50	1		-
Eastwood	5	1	17	0		-
Stewart	9	0	38	3		-
Marks	5	0	32	1		-
Shields	2	0	10	1		-

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